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SANDY KAYE
United Kingdom and Malaga, Spain


Biography/Resume:


SANDY KAYE's career began by starring in Commercials and Film ads in her home country of South Africa in the 60's. Leaving S.A.in1970 for the U.K.-where Sandy was fortunate enough to establish herself in Public Relations and Management for the Music Industry. Some of her clients
included Slim Whitman, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Frankie Laine. Robert White, and Robert Goulet.

For 5 years she was the Press and Artistes Relations Director for the much acclaimed Marlborough Country and Western Festival held every Easter weekend at Wembley Arena, each year approx. 160 top artistes performed over the 3 day festival. Sandy found herself working regularly with renowned artistes such as Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette. Boxcar Willie. Loretta Lynn, Willy Nelson, Don McLean, Ricky Nelson, just a few of the famous names she can now call friends.

Being South African born, it was a natural progression for Mervyn Conn Concert Promotions to send her out to S.A. in order to establish the First Country and Western Festival that South Africa had ever hosted.

Sandy's experience also took her in to the promotional side of the film industry where she was involved in successfully promoting such as Mame and Towering Inferno. Alongside her Music PR and Management, she was also the Showbiz Consultant PR for - The Royal Garden Hotel - specialising in Celebrity Parties and generally dealing with VIP's visiting this prestigious
central London hotel, which is situated next to Kensington Palace.
From 1980 Sandy went into UK television and joined as Producer of the long running first public service crime programme - "POLICE 5"- producing this programme for fourteen years, also starting - "CRIME STOPPERS" - in the U.K. which lasted four years.

She can list in her achievement the distinction of obtaining an exclusive licence to film in Scotland Yard's Museum of Crime, affectionately known as "THE BLACK MUSEUM" a drama documentary was made in conjunction with Central TV which was then networked - followed by two further documentaries on the same subject which were all sold worldwide by CTE.

She also was producer of a nine part TV series teaching the game of BRIDGE . Today she co-hosts the only thrice-weekly English speaking TV chat show in Marbella, Southern Spain. She's also the main presenter for the first live magazine programme on Spain's English Television.
She also hosts 2 radio shows as well, one called - "WHAT'S NEW"- all the latest showbiz, fashion and gossip news and interviews, and the 2nd programme is called- "PRESS GANG" - which she shares with 2 other people reviewing the news nationally and internationally.

Over the past 5 years she has been the Artistes Relations Director for International Concert Promotions - the main concert promotions company in Southern Spain - liasing and working with artistes - Gloria Gaynor, Frank Sinatra Jnr., Woody Herman Big Band, George Benson, Kool and the Gang, Paco de Lucia, Gypsy Kings. Also worked closely with both the Promotors - I
C P and the Artistes at the First International Jazz Festival - staged in Marbella in conjunction with the Marbella Town Hall. This successful event was held over three days in May 2002.

Interests include: Sailing, Theatre, Films, Reading, a keen interest in current affairs and certainly cooking.

Basically, being a P.R. for quite some years, I'm known to be a "people's person" - and am very capable of working on my own - good at self motivation yet also very much a "team player" - (you have to be when you work with the biggest Police Force in the United Kingdom)

Finally, I'm single and free to travel at any time.

LECTURE SUBJECTS:
Crime Related Topics

- Stories from New Scotland Yard's MUSEUM OF CRIME - Police 5 - Crimestoppers

Showbiz Stories - "Rubbing Shoulders with the Rich and Famous"

POPULAR PRESENTATION TITLES:

'An Invitation to the Black Museum'
'Inside the Black Museum'
[Both CRIME TALKS are given with a half hour video programme. SANDY
KAYE is the ONLY person legally permitted to use those programmes]

Speaking Experience:
A past speaker on the liner Queen Elizabeth 2. Sandy Kaye now gives after-dinner talks and attends functions on the Costa del Sol. She also hosts a three times weekly talk show on Spanish Television - in English - plus regular Radio Magazine Programmes.