Marla Palma

Cleaning guest cabins and lodge

• Scrap metal resale store
• Customer relations
• Opening/Closing duties
• Conducted sales on Clover system
• Gathered scrap inventory- cleaned, stocked and organized
• Merchandising
• Created clean, safe and inviting environment for customers
• Heavy lifting
• Promotions
• Logo design, creative signage and slogans

Used Auto Parts Sales

• Half owner of indoor scrap yard
• Rehabilitated old building into indoor scrap facility
• Removed, tested and inventoried functioning auto parts
• Customer relations
• Conducted online, over phone and in person sales
• Packaged and shipped sold online inventory
• Organization of auto parts

Scrap buying operation

• Unloading of scrap from customers vehicles
• Heavy lifting
• Document/calculate scrap and pay customers
• Cleaning, organizing
• Designed logo, creative slogans

• Hip Hop and Jazz Instructor for beginner and advanced students.
• Created class plans for up to 4 classes a week
• Choreographed original dances for classes and for up to 3 yearly recitals
• Costume design
• Introduced discipline and structure in classes with challenging curriculum
• Knowledge of dance terminology, staging, lighting
• Directing up to 30 children in various indoor/outdoor venues

• Independent jewelry sales representative
• Customer relations
• Scheduling parties
• Promotions
• Extensive knowledge of inventory
• Creative and appealing merchandising
• Conduct sales and returns
• Line up more parties!

• Networking/Promotions/Advertising
• Created set lists for 3 hour shows
• Scheduling of rehearsals and shows
• Song arrangements; cold calling venues
• Negotiated pay for shows
• Writing and arranging original music
• Hiring/Firing musicians
• Public speaking and interviews over radio
• CD production, design, original song arrangements, scheduling studio time and recording.

• Performed over 30 songs sung by Patsy Cline
• Created set list in consecutive order of dates released mixed with in-character dialogue for a 2-2 1/2 hour show
• Song arrangements
• Costume design
• Negotiated pay for musicians
• Scheduled rehearsals
• Performed at Lime Kiln Theater, Dices for Staunton Performing Arts Center, Cornerstone Bank opening, Performing Arts of Luray, private parties.

Provided individual instruction for singers to improve

• On-stage performance
• Confidence
• Voice projection
• Vocal range and stamina
• Breathing
• Audience interaction
• Combat stage fright
• Interviewing techniques

• Acme Swing Manufacturing Company Vocalist
• Pure Blind Luck Founder/Lead vocalist
• Lime Kiln Theater Performers Vocalist
• Ayni of Music Jazz Vocalist
• Wray/Palma Duo Jazz Vocalist
• Brent Woodall and the Natchez Trace Band Backing vocalist
• Various other band/music projects

• The Barefoot Pelican Sterling, VA Bartender
• Ashburn Pub Ashburn, VA Bartender/server
• Domino's Pizza Herndon, VA Delivery
• Lonestar Steakhouse Herndon, VA Bartender
• Champions of Herndon Herndon, VA Bartender
• Hidden Creek Country Club Reston, VA Server/bartender
• Champions of Tysons Tysons Corner, VA Server
• The Spirit of Washington Washington, DC Performing waitress
• Dominos Pizza Arlington, VA Pizza maker/order taker