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Hundreds of people actually thought she was Katy Perry when  Tracey posted the quick-change from Katy Perry into Celine Dion on TikTok.

Her account was frozen after the first 2 million views because she added a description to her profile. When Tracy wrote, “I’m 12 divas”, their bot read, “I’m 12”, and removed her account!  Bell had to submit information and images of herself, to prove she was over 13, before they’d re-activate the account.

Tracey Bell wowed the crowd when she performed for 1000 healthcare workers from Royal Columbia Hospital on June 23^rd.

Event planner Emily Reedman  posted this recommendation on Linkedin :

“Tracey is phenomenal at what she does. She is very easy to work with – communicative, organized and professional. Beyond that, she’s incredibly talented and put on an exciting and interactive show that our guests raved about. I highly recommend Tracey’s services!”

Videographer, Lauren Scott, edited together these performance clips.

Tracey was anxious when she realized that she’d be wearing 10 layers plus padding and wigs in 30 degree heat at the White Rock Sea Festival, so she got creative and altered costumes to be less hot. It took over 10 hours of hand-sewing to adjust the quick-change outfits and remove the 3-layer bustier that holds her in and the costumes up! Two inches of Velcro were added to the waists of Tracey’s Celine Dion, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton costumes. She also put ice cubes under her wigs during the show, to manage in the heat. The whole audience played along, clapping with Dolly, doing the Bird Dance with Celine, dancing along with Cher and cheering for the enthusiastic audience participation.

Bell said, “ I was having so much fun, I hardly noticed the heat onstage!”.

Tracey Bell portrayed Marilyn Monroe, Celine Dion and Cher at HSBC’s Pride Event in Vancouver and was spotted in Vancouver’s Pride Parade, prancing and posing as Dolly Llama!

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Do you play along when your child is pretending to be a super hero or a rock star? I want people to feel that comfortable to let go and have fun. Imagine yourself at a Celine Dion concert where Celine walks into the audience and sings directly to you. Would you feel special? What if Marilyn Monroe sang her breathy version of Happy Birthday to your company president? Would you take a picture? Do you smile and laugh? If the people you work with played guitars like rock stars at your company party, would you cheer them on? My stage shows get those reactions.

Marilyn Monroe Impersonator Tracey Bell sings Happy Birthday Mr. President at the Victoria Hospital Foundation Gala Fundraiser

People like to shine, even shy people.

On New Year’s Eve, when New York New York is playing and everyone in the room is doing a kick line, do you join in, or smile while you watch them? Would you clap along with people if Dolly Parton encouraged you to? If your friends were strutting their stuff onstage with Madonna, would you want to video them? These are the experiences that I create with people. Whether you want to kick up your shoes, cheer from the sidelines, or smile as you watch others, there is a place for everyone at my shows.

Audience Participants learn to Vogue like boy toys with Madonna Impersonator Tracey Bell

After decades of experience, I know how to choose the first participants

It only takes a few outgoing people to get audience participation started, to set the example. If they can do it, others can too. Nobody has to be perfect. It’s especially rewarding when I get shy people involved in the show. I get the same reaction as a hypnotist, where participants are entranced and want to let their inner rock star shine.  After decades of experience as an interactive impressionist, I know how to choose the first participants, then encourage and inspire them. I’m encouraging them. Joy, fun and laughter are contagious.

Celine Dion Impersonator Tracey Bell Holds hands with the Canadian Consul General at the Chamber of Commerce Special Event in Shanghai, China

My stage shows are rewarding to me because I’m engaging people and giving them an experience they’ll talk about for years, whether they’re a spectator or participant. When we’re engaged, we’re fully present in the moment. Playing is good for us. Connecting is good for us. My purpose is to create a show where we do those things.  I put my whole heart into it. There’s a lot of me in the show: Tracey Bell disguised as Lady Gaga, Tina Turner, Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Julie Andrews, Shania Twain, Alanis Morrissette, and the rest.

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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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ME: All of those pictures are of me.

THEM: Nooooooo!

ME: Yes, that’s me as Dolly Parton, Madonna, Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, all of them.

THEM: Not Tina Turner?

ME: Yes, I impersonate everyone in the picture and Shania Twain as well.

THEM: Who’s that?

ME, to the Millennial: That’s Liza Minnelli. She won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy, a Tony and a Golden Globe. She’s one of the most talented entertainers in history.

ME, to the Baby Boomer: That’s Lady Gaga. She’s famous in this century.

THEM: It must take a long time for you to change.

ME: Um, I change in seconds, really, just like it says.

Then they ask me how I do it and what happens onstage when I change. 

