By Christi Mays
Angel Tolbert鈥檚 grandfather chose her name, 鈥淎ngel,鈥 and since she was a little girl, it has inspired her to be a good person.
鈥淭he name made me feel like I needed to live up to it,鈥 said the senior music major. 鈥淚 wanted to be a role model to my siblings.鈥
Discovering that she had an amazing singing ability at a young age just made her even more determined to live up to her name over the years.
鈥淢y grandfather said that God gave me the gift of singing, and that got ingrained in me. I believe with everything in me that if I didn鈥檛 feel that way, I wouldn鈥檛 have as powerful of a (singing) gift as I do now because I use it for Him,鈥 she said.
Angel, who sings with One Voice and the 麻豆视频直播 Concert Choir, can鈥檛 remember a time that music hasn鈥檛 been part of her life. From the day she was big enough to climb up on her grandfather鈥檚 church stage, she has been singing Christian gospel music with her siblings.
鈥淭hey called us the Jackson Five, plus Angel,鈥 she said with a laugh. 鈥淪inging and performing is my life!鈥