They started interviewing me on my couch with my wigs beside me. I tried to do impressions of the divas in my impersonation show, but I couldn’t turn on my celebrity personas. I couldn’t answer questions properly or finish my sentences. I was spent and critical of everything I said.

Then we crammed into my bathroom and Christine brought out the best in me, asking me questions about running my own business in the corporate entertainment industry and inspiring women. Christine reminded me that I was the fabulous, courageous woman who had connected with and wowed the audience a few nights earlier. I had changed in seconds during the fundraiser, energetically impersonating Cher, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Tina Turner, Marilyn Monroe, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Celine Dion and Julie Andrews.

Months went by after the filming and I figured it would never air because I’d screwed up the footage, the lighting wasn’t good at the club or I was too old and not relevant enough to appeal to the Millennial audience. Silly me.

Somehow they pieced together these quotes of mine:

“We just need to remember courage.  Courage comes from our hearts.”

“Fear needs to be dissolved.”

“Let’s celebrate how fabulous we are as artists and performers.”

I love the beautifully filmed and miraculously edited one-minute video. It reminds me who I am.

See the original version and article here!

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Tracey Bell is an award-winning comedian and impressionist.

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Tracey Bell changes in seconds during her performances and also during speeches and video presentations.

Here is a sample of one of Tracey Bell’s hosting schedules:

7:00pm – Celine Dion opens the awards show with a comedic monologue customized for your audience, then performs a powerful medley of “My Heart Will Go On” from the film Titanic and Cher’s hit song “Believe” where she becomes Cher in seconds without leaving the stage.

7:05pm – Cher makes some remarks, then introduces the first presenter or award(s).

7:15pm – Marilyn Monroe introduces your President’s speech.

7: 25pm – Tina Turner enters, performing “Simply the Best”, dedicated to the award winners.

7:30pm – Tina Turner introduces the next award(s).

7:45pm – As Maria Von Trap from The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews comes on stage to make housekeeping remarks and introduce the next award presenter.

7:55pm – Dolly Parton enters from the back of the room, performing 9 to 5 as a follow spotlight highlights her audience interaction.

8:00pm – Dolly Parton performs a comedy monologue and introduces the next award(s)

8:10pm – Janis Joplin gets the audience clapping and singing along to “Mercedes Benz” while bringing guests onstage to be rock stars on guitars, performing to the classic rock song, “Piece of My Heart”.

8:20pm – Janis Joplin introduces the video montage

8:25pm – Madonna performs the song “Vogue” with some of the evening’s award winners dancing along, then introduces the final award.

8:35pm – Liza Minnelli thanks everyone for attending and gets them all to stand and do a kick line as she performs “New York, New York”.

As an Awards Host, Tracey Bell keeps things on track and ensures a continuous flow on stage, improvising and troubleshooting when necessary. She can be comedic or serious, hosting as her characters and as herself.

Tracey Bell works with Event Planners to create customized scripts for associations and corporations, based on the details of their awards ceremonies.

As Emcee, Tracey Bell is guaranteed to liven up your awards event, keeping people entertained and making the evening more memorable. After all, she’s impersonating amazing women who have won a multitude of awards for music, film, television and philanthropy throughout eight decades.

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Corporate Entertainer Tracey Bell Comes Home

Tracey Bell spoke with Liz Nicholls of The Edmonton Journal this week for an interview. Their conversation covers her history as an award-winning corporate entertainer and her upcoming show at the 2016 Edmonton Pride Festival.

The interview was especially memorable for Tracey Bell. An Edmonton native, she got her start there as a corporate entertainer, doing celebrity impersonations and live costume changes as Cher, Madonna, Janis Joplin, and Tina Turner, to name a few.

For Tracey Bell, an amusing aspect to speaking to The Edmonton Journal about her earliest days doing celebrity impersonations is that she used to work for the newspaper in the circulation department.

Now based in Vancouver, award-winning corporate entertainer Tracey Bell performs around the world at corporate events. Besides performing as the original group of Cher, Madonna, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner, she also does interactive celebrity impersonations of Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli, Celine Dion, Julie Andrews, and Judy Garland.

Tracey Bell is excited about returning to Edmonton to perform at the 2016 Edmonton Pride Festival. Her show will include samples from her one-woman show, “8 Divas in 44 Minutes”, which includes interactive impersonations of classic celebrity divas and live costume changes.

Here’s a preview of the interview:

This unusual accumulation of divas arrives courtesy of one funny, long-legged alter ego, a satirist in heels who loves to play dress-up — in other people’s clothes. Pride in the Park, the post-parade party at End of Steel Park on Saturday afternoon, is a homecoming for Tracey Bell, a celebrity impersonator who made her start being Cher during recess at York Elementary School in northeast Edmonton.  

Tracey Bell would like to thank Liz Nicholls and The Edmonton Journal for taking the time to interview her.

Read the full interview with Tracey Bell here!

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