Future country music stars
@1creekgirl (41785)
United States
October 19, 2023 10:14pm CST
A post by Amber reminded me of an old memory.
My Grannie's neighbor owned a small fish and tackle store down at the edge of the creek. And when their daughter Diane and I were about nine or ten, we'd climb up on the roof of the store and sing Connie Frances songs. (That was a popular country music star at that time.)
Sometimes we played Robin Hood and Maid Marian and wrote notes with a chicken feather and ink made from crushed wild berries.
I had a very early start in my singing career, lol. The first, but not last, time I sang in front of others was at church when I was about five. An older gentleman in the church played his violin while I sang Jesus Loves Me.
Such fond memories. 
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
That was a cool idea. Did you get to write anything with it?
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@JudyEv (342285)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 23
@1creekgirl I used it quite a lot really. I liked feeling 'oldie worldie'. lol
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@AmbiePam (94146)
• United States
20 Oct 23
@1creekgirl I haven’t heard of it, but I wonder if it is on Youtube. I’d bet older or not, your voice is still a pure blessing.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
@AmbiePam That's so sweet of you to say.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
I haven't sung in a year because of the cancer stuff, but I'm practicing a new song "Goodness of God", have you heard it? I'm hoping to sing it next month when Dale is scheduled to preach. This is probably the longest I've ever gone without singing and I really miss it.
I know at my age, I won't be able to sing as well eventually. But life changes, doesn't it.
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@RebeccasFarm (90547)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Oct 23
I sang solo too in school.
A cute photo Vicki.
You had a lovely childhood and friend.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
Thanks, Oshy. What type of music do you like to sing?
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@RebeccasFarm (90547)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Oct 23
@1creekgirl I do not sing anymore Vicki.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
@RebeccasFarm 
Not even sometimes around the house?
Not even sometimes around the house?1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (472160)
• Switzerland
20 Oct 23
@1creekgirl 
Our grandmother was very strict, we were young and we wanted to have fun with our friends.
Our grandmother was very strict, we were young and we wanted to have fun with our friends.1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
That is amazing, Anna. I didn't picture you as a teen rule breaker!
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@RasmaSandra (80906)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 23
Oh, I love Connie Francis, So many songs to like, Really lovely memories, I once sang in a church choir during grade school and loved to sing hymns at church,
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@RasmaSandra (80906)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Oct 23
@1creekgirl well, I think that the prom left you with special memories and it was good you chose that,
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
22 Oct 23
@RasmaSandra Especially since we married the next year!
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
She had some beautiful songs, didn't she? So you've always been a singer, too.
In the 12th grade, I was chosen to be in the select choir which had 3 or 4 students from each high school on the island. It was really exciting to be chosen, but they scheduled the performance on the same night as my senior prom! So I had to choose between the concert and the prom. Dale and I were dating, so I chose the prom. Always missed being able to go to both.
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@LindaOHio (182239)
• United States
20 Oct 23
What an adorable picture. Thank you for sharing your memories with us. Have a good weekend.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
I hope you and your husband both feel well this weekend. We both had dentist appointments yesterday and did some errands and I think I walked too much...really feeling that injured foot today. But it was nice to get out.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
21 Oct 23
@LindaOHio Bless his heart. Tell him I'm praying for both of you. I can't get the foot surgery scheduled until this next one is over and healed.
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@LindaOHio (182239)
• United States
21 Oct 23
@1creekgirl When is it that you are supposed to get that foot taken care of? Hubby is in a lot of pain today...but he's always in a lot of pain.
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@snowy22315 (182463)
• United States
21 Oct 23
It didn;t take much to entertain kids back then. You must have a beautiful voice.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
Singing was my passion from then on. I was always in choir in school and later wrote songs and had a small band in my late twenties.
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@jstory07 (140102)
• Roseburg, Oregon
20 Oct 23
@1creekgirl That is really cool.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
I never quite got to even the falling star part, lol.
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@porwest (92735)
• United States
20 Oct 23
I am still waiting to be the rock star I always wanted to be, even though I have songs on Spotify. lol Fun to look back, though. Of course I wanted to be everything. A millionaire businessman. A real estate mogul. A rock star. A writer. An actor.
I think at the end of the day I was just sticking a wet finger in the wind.
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
I think you've accomplished several of your dreams and you're still young enough to do more.
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@porwest (92735)
• United States
22 Oct 23
@1creekgirl Thanks. I appreciate that on all counts. A continuous work in progress, as they say. And yes. Still time.
My wife says all the time she thinks my songs would be great on Grey's Anatomy. I just giggle when she says that. lol
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
20 Oct 23
Thanks for sharing the photo! You were a cutie!
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@1creekgirl (41785)
• United States
20 Oct 23
Thanks, I was my daddy's favorite person to photograph.
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