Hollie Steel

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Big Inspiration in a Small Package

This article below was written by Todd, a big fan of Hollie’s.

This is a true story of inspiration and I write it with some hesitation and bravery, because I am a grown man of 48 years. I have a terrible fear of heights and can’t be up off the floor more than about 5 feet ( 2 meters ). I have been working on painting the inside of my house now for over one month. I started off very well until I reached the top center part of the wall. It is about 15 feet ( 5 meters ) to the top. As I climbed the ladder, my knees became weak and my hands were sweating badly. I managed to finish the one wall. That’s when the project came to a stop.

The unfinished walls, the paint and the brushes all sat for over 3 weeks. With my wife and kids joking me about the painting project that will last all year, I sat laughing with them to embarrassed to tell anyone I was scared to death to get back on the ladder.

Trying to find the courage to finish, I started thinking of one little 11 year old girl who found the courage, to step back on stage, in front of millions, to finish what she had started. With that one warm thought of the bravest little girl in the world, out came the ladders, out came the paint and out came the brushes. With my iPod in my ears and a brush in my hand, up the ladder I went.

While painting at the top of the ladder, my daughter stopped by and asked……dad, who are you listening to? The picture to the right says it all. No one ever knows where their bravery, their courage, their inspiration will come. For me it came from a little 11 year old girl named Hollie.

Thanks for being a big inspiration in a small package.

Here’s a lovely reminder of Hollie’s performances since Britain’s got Talent. Hollie’s had a lovely year and this week she has started rehearsing for her new Christmas single. Watch this space!!

Yahoo are running a vote for the best BGT act. Please visit and vote for Hollie. Here is the link: http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/ You can vote (for Hollie of course!!) as often as you want.

I have uploaded a brand new photo album of Hollie Steel, containing photos of when she played Annie. Many thanks to Léopold for sending me them. You can view them in the gallery.

How would you like Hollie Steel to be smiling at you every time you go onto the internet? Well, now you can have exactly that. The other day, whilst browsing, I found some themes for Firefox that use photos of Hollie Steel – one uses the photo of Hollie holding an electric guitar that was posted here. With these Firefox themes, or Personas as they are called, you can change the appearance of the Firefox browser so that you have Hollie’s pretty face looking at you.

Here are the two themes. They have been created by “Fitchman”, who must be a visitor to this site or the UK site.

If you visit this page and put your cursor over one of the photos, you will see how your browser will look after modification. There are full instructions on the site. I tried and had no problems either adding or removing the Hollie Steel theme.

Nice job, Fitchman!