Akia, the Entertainer, doing her thing as Emcee of the DWTS Gala!
Akia Uwanda is a special spirit with immense talents to bring people together and send them off individually inspired to become a better person themselves.
What a pleasure to meet her and get to know her a bit up close and personal. As the Emcee for the First Coast Dancing With The Stars Gala, Akia took the extraordinary step to invite each star to do carpool karaoke with her. What an invitation and certainly one I could not refuse!
Akia & Andy in the car getting ready to do carpool karaoke!
Like my professional partner and dance instructor Carolyn Morriss, Akia was open and encouraged me to pick a song for us to sing that meant something to me. Like our dance routine, it had to be about golf and it had to be David Loggins’ ‘Augusta’ the same song Carolyn so creatively choreographed our waltz dance. Akia, as you will see, made the song her own as well, transforming Augusta’s ‘Amen Corner’ to ‘Akia’s Corner!’
Being the opportunist that I shamelessly am, I used the carpool karaoke setting to interview the real star of the Gala—Akia Uwanda! Here are the video interviews with Akia and here are some more thoughts of meeting and experiencing Akia!
CLICK HERE for Part 1 of 3 of the VIDEO INTERVIEW with Akia Uwanda!
Ms. Akia grew up in a real family just like me. Though her family gave her all they could early on, she rose about the challenge and made her own way in the world. Whose Mom doesn’t let her daughter take a full-ride sports scholarship in fear that the daughter’s grades would slip? Especially after the daughter explained to her that maintaining her grades is inherent to keeping the scholarship? Akia Uwanda.
CLICK HERE for Part 2 of 3 of the VIDEO INTERVIEW with Akia Uwanda!
Who goes through the rigorous education, including dissecting human cadavers, to become a physical therapist and leaves that profession behind to become a singer, song writer, and entertainer? Akia Uwanda.
CLICK HERE for Part 3 of 3 of the VIDEO INTERVIEW with Akia Uwanda!
Who cuts their first album in only three weeks, with only three of eleven songs written prior, all the while managing her father’s health crisis in a city three hundred miles away? Akia Uwanda.
CLICK HERE for the LAUGHING part of Akia Uwanda!
Who will ‘lift’ you up, elevating you to a higher level of consciousness and spirituality, to insure minimally there is hope in your life and in your future? Akia Uwanda.
Dancing with Carolyn, carpool karaoke with Akia, what great life experiences! TROML Baby!
You better CLICK THIS LINK and order her debut album ‘LIFT’ right now!
Akia, thank you for the pleasure of meeting you and your amazing Emcee talents!
First Coast Dancing With The Stars 2018… get involved one way or another!
P.S. Akia’s not perfect, neither am I, here’s one of our BLOOPERS:
