GR SUBO: March 2011

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&#9829; Happy Birthday Susan &#9829; - SUSAN BOYLE IS AMAZING

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Isn't this a beautiful picture of Susan. This came up on her official site. She is so lovely. She has the most marvelous smile. Don't you just love her. Check out her site at Susanboylemusic.com
http://www.susanboylemusic.com/gb/news/item/susan_boyle_at_50/

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SUSAN BOYLE: "

SUSAN BOYLE - I KNOW HIM SO WELL"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kVSFdavrHps

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Fans are excited to sign the card for Susan's 50th birthday. Send her a birthday message at link below:

http://www.groupcard.com/c/faXRenChBkn

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Hold On Tight! by TommyUSA - SUSAN BOYLE IS AMAZING

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Tommy has the most unique sites for Susan Boyle and other stars. He post many interesting videos and this is one of them.

http://www.blackburnwestlothian.co.uk/index.php

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Enjoy the beautiful pictures.

http://vimeo.com/user6409123/star-out-of-blackburn

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Here you go - TommyUSA's new video and it is beautiful. I knew he would know how to bring these wonderful pictures to us. How wonderful! Thank you Tommy.

http://vimeo.com/user6409123/when-an-angel-dreams

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Hi Fans, I was reading an article about Susan and her new home and I thought you would enjoy reading it to.
Here is the link:

http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2011/03/27/susan-boyle-cant-give-up-friendly-neighbours-at-her-old-council-house/

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Just look at this beautiful star. Isn't she gorgeous!

Beautiful Susan Boyle

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Take the time to listen to this again. Magnificent!

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Scottish Variety Awards - Review: "

Last Saturday night Susan performed in Glasgow, Scotland at the Scottish Variety Award. Susan sang three songs, A Perfect Day, Who I Was Born To Be, and the song which is now unequivocally her own, I Dreamed A Dream. Susan brought the house down and was given standing ovations for each song. She was very much at ease during the pre show drinks, mingling with the audience while they sipped champagne and nibbled on canapés. Susan looked stunning in a purple outfit by Scottish Designer Joyce Young for Tartan Spirit. The outfit comprised purple trousers, a silk top, and a full length dress coat, and it was finished off with some purple satin shoes and delicate jewellery.Susan’s sang brillaintly and many were brought to tears by the power and the emotion of her performance.

Elaine C Smith presented Susan with an award for Outstanding Achievement. Elaine’s presentation speech was heartfelt and sincere, she was full of praise for Susan and for her glorious voice. She exclusively revealed to a delighted audience that Susan will be appearing later this year in Rab C Nesbit, a well known comedy series in the UK. She described Susan as a role model for the world and told her audience that when Susan walked into a room or onto a set every single person stopped to take notice.

The following day Susan attended a lunch with fans where she was presented with a quilt which has over 500 names of fans, famous and not famous, to commemorate her upcoming 50th birthday. This quilt was lovingly put together by two loyal fans from the USA, Carol and Phyllis, who spent many months, weeks, days and hours toiling over their sewing machines, They even managed to do embroidered squares which included Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell’s faces. Many important occasions in Susan’s life were also featured on the quilt, including her performance at The Papal Mass in Glasgow, performances in America, and in Europe, and of course the audition where it all began. A good time was had by all and Susan thoroughly enjoyed this weekends activities and is looking forward to the many more exciting projects which are planned for this year. “watch this space” as Susan would say, there are some great things to come.

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This was on a Susan site. It has nothing to do with Susan,

but it is so funny and enjoyable, that I put it here for your

enjoyment. Have a laugh!

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The beautiful silk outfit was designed by Joyce Young.

http://www.tartanspirit.com/susan-boyle-and-designer-joyce-young/

March 19th

Scotish Royal Variety Awards
Crown Plaza Hotel Glasgow 7:30pm BST

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...ttish-Sun.html

SUPERSTAR songbird Susan Boyle is to headline this year's Scottish Variety Awards.

And SuBo - who has just been crowned Scot of the Year - will pick up another gong, this time for Outstanding Achievement.[…]

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Another New feature - The SUBO Gazette!

We have added another new feature to the main site - The SUBO Gazette. This is a newspaper feature and will be accessible by anyone visiting the main site. We hope you like it - and anyone wishing to add to it with articles and suggestions should contact me by PM.

Thank You

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GraySea - Susan Boyle: M&G IN WPB FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011

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Another New feature - The SUBO Gazette!

