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A little about me
Well, my story is sweet and simple. It seems like just yesterday, my life
was full to the brim with my college career, family life, friends and working
part-time jobs. Only in my wildest dreams did I ever entertain the idea of being
a professional singer. Music has always been an important part of my life. As
toddlers, my mom had my sister and I dancing in the living room to musicals
like "South
Pacific."
Throughout my childhood, I can fondly remember nights that included the sound
of my father playing his own songs on the guitar. Over the years, aside from
singing, Ive
played and experimented with a variety of different instruments including the
guitar, flute, piano, bass-flute, banjo, Irish fife and even the bagpipes.
My first real public singing "engagement"
was in the summer of 2000 (if you dont
count singing the National Anthem in grade school and singing solos in church
on Christmas Eve). I guess Mom was tired of my constant singing around the house
so she coerced me into казань что посмотреть за 3 дня trying a karaoke competition for a $1000 prize at the
County Fair. From the first moment I stepped up to the microphone in pre-qualification
rounds I knew I had found my place in life. I have been singing and composing
music for years so I guess it was a natural progression.
Since winning the Fair competition I have had the honor of being asked to
perform as an opening act for Keith Urban, Darryl Worley, Doug Stone, Leroy
Parnell, David Ball, and Billy Joe Royal when they were in the area as well
as numerous Fair appearances around the Shenandoah Valley. In 2004, I was in
the top fifteen in the nation for the television reality/talent show "Nashville
Star". Since then I have had the privilege to perform with Buddy Jewell, Reba
McIntire, Tracy Byrd, Phil Vasser, Andy Griggs, Chely Wright, Gretchen Wilson,
Big & Rich, David Lee Murphy, Rachel Proctor, Jeff Bates, John Berry and Trace
Adkins. What a fast and furious time this has been and the rest (like the many
songs dancing through my heart and my mind) has yet to be written...
Guitar pickin' with Dad at age 5