“My show is like dominoes”

I explain that there’s no dead air, there’s always something happening onstage. Sometimes I pop behind a low screen while music is playing. I change wigs in front of everyone in 3 seconds, then walk out in a new dress a few seconds later. During some routines, I have volunteers onstage playing instruments while I change. There’s always music or talking.

My show is like dominoes. It takes about 5 hours to set up and rehearse. I arrange change screens onstage, style wigs, iron costumes, carefully set things in very specific positions behind curtains, test my microphone, rehearse cues and volumes with the sound technician, confirm my introduction with the Emcee, co-ordinate the lighting, go over the cues again, trouble shoot, braid my long hair so that it fits under the wigs, take an hour on my make-up, hopefully eat, secure my braids around my headset microphone, layer my costumes very precisely and make my way back-stage.

Then, I change in seconds to become a dozen divas.

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“I’m terrified to add new celebrities to my show.”

So why didn’t I do her?  I’ve impersonated dozens of celebrities over the years and created my most popular show with icons that audiences love; I’ve been a Celine Dion impersonator, a Madonna impersonator, a Cher impersonator, a Dolly Parton impersonator, a Janis Joplin impersonator, a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, a Tina Turner impersonator and a Liza Minnelli impersonator. I’m terrified to add new celebrities to my show because in the past I’ve added stars like Shania Twain and Lady Gaga and the audience response hasn’t felt as good as it does with my favorite divas. I’ve worked hard researching, rehearsing, designing costumes that can be changed in seconds and finding the right wigs that can be styled to make me look like the people I’m impersonating. I’ve paid for photo shoots and promotional materials, then been disappointed when new performances weren’t up to my standards. I’m afraid of failure. To suck on stage is to die!

“I’m afraid of failure. To suck on stage is to die!”

My quick-change show, 8 Divas in 44 Minutes, has a formula that works and gets me standing ovations. I’ve had success beyond my dreams performing as Cher and the other divas. I’m paid thousands of dollars to do what I love. I’ve been onstage in front of corporate audiences from Halifax to Shanghai and from Whitehorse to Playa Del Carmen. I’ve won Entertainer of the Year Awards. What’s going to happen if I change? I’ll see soon. It’s time. I’ve just gotta ignite the light and let it shine, ‘cause baby I’m a firework.

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As a celebrity impersonator and corporate entertainer, Tracey Bell understands just how different each client audience can be. In every instance, she adapts her shows to suit the intended audience to make her performances appropriate for all groups.

Here are Tracey Bell’s thoughts on how she adapts her show for specific audiences. Furthermore, she also describes some of the politics that can come with being a female corporate entertainer.

The Art of Adapting Shows for Different Groups

Earlier this year, I performed at a corporate conference at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. The process leading up to the event proved to be especially challenging.

I had heard about a few of the performers that they had hired for prior events; Kenny Shaw, Johnny Bagpipes and several other men – good acts but all male.

My show had been promoted to them previously, but initially, they were afraid that the women I portrayed might be “too sexy”.

For the record, I perform a funny, corporate-appropriate show and have dozens of letters of reference from conservative clients who say as much.

“Oh, I see. She’s funny.”

In my shows, I am respectful and it’s apparent from the response of the audience. I’ve performed at Family Events, at Fairs and Exhibitions, and in Shopping Centres. Catholic Nuns approved of my performance when I hosted Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba. One nun admitted that she had reservations at first and then laughed when she saw me, even my Cher impersonation; “Oh, I see. She’s funny”.

I have played the Chateau Whistler New Year’s Eve Gala five times. Affluent families from all over the world spend thousands of dollars to be in Whistler that week. They bring their children to the exclusive party and I invite the kids on stage to perform with me. Audience participation has always been a staple of my shows. In this instance, it was also how I won over people who can afford to see any performer in the world.

“I felt like a huge rock star.”

In the case of this recent Victoria conference, my sales representative was persistent and finally convinced the organizers to hire me.

As a matter of fact, the audience turned out to be one of my most appreciative yet. They gave me a rowdy standing ovation. Everyone, including an elderly couple who needed to help each other up, danced through the encore, Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time”. I wish I had a picture. I felt like a huge Rock Star. I didn’t expect the reaction I got from them.

Cher, Liza Minnelli, Dolly Parton and Tina Turner are all incredibly talented female role models who are now over the age of 70. Fear had previously blinded the prospective clients to hiring someone who impersonates them. They didn’t see that they had been discriminating by hiring men, “to be safe”.

Based on the positive outcome of this experience, I hope that they continue to give women the opportunity to perform for them while also keeping in mind that a professional entertainer will have the means to adapt to their intended audience.

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