People leave high school and go onto life after with high hopes of reaching their dreams, Miranda Dawn was successful in this.  She is now a performer with her boyfriend, Chris Hawkes on NBC hit television show “The Voice”.
“I was 26 when I decided to take that leap of faith and pursue music full time.I was finally willing to follow my dreams and land wherever they would take me. That can really feel like jumping blindly, but I had the security of already knowing my professional strengths,” Dawn said.  “I really feel that having several years of professional and educational experience before pursuing music better prepared me for the business side of being a musician.”
Dawn attended Bowie between 1999- 2002.  Many teachers have influenced her including former principal Kent Ewing, former choir director Shirley Jones, and then newspaper advisor Scott Dennis.
“I don’t remember a whole lot of her with music but it wouldn’t surprise me that she went that way,” Dennis said. “I’m glad to hear that she is, I knew she had potential regardless of what she set her mind unto she would get it done.”
Dawn preformed in a talent show her junior year where she played her own music.
“That was my first performance in front of a lot of people,” Dawn Said. “I wrote songs in my bedroom and didn’t really perform them for anyone other than my family and closest friends. I figured I’d always write songs and sing them for fun, I had no idea it would be what I pursued professionally.”
Dawn met Hawkes at TC’s lounge where they talked about music and song writing.
“I was out listening to a blues band on the East Side of Austin at TC’s Lounge and this sweet red headed guy came up and asked me to dance. I said yes. Then, while we were dancing, he asked me what I did. I told him I was a singer-songwriter. He laughed, as if I told an inside joke, and said that he was also a singer-songwriter,” Dawn said. “I couldn’t imagine that our voices would harmonize so well together, or that we would fall in love, or that audiences would actually enjoy that we’re a couple that plays together. It all just sort of happened, like it was already written and we were just turning the pages of a story.”
Dawn and Hawkes did move onto the next chapter of their life auditioned for “The Voice” after finishing a tour.
“We felt connected to the show because it’s produced with a lot of integrity and they value the authenticity and growth of the artists,” Dawn said.
Dawn and Hawkes preformed ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’ by The Beatles for their first performance on “The Voice”.
“We chose ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’ for a lot of reasons. We’re both really influenced by the music of the Beatles and value Lennon-McCartney as a writing duo,” Dawn said. “The song also tells our story of how we met and were drawn to each other instantly. We were really able to put our own style on this song and relate several aspects of what our original material sounds like.”
Dawn and Hawkes have moved onto the 12th episode of “The Voice”.