Candace is a singer, songwriter, and musician living in Las Vegas who also does voiceovers, jingles and business presentations.  Candace was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  After graduating from the Milwaukee High School of the Arts she attended the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh where she obtained a Bachelor’s of Music degree in recording engineering and music business with an emphasis on voice and piano.  Miss America Pageants helped her pay her way through college and in 1993 she was first runner up to Miss Wisconsin. 

Kruse’s background now includes theater, film, voice-overs, and many music credits.  Her strong musical abilities are sharpened every week as a regular performer on and around the Las Vegas strip.  Performing under the name Super Shock, her group is well known and has been playing nearly every week for the past 6 years. 

Monthly, Candace holds songwriters workshops for the non-profit organization www.songsalive.org.  For the past two years she has been the Las Vegas chapter coordinator.

Cat Cohen was a guest speaker and song critiquer at one of Kruse’s Songsalive meetings at Sam Ash Music in Las Vegas.