We have added another new feature to the main site - The SUBO Gazette. This is a newspaper feature and will be accessible by anyone visiting the main site. We hope you like it - and anyone wishing to add to it with articles and suggestions should contact me by PM.

Thank You

http://susan-boyle.com/pages/subogazzette

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Hi Susan Boyle friends,

I am so sorry that many of my videos were taken down. I found out that TommyUSA, who's videos I just love and placed them on my blog, had 130 videos taken down off YOUTUBE. He was so sorry and I am so sorry, because all of his videos were top class and beautiful. No amount of words can describe how I feel about this. When a gentleman like Tommy spent so much time making beautiful, caring, loving tribute videos for the enjoyment of average fans like me and you, and had to take them down, makes me so sad.

I will keep trying to post videos and stories, even though I am not sure about this copyright issue. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I so love to hear, read and enjoy anything about Susan and I like everyone with the same mind set to feel the same.

So keep watching, as I will continue on to enjoy Susan and her music.

Hugs, Grace

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This wonderful quilt was made by Susan fans, Randma and Suebofan, and

has 3 squares with our names, (me) graysea, (granddaughters)

Emily & Jess, (Nancy) But2fly. I am so excited to see this finished project.

It is a labor of love for the most wonderful singer of all, Susan Boyle.

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Livingston M&G March 2011 - SUSAN BOYLE IS AMAZING

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Livingston M&G March 2011 - SUSAN BOYLE IS AMAZING

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Scottish Variety Awards

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3478358/SUSAN-Boyle-goes-for-new-look-that-transforms-her-from-SuBo-into-SuFro.html

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Tommy says what many of us feel. Thank you Tommy!

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I waited hours and it was well worth it.

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Up-to-date, current videos, good talk and just wonderful Susan fans at this site. You will love it.

http://theamazingsusanboyle.magnify.net/messages/view/DK86H116Q0Q6HKM5

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TOP O' THE MORNIN' TO YA!

Wishing you all a great day!

"An Old Irish Blessing"

May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home.

May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.

May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures.

May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!

Happy St. Patrick's day!

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Susan Sings

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Susan Boyle, Unsung Hero

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Cry me a River IDAD TV Special

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This tells the story of Susan's first 7 performances.

1) Audition, 2) Semi-final, 3) Final, 4) Harper's Bazaar

5) BGT Tour, 6) AGT WH, 7) Interview with MV.

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In this video is the sign we made for Susan. It is the sign with Susan
in the circles and one came undone is hanging down. We had a great time.

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GraySea - Susan Boyle: My Favorite Fan Sites:
"http://forum.susan-boyle.com/index.php
http://forum.susan-boyle-fans.com/index.php
http://tommyusa-susanboyleisamazing.webs.com/apps/profi..."

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http://www.susan-boyle.com/video/THE-UNTOLD-SUSAN-BOYLE-STORY-by

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This is the first part of "Living the Dream". The video did not carry over.
Please copy and past to see the first part. You will really like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPF7oUj2A4U

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http://forum.susan-boyle.com/index.php

http://forum.susan-boyle-fans.com/index.php

http://tommyusa-susanboyleisamazing.webs.com/apps/profile/62047761/

http://theamazingsusanboyle.magnify.net/messages/view/JZ563C1BH710SDV6

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This talented guy, Julian Smith, came in third after Susan.

He was very nice to Susan during the BGT tour.

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If you haven't seen this video "The Final" BGT, now is the time.

This is an amazing performance. What a strong, beautiful voice.

Well worth it, Susan.

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Listen to Susan sing without any musical back up. It is amazing.

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Another beautiful video from TommyUSA.

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Susan singing Fame, while dancers are dancing to it. Cool!

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Just had to put this up again. Listen to the power of Susan. This is

so magnificent. Many fans went to the first performance by Susan in America.

I wish I were there too.

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I love this little bit of information. Well deserved, IMO.

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Listen to Susan's beautiful voice. A little bit of her songs to

give you an idea of what she sings. Very nice.

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Susan Boyle Gives Up Treats For Charity

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Very nice article about it.
http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/234065-susan-boyle-flashes-bling-ring-as-she-makes-sweet-charitable-donation/

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Susan Boyle launches Lent fundraising drive | Christian News on Christian Today

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Such a sweet, kind, sincere singer. Unlikely, no, just unknown

for too many years. What a shame we lost this beautiful voice

for so many years. How wonderful Susan is singing for us now.

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Susan went over to Knock as she usually does each year

and Daniel asked her to sing and she did. How wonderful

they sound together.

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Susan’s New Address: "
Susan has requested that due to the large amount of mail being sent to her home that all future correspondence is sent to the following address.
PO Box 15668
Bathgate
EH48 9AY

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Wonderful video! Watch Susan grow and glow from the beginning.

This video is a history of Susan's outstanding progress. Enjoy.

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This is only one reason we love Susan so much.

What a wonderful down-to-earth person she is.

Such joy, so natural and warm. Keep on going, Susan!

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Dear friends,
Here it is Monday morning and I am sitting here in sunny Florida enjoying the beautiful weather, while my family and friends are at home in Massachusetts putting up with cold weather, flooding in the basements, dirty snow still piled high and just yuckie roads every where. My senior club will be having their meeting tonight at the new senior location in Natick (temporary place while the town builds a community center $$$$$$). When I return next month, I will be doing a program about Susan Boyle. The senior members have been waiting for this since last September and I promised I would do it. I will include the Susan bingo game designed by Pam.

I am lucky to have Skype because I can keep and eye on my family from afar. Not only that, I will be able to be part of the WFM (World Fan Meeting in Scotland) and join the others on line celebrating Susan Boyle's 50th birthday. How good is that?

I want to thank everyone for coming to my blog. I am very new at this and now that I have posted the link on my Florida thread and Tommy has posted it on his thread (thank you) I have a lot more activity here. I will try harder to keep up to date on this blog. Since I am on the sites everyday, I will be posting good things about Susan that I like. I will post special things if I feel they are of interest. I hope you will like what comes on here. Please feel free to comment. As I said, I am new to this, so be nice.

BTW, when I had company last night, one of my Florida friends (not a computer user) who I see yearly, didn't know too much about Susan. When I asked her, the first thing she said was, "didn't she have a break down? What ever happened to her?". Oh, how this bothers me. Of course, I tried to explain and tell about Susan, but how much can you go through with people who don't understand. I am sure you know this and have run into the same situation. I really think Sony should do more publicity in the USA.

Anyway, welcome to my blog. I hope you enjoy it. See you on the sites.

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http://forum.susan-boyle.com/threads/9117-Susan-Boyle-FAN-MEETINGS-(Posters)/page3?highlight=posters

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Susan Boyle: Singer and Now Businesswoman

By Marie Sheahan Brown

Who can forget the YouTube masterpiece? She strode and sashayed onto the stage with golden stature and confidence. She sparred wittily with the three famous judges, wearied by their long day of auditions in Glasgow, Scotland. She didn’t look the part of a “professional singer,” although one might perceive that being “currently unemployed” at forty-seven left little extra for beauty-shop pampering. Was she, rather, a comedienne? Susan Boyle audition

Then she sang. The formerly skeptical audience stood enraptured, tears welling as she belted out “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Misérables with stunning clarity and passion.

More than five years after the seven-minute audition video aired on Britain’s Got Talent on April 11, 2009, and promptly hit worldwide news feeds, multitudes in America and beyond remember Susan Boyle. Since she first broke Amazon pre-sale records in September 2009, millions have bought her albums. Each year, a new carefully crafted album has been released in time for Christmas. Since 2009, five albums have garnered sixty-three gold and ninety-four platinum sales levels in forty-two countries. Her sixth album, Hope, will be released on October 21 in the United States.

Scottish and United Kingdom audiences thrilled to Miss Boyle’s first full-length concert tours in 2013 and 2014. Now she’s coming to America—home of an immediate and strong support base—starting in San Diego on October 8, and singing her way across the southern half of the United States at venues in twenty cities. A sweep through the northern states could likely follow in the future.

See http://www.susanboylemusic.com/us/events

Many have written about Susan Boyle’s difficult and graced life. Her 2010 autobiography, The Woman I Was Born to Be, is a good source. Now fifty-three, she carefully revealed late in 2013 that, after decades of mistaken assumptions, she had finally been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. The relief of self-knowledge strengthens and encourages her after a lifetime of dealing with debilitating anxiety and panic attacks, and some difficulty in handling emotions and relating comfortably to people.

“This is a point: People may have problems,” she states in a documentary, “but they’ve got other things as well. And they’ve got a lot more to offer.” (Gammon, Lottie, produced, filmed, and directed. “There’s Something About Susan.” Firecracker Films Ltd. for ITV, 45:37 minutes. 2013)

Fewer analyses have considered her role as a small businesswoman and philanthropist whose personal success has enhanced the lives and small businesses of countless others not only in her native Scotland but also in, for example, America.

