Follow Vancouver, BC, Canada, recording artist Melanie Dekker as she performs and enjoys the city of Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics.. (Brought to you by Fortune Records & Elephant Ears Entertainment)

Canadian (and some American) troops in Afghanistan welcome Melanie Dekker over Christmas 2009! 11 concerts in 36 hours. Accompanied by comedian Mike Macdonald, the Chief of Defence Staff for Canada: General Walt Natynczyk, and the US Ambassador: David Jacobson. Shot in Afghanistan by Melanie Dekker and her Canadian Forces escort, Lt Daphne Dale. Editing by Melanie Dekker and Len Rooney. Features an interview appearance by Bob Thompson (stockmarketsuperstars.com).

I wrote Fall in/Wounded Soldier a few weeks before performing a concert in the Hamptons (NY) in 2005 where there was a benefit for the Wounded Soldier Campaign. I was asked to ideally write something but told that singing something like “For what it’s worth” would be awesome as well. HA! How do you compete with that epic piece of music I thought! I don’t know what it is to be a soldier in war, though in life I certainly hope that we all do. The strength of the human spirit is something that puts me in awe in so many spine tingling moments and our strength and spirit to rise again once we have fallen is one that grabs me most.

A little appointment with the dental surgeon. Ouch ... bye bye wisdom teeth!

Jan 1, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Melanie celebrates New Year's Day by jumping into the frigid waters of English Bay along with more than 2000 other Vancouverites. (video: Len Rooney)
 

Dec 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Melanie brings Season's Greetings to her friends in Vancouver.
(video: Len Rooney)
 

Nov 10, 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Melanie Dekker appears on the television show Urban Rush
14-09-09, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She talks about the HMCS Winnipeg, her trip to Hawaii and possible trip to Afghanistan and sings the song that has awarded her a medal of excellence: Fall in / Wounded Soldier.
 

Live outdoor concert in Germany 2004. This song was written for Dekker's mother, Irene for a Valentine's gift. You can find this song on the album : JUST BECAUSE
 

Germany, Sep 17, 2009 - Melanie Dekker performs her song "Blue Blanket". Live at the Object 5 in Halle (Stefan Rapp - electric guitar & David Marion - bass)
 

August 30, 2007 - Melanie performs her song, "I Said I"
 

Melanie in AUSTRIA 2010

Melanie in Halle, GERMANY 2009

Jim Parker, Songwriter Series - Saturday Night Show with Melanie