THERESA ST JOHNS

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THERESA ST JOHNS aka ANDRIENNE THERESA MCDONALD was born in Laurel, Mississippi and at a very early age had a keen interest in music and writing. She sang her first solo in Bethlehem Baptist Church in Hintonvillle, Miss. at the age of six and would soon become a pianist for the church. Her first music instructor, Sammie Lee Hinton, had such confidence in her musical drive and entered her in local recitals at the schools where he served as music teacher in New Augusta and Beaumont, Miss.

THERESA found the piano as a challenging instrument, and would soley focus on vocals in the alto section of the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church choir in Hattiesburg, Miss. under the direction of Tito Lanier. Her tenure there was short once she was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army as an Air Defense Artillery Officer. Her unique and rich voice was heard when she sang in the choir during a deployment to Ahmed Al Jabir Air Base, Kuwait. Thus she became the choir director for nearly 10 months.

Miltary service made THERESA's musical connection intermittent, but she would sing while deployed to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and while stationed in Seoul, So. Korea. Another musical first was when a friend asked her to sing for a secular band which was a first for her singing outside of the church. Later she participated in music competitions while stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C. such as MILITARY IDOL and STARS OF TOMORROW.

THERESA began writing songs during one of her deployments to Kuwait and she recorded them in a Raleigh, NC studio following her deployment. She managed to write 16 songs while stationed at Fort Bragg,NC from 2008 to 2012

She bagan singing for a band managed by her God brother Darrell McGirt called "THOZE GUYZ" at Osan Air Base and she became a member for nearly two years. THERESA thought it ideal to keep her social ventures private and decided to take on the name "MacDonald Teresa" in an effort to keep her future supervisors at the Pentagon uninformed of her musical interests. She misspelled both her last and middle name and removed Adrienne from all of her personal social media. Later she would take on the name THERESA ST JOHNS ' because of where she lived in proximity to the St Johns River once she left the Washington, DC area.

Upon retirement from the military she relocated in Jacksonville, FL. where she was a vocalist for two bands in her new city and is currently venturing out as a solo artist. Additionally she is the owner of P3 PICTOGRAPHY, LLC.  She also has a keen interest in holistic healing and women's womb wellness.
She stays connected with the holistic community with her connection to Queen Afua's Sacred Woman with the Sacred Woman Alumnea circle as well as her Dr. Sebi brothers and sisters around the globe.

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