BAND: Melissa Spelchen

GENRE: Acoustic Variety

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Melissa Spelchen has been entertaining crowds for multiple decades, the product of a band playing father who still plays fiddle and guitar at the age of 91, a vocalist mother and musically inclined siblings. She honed her skills at various musical performances, as a young vocalist with her older brother Dean accompanying her throughout her home province of Saskatchewan. As a result of being involved with her family church, St. Peter and Paul’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canora, Saskatchewan, her and her brother had their most prestigious performance in 1987 for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.

After her brother graduated high school and went to college, Melissa taught herself how to play the guitar so she could accompany herself wherever her entertainment would take her. Due to some volleyball talent, she attended university on a scholarship and was able to bring her singing abilities to various parts of North Dakota over 30 plus years.

Dr. Spelchen is the Healthy Youth Community and Social Service Specialist for the Central Regional Education Association, focusing on statewide PK-12 School building initiatives that keep kids OUT of the juvenile justice system. She is also the founder and owner of UP Your Performance, wherein she provides mental performance coaching to young athletes, law enforcement, and others. In addition, SPELCH broadcasts volleyball and sings as a solo artist under UP Your Performance, providing a variety of musical stylings from oldies to country to classic rock to folk to pop to whatever she is feeling in the moment. If she knows the song- she loves to try and sing it in her own unique way, so do not hesitate to request something obsolete!

The Bandshell Concert Series is an opportunity for the community to enjoy a free outdoor concert each Tuesday night throughout the summer. For more information on this year’s concert series>>> VIEW MORE HERE.