Miss Boyle, easily mistaken for a stately five feet ten in the famous video, is, in fact, barely over five feet tall with soft, dainty hands and feet—a huggable China doll. So she does qualify as a smallbusinesswoman despite her multimillions in sales, which also benefit business giants like Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited; SYCOmusic (Simon Cowell); Simon & Schuster, Inc.; Amazon; and, more recently, concert tour bus companies. In significant other ways, she retains her focus on the little ones.

The woman who had “never been married, never been kissed” and remains a virgin has, since 2009, given birth with astonishing fecundity. Lewis Hyde well describes her kind of gift and fertility in his 1983 classic, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property: “I have hoped . . . to speak of the inner gift that we accept as the object of our labor, and the outer gift that has become a vehicle of culture. I am not concerned with gifts given in spite or fear, nor those gifts we accept out of servility or obligation; my concern is the gift we long for, the gift that, when it comes, speaks commandingly to the soul and irresistibly moves us.”

Mr. Hyde first explores traditional “gift economies,” in which citizens are considered wealthy not according to how much they acquire but how much they give. In fictional form, Jean M. Auel’s well-researched Earth’s Children series (The Clan of the Cave Bear and five sequels) describes the creativity and ingenuity that led people to survive, to form communities, and to work cooperatively for mutual benefit. Goods, services, storytelling and musical talents, art, and many other gifts were appreciated in deeper ways than they might be in a typical “market economy.”

According to reviewer JoAnn Schwartz, “Above all, Hyde is interested in examining the effect our current immersion in the market economy and the myth of the free market has both on our view of gifts and on our ability to give and receive them. The market economy is deliberately impersonal, but the whole purpose of the ‘gift economy’ is to establish and strengthen the relationships between us, to connect us one to the other. It is this element of relationship which leads Hyde to speak of gift exchange as ‘erotic’ commerce, opposing eros (the principle of attraction, union, involvement which binds together) to logos (reason and logic in general, the principle of differentiation in particular). A market economy is an emanation of logos.

“In a market economy,” Ms. Schwartz continues, “one can hoard one’s goods without losing wealth. Indeed, wealth is increased by hoarding—although we generally call it ‘saving.’ In contrast, in a gift economy, wealth is decreased by hoarding, for it is the circulation of the gift(s) within the community that leads to increase—increase in connections, increase in relationship strength. Through this book, Hyde helps us focus on the importance of gifts, their flow and movement, and the impact that the modern market place has had on the circulation of gifts.” (http://southerncrossreview.org/4/schwartz.html)

Susan Boyle does appreciate the financial security that she had never known, especially in the fearsome years after her mother died in 2007, when Miss Boyle kept her house cold so that she could afford the heating bill. Yet more important, Susan Boyle has said all along, “I sing to make people happy.” When she was a girl, the gift spoke “commandingly to the soul”—her soul. She honed, honed, honed the gift to perfection over decades of world obscurity. She sees with gratitude and humility the effects of this gift on people worldwide. When this gift is pointed out to her in personal conversation, she bows her head and lowers her eyes shyly. “Thank you.”

Miss Boyle’s fame and financial success have boosted tourism modestly in West Lothian, Scotland, with its pastoral more than spectacular scenery, a region that has suffered from bouts of economic depression and unemployment over the past few centuries. In February 2013, for example, following a centuries-old pattern, the main employer in the area—Halls of Broxburn meat processing plant—was closed by foreign owners, leaving 1,700 unemployed.

Lorraine Campbell co-owns and manages The Balbairdie—a nicely refurbished old hotel and pub in Bathgate, West Lothian. When the economy suffers, The Balbairdie feels it. Asked how she copes, Ms. Campbell replied, “You just keep going.” Happily, the local economy has improved some since 2013, according to Ms. Campbell in April 2014.

Miss Boyle has engaged experts like Andy Stephens, manager; Nicola Phillips, publicist; and Andrew Panton, creative and vocal director, to name a few. She has provided jobs for local personal assistants who handle correspondence, scheduling, wardrobe consultation, and myriad other details; gardeners; carpenters to renovate the council house she grew up and still lives in (her first big post-Britain’s Got Talent purchase); a housekeeper; women who fix her hair, do her nails, and apply her makeup for special public appearances and photo sessions; and others who tend to basic needs of a now-busy celebrity who still prefers to live in her home village, stop in at her favorite small shops and establishments, and take the bus.

