"...Dorothy has a well-honed stage charm and an unsinkable ego when she gets on stage, opening up her life through her songs. In one about her parents’ death, she offers “It was easy to clear out that old house/Not so easy to clear out my mind.” by Alex V. Cook, Country Roads Magazine, August 2009. WAKE UP AND DREAM! In one sense, a contradiction; in another sense, a very simple concept that holds the key! Performing songwriter Dorothy C. LeBlanc's original composition emerged from her personal journey. She is admittedly a very positive, upbeat person, though she has waged war with anxiety and depression throughout adulthood. She is a wife, a mother, and a survivor of anorexia and breast cancer. She is a woman who truly wants to make a difference in the world by sharing her unique epiphanies and her uplifting nature, in song. During a conversation with fellow songwriters, someone posed the question, “What makes some people give up...yet other people rise to the challenges of life?” She realized what keeps her going. She needs to keep a dream in focus, at all times. Wake Up and Dream was written to truly represent her philosophy of life. Wake Up and Dream is a collection of tunes that Dorothy pinned to reflect the importance of having a dream in living a fulfilling life. The entire album celebrates dreams that we set for ourselves, making our daily walk one of purpose...