Crystal Pontes was born on February 10, 1983 in the town of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. This young luso-canadian songstress, already a veteran in the Portuguese community musical milieu despite her tender age, has always nurtured a deep passion for music. The daughter of Portuguese immigrant parents, she is extremely proud of the cultural legacy they have handed down to her throughout the years, and which is very evident in her music. Her father, Mario, from the Island of Terceira, and her mother, born on the Island of Santa Maria in the Azores, have always been very supportive and have done their best to encourage her to promote and sing the Portuguese language.

Interested in music since infancy, Crystal later frequented ballet, tap, and jazz dance classes for seven years at the Ziegfield School of Dance, as well as voice and theatre classes at the Royal Conservatory. Whilst still at school, she took part in theatre productions, folkdance groups and Mardi Gras dances, always singing. She was also a member of the musical band "Banda Lira de Fátima", and has organized and performed fund-raisers for Cancer Research.

Crystal has given shows in some of the major Canadian cities - Toronto, Thunder Bay, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg, in the United States (California and Rhode Island) and the Azores, on the Islands of Terceira and Santa Maria. Worthy of mention is the fact that this young performer has been billed alongside numerous popular artists well-known in the community, bands such as "Starlight", and "Os Panteras", as well as singers Iran Costa, Fernando Correia Marques, Axel, Nelia, Carmen Silva, Nilton Cesar, Lindomar Castilho and Shawn Fernandes-Desman. The highlights of her young career include performances for the President of The Republic of Portugal and the President of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. Crystal Pontes is equally involved in Canadian anglophone musical circles.

Her first release, "A Dança do Lê Olá" was launched on the market by the luso-canadian record label, Henda Music & Vídeo Canada. Her second CD is currently in the works.

January, 2003

For further information contact Mario Pontes:

Address: 162 Garden Park Drive,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R2V 3R3 Canada

Tel: (204) 334-2414

Web Site: www.crystalpontes.com

E-mail: c_pontes@hotmail.com