Miss Boyle has also given seed money and sponsorship for creative business and charitable ventures in her local community and beyond. One start-up, Boyle’s Boutique, is an extended-family cottage industry that sells, among others, products featuring the new Boyle Tartan created for the family. Products may be ordered online.

Susan Boyle’s very capable personal assistant Sadie Boyle (no relation) says Miss Boyle gets about four hundred emails weekly, many requesting her generosity. This kind of response to another’s fame and fortune is not uncommon.

More unusual, and a clearer example of the fruits of the “gift economy,” is the generation of a worldwide community of Susan Boyle supporter-fans who have formed friendships, discovered or rekindled their own creative gifts, invested thousands of volunteer hours, spread financial generosity, and—to a small extent—started creative cottage enterprises for profit or merely to cover expenses.

Several unofficial Susan Boyle fansites live on the Internet. The first and largest, still flourishing, is www.susan-boyle.com. On April 11, 2009, Paul Wood, a London construction worker, watched Miss Boyle’s audition on TV and immediately put up a website. Starting within hours after the audition aired, people from many continents to whom Susan Boyle’s gift spoke “commandingly to the soul” were “irresistibly move[d]” to find out anything they could about her on the Internet. They frequently stumbled across Mr. Wood’s hastily launched site with its prolific discussion threads generating hundreds of written comments every day in the first two months of Miss Boyle’s fame.

To bring some order to the conversational chaos, Mr. Wood launched a companion Forum in June 2009 with more sophisticated software, accessed through the main website. Anyone could (and still can) join for free. The main rules are that one not be an Internet troll (a term and experience many had never heard of), that one behave reasonably civilly as outlined in posted guidelines, and that one not use the Forum itself for commercial purposes (more on that later).

Volunteer moderators and techies keep the discussions and online experience on an even keel. Online advertisements generated by Google AdSense and Amazon sales linked to the website (“SuBo Store”) help pay for the normal operational expenses.

In early 2010, Mr. Wood announced that he was going to auction off the website (some fifty thousand registered members) and its Forum (a few thousand registered members at the time). The worldwide member community could not bear the prospect of being taken over by some unknown commercial entity with other goals. So they decided to bid on the fansite themselves. A few members—by no means wealthy—each voluntarily loaned trusted fellow members a few thousand dollars to buy the fansite during the auction. The effort succeeded in July 2010.

Navigating through some tensions and hurt feelings (typical in any community anywhere), the worldwide Susan Boyle Fans International, Inc. (SBFII) community established itself as a non-profit corporation registered in Delaware, USA. SBFII elects a multinational volunteer board of directors; keeps meticulous financial records and files annual tax returns; maintains bylaws; and holds online annual meetings and elections engaging active members. Technically not a charity, SBFII uses AdSense and SuBo Store income to cover modest expenses and keep a healthy bank balance. Funds left over from voluntary collections (often for tasteful gifts for Miss Boyle for special occasions) are donated to a charity of Susan Boyle’s choice, frequently benefitting children in Scotland. By December 2011, SBFII repaid all interest-free loans given by members to buy the website; it remains debt free. No member gets paid for services to SBFII or personally benefits financially.

From the beginning, even silver-haired grandmothers proficient only with email learned to navigate the fansites in order to participate in a community of people who have experienced an inexplicable response to Susan Boyle—both her singing and her unique way of being—unlike their response to other favorite singers. Within months, members began gathering in person around the globe (often in restaurants, boosting local economies). They attended (and surreptitiously filmed and posted to the fansites for the enjoyment of those who could not attend) Miss Boyle’s performances in various cities (Britain’s Got Talent tour venues in the UK; Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, and more). Supporter-fans flocked to these events even though—until only 2013, when she first tried her own full-length concerts in Scotland—Miss Boyle was slated to sing just one, two, maybe three songs. These gatherings supported local hotels, B+Bs, restaurants, cab drivers, shops, and other travel-related businesses.

Miss Boyle and her team soon experienced that supporter-fans who came to these early events were older or at least more mature than stereotypical rowdies at, for example, Justin Bieber concerts. They saw that typical Susan Boyle supporter-fans are responsible, respectful, fun loving, generative. They include retired or active professionals—teachers, nurses, techies, writers, musicians, artists, farmers, truckers, businesspeople, social workers, radio hosts, professors, lawyers, homemakers, construction workers, postmasters, foresters.

