“Music helps me express my deepest and innermost thoughts.”
Hi, my name is Valerie West. I am a 13 year old singer aspiring to someday have my music touch people around the world. I started singing when I was 7 in a competition called Delco Idol Jr. Among Delco Idol I have competed in many other vocal competitions. Such as Sea Isle City’s got Talent, Yachstock Rising Stars, and My Three Roses in Medford, NJ. Winning overall in each of them. I have had the pleasure to perform at venues such as The Hard Rock Cafe, Ardmore Music Hall, World Cafe, The Apollo Theater, The Trump Plaza, and many other stages. I also enjoy singing for special need kids and elderly residents when given the opportunity. I have also recently started accompanying myself with my keyboard. I have found great joy while doing this and have grown very close to my music. Apart from singing and playing, I also dance and act. 
I have performed in many musicals and plays over the years and enjoy it very much. Besides my music and arts, I keep up with my academic classes. When I’m not at a gig or doing school work, you’ll find me either writing new material, practicing some new songs, experimenting with new tunes, or just sitting down playing my piano. I get lost in my music, and I know I will never lose that love and spark I have found in my work.
Check Valerie’s website http://valerie-west.com/ for more information.
The West Havens are a Philadelphia-based rock group founded in 2015. Band members include singer-songwriter Valerie West on vocal, lead guitarist Aidan Fox, Harrison Preston on bass, Evee Bak on drums and Tommy Bak on rhythm guitar. Tommy Bak is a songwriter and musician with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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The Presbytery of Philadelphia for their initial $9,000 grant in 2015 to help build the coffeehouse ministry. And their follow-on $5000 grant in 2016 and their follow-on $4000 grant for 2017.