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LAKEVIEW:<\/strong> Summer might be coming to an end, but the debut single from a local musician will have you yearning for more and may have you doing a little dancing as everyone watches because of its catchy tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kennedy Austin has been working hard at writing, then fine tuning, then writing again her song \u2018Wishes\u2019, which will be released on all music platforms across the world on Sept. 15. A video to go with the song which will be released at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI never thought I would get the opportunity to release a single,\u201d said Austin outside her family\u2019s home on a beautiful afternoon on Sept. 9. \u201cIt feels extremely rewarding. I feel accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The video to go with \u2018Wishes\u2019 was shot at a beach within Nova Scotia over a three-week span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Austin, who is part Mi\u2019kmaq and calls Lakeview home with her family, is a Grade 9 student at Lockview High. She has a zest for music, and for the past two years has performed songs she has written at the Spring Showcase that Georges P. Vanier Junior High put on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n She began writing the song when she was 12-years-old after getting a piece of paper from her then music teacher that said \u201cIf you had to make a wish that wasn\u2019t for more wishes, what would that be?\u201d I thought for a second and said, \u2018I could write a song about this.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the 14-year-old rising songstress did just that, and chose the beach for the video for one main reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve always been a beach person, it\u2019s so nice and relaxing,\u201d said Austin. \u201cIt\u2019s one of my favourite places to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the video and single\u2014which is very catchy–are produced by Scott Ferguson from Dartmouth-based FMP Matrix Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n