To most gatherings (usually at restaurants) supporter-fans bring homemade memorabilia to share, including commemorative buttons and red scarves to identify themselves in various venues. The popularity of such items led SBFII to add another linked site, “Fan Creations,” linked in turn to the creators’ individual websites. Products include non-Susan-Boyle-related fan creations. Currently, three members offer SuBotique Hand Painted Apparel; Creative Images by tweek (Buttons, Mugs, etc.); and Susan Boyle Professional Singer chronicles gathered from news and other sources.

SBFII members often post creative ideas and images to discuss in writing with one another. Memorably, in 2009, a member from Texas, one from Iowa, and other volunteers, coordinated an international quilting bee. Supporter-fans from every continent, including Antarctica, created and mailed squares for a handmade quilt presented to Miss Boyle at a brunch following her debut solo appearance on the Todayshow on November 23—the day her first album, I Dreamed A Dream, was released in the United States and quickly broke world records in several categories.

Members can upload Susan-related videos that they have created; share poems that they’ve written; upload posters that they’ve designed digitally to document Miss Boyle’s career and accomplishments; upload news reports of supporter-fan activities, complete with photographs; post fine pencil drawings or paintings displaying talent the artists had only recently discovered; and offer a place where members can contribute their own essays. These essays, sometimes written in French or other non-English languages, often try to explain how the wee singer with the big voice; the shy woman who communicates profoundly—cor ad cor loquitur—through music others have written; the multimillionaire who stays in her small lifelong home and still takes the bus—the essentially inexplicable Susan Boyle—“irresistibly moves” them.

SBFII and other volunteers take responsibility to daily and positively post or re-post Susan Boyle news, photos, and encounters on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media. Their Internet involvement began immediately when Miss Boyle became famous—and once again experienced the bullying known since childhood, only this time inflicted by some members of the media and anonymous commentators. She writes in her autobiography, “What I didn’t know then, because I didn’t have a computer at the time, was that every time there was a mean comment about me in the press, a dozen messages of support would appear in response. On the Internet there was a growing community of fans. I had no idea how many people out there in the world felt moved to stick up for me, and I want to thank everybody for that.” (The Woman I Was Born to Be, pages 188–189)

Miss Boyle’s professional team also encourages creativity from fans. Starting with the first documentary of her life, Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream, produced in 2009 by Talkback Thames, fans were invited via the official www.susanboylemusic.com site (picked up and promoted by volunteer sites) to send short videos of themselves saying “Hello, Susan!” with backdrops representing their locations. Several clips from around the world were chosen for the documentary. As a lead-up to Miss Boyle’s second album, The Gift, she held a worldwide “Susan’s Search” competition, inviting any amateur singer to upload a brief selfie singing “Silent Night.” The winner, Amber Stassi, a thirty-three-year-old paramedic from Brewerton, New York, sang “Do You Hear What I Hear?” with Miss Boyle on the album and at the 2010 outdoor Today show appearance in New York City.

In the 2013 and 2014 concert tours in Scotland and the United Kingdom, Miss Boyle and her team selected local choirs to serve as back-up choruses in every city, receiving standard financial compensation. Already individual choir members in the United States are tweeting: “Aaliyah Buchanan ‏@Itsuko_Sora I’m to pumped, i get to sing for Susan Boyle!!!!” and “Drew Mikuska ‏@DrewMikuska Hahahahaha I’m singing backup for Susan Boyle.”

Already in the twenty cities spanning the southern United States, supporter-fans from as far away as Australia and Scotland are buying tickets. They are organizing pre-concert dinner-camaraderie gatherings for supporter-fans, some of whom they have never met in person but know through their written posts on fansites. Restaurants, hotels, theaters, airlines, public transportation providers, cab drivers, and many small businesses will benefit. Susan Boyle, her team, and numerous music-related vendors will profit.

Yet in Susan Boyle’s “gift economy,” which she neither forecasted nor manipulated, money can facilitate but cannot possibly buy the greatest benefits to the community in which she finds herself to be the generator and principal member. In this higher economy, she is both blessed herself and a blessing to countless others.

As recently reported on her official website, Susan says about her upcoming United States concert tour: “This is a brilliant moment for me. The past five years have been incredible, and it just keeps getting better. I have spoken so often about wanting to tour America and be able to visit different cities for the first time—I’m so excited. This really will be fantastic, and I can’t wait for October. The US embraced and supported me from the beginning, and it really feels like a second home. So I can’t wait to get on the road and perform there.”

Source:Small Business Exchange Northeast