In an Internet practically manufacturing covers of "Let It Go," 11-year-old Lexi Walker and the One Voice Children's Choir managed to stand alone with their rendition, a video reenactment with a tribal spin that amassed nearly 11 million views on YouTube over the weekend. Find more videos after the cut.
The standout element of the "Frozen" homage is undoubtedly Lexi's
stunning voice, which seems destined for Broadway. While she's only been
performing professionally for less than a year, the young ingénue says
learning the song was easy (she'd heard it often), and more
impressively, it only took 45 minutes of recording to perfect the
beautiful rendering.
Lexi recalls a childhood filled to the brim with music.
"I've been
singing for as long as I can remember, but I've only been performing
since last May," she tells the Good News Blog. "Music has always been in
my family, my sister sings, my grandma sings, everyone sings."
Based in Midville, Utah, the middle-schooler began making waves on
YouTube last year with her debut performance singing the National Anthem
at Real Salt Lake's soccer matchup with Vancouver in May. The
performance went viral on YouTube, as did her cover of "Somewhere Over
the Rainbow," a special performance for USANA's 2013 International
Convention in Salt Lake City.
The USANA event organizer wrote on the post, "I've been producing
entertainment for this event for eight years and we've had a lot of
young talented people onstage, but never a voice like Lexi's. The
audience went crazy! It's hard to believe she's only 11 years old."
Also hard to believe, Lexi has only been taking voice lessons for six months.
"I've always loved the performing arts," she remarks. "I love the message that's in songs… that the world is so fun."
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