Artist Spotlight - Vans LeBlanc

 

Vans LeBlanc was born in Portsmouth, Dominica, the nature Island of the Caribbean. A high school student at the St. Mary’s Academy, he was educated at Iona University, New Rochelle, New York and at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.

 

He was the chief executive of the two major indigenous financial institutions, director of several business and government institutions in his homeland, Dominica; and a loan Officer with the General Electric Company in Stamford, CT. Vans is a former teacher and banana farmer at home, and a mortgage Broker in Canada.

 

He is an unpublished author, poet and a former volunteer small business counsellor. Vans has a love for music, although he doesn’t call himself a musician. Vans had been a choir member and Cantor for many years prior to Covid. He has sung comfortably as a tenor even though he has a limited ability to read music.

 

His musical composition of “Dream of King’s” is the manifestation of his deep belief in the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A dream that he believes transcends all countries, borders and races. It is the universal dream of the entire human race, and though the dream first appeared in the USA.

 

Dr. King fully understood that the dream is not only America’s dream. It is the ultimate human dream with universal application and appeal.

 

The music was specifically designed to motivate students at the high school level to celebrate Dr. King’s birthday and commemorate his passing through their marching band parades every year. They should never forget, and we should never forget.