Jamey Graves

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The world needs more workers." Young Jamey got up and walked out of the office.</div> <div>      Mr. Graves didn't believe in that kind of attitude. "If you get a thought in your head, it's up to you to make it happen," he said. During high school, Mr. Graves performed with the Pretend Ballroom Orchestra in Pittsburgh. At 19, he told his mother that a professional singing career was what he wanted to do. </div> <div>     "I said, 'Mom, I could leave today and go on the road and I know I could make this happen," said Mr. Graves, now 26. "I'm not worried. I'll go to school, and when I'm done with school I'm going to go do this." </div> <div>      After five busy semesters at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, he left to perform with the Pittsburgh Opera for four months. </div> <div>      In 1994, Mr. Graves' brother moved to Wilmington. Mr. Graves helped his brother move and was interested in the town, and discovered UNCW.</div> <div>      That October, Mr. Graves' brother moved to Wilmington. Mr. Graves helped his brother move and was interested in the town, and discovered UNCW.</div> <div>      That October, Mr. Graves drove straight from Pittsburgh to meet with the music department. </div> <div>      "I had driven all night long with no sleep and...they wanted me to sing," Mr. Graves said. "I'm like, 'I sound like a toad.'"</div> <div>      Nonetheless, Mr. Graves sang for them, and was impressed by UNCW's faculty.</div> <div>      "That day I said to myself as I was driving back to Pennsylvania, 'I could stay in Pittsburgh, (where) I could have the same dead-end job, kill myself to  get back into school and graduate and be in Pittsburgh," Mr. Graves said. </div> <div>      "Or I could go to Wilmington, have the same dead-end job, go to a cheaper school and be on the beach."</div> <div>      Mr. Graves made his decision to relocate. He began attending UNCW in 1997.</div> <div>      "My original intention was that I wouldn't force myself back into singing," Mr. Graves said. "But I got here and was so excited about being here, that I started playing again." </div> <div>      He finished his class work in December of 1999 and now is waiting to complete the piano and listening proficiency exams to graduate in December. </div> <div>      He currently performs gigs at some of this favorite venues- Cobb's at Carolina Beach, Captain Bill's Backyard Grill and Hurricane Alley's. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>