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Auburn Annie · 08-14-2003, 02:45 PM

quote:Originally posted by Oma:
Didn't he get his musical start singing in church?

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Home, school AND church - the boy sang himself to sleep practically from infancy. From a 1996 interview: "For 14 years Lightfoot has sung at the midnight Christmas service of his local church. Sometimes he does the early service as well. "'I got most of my training singing in the church choir,'" he says. "'I figure I owe them.'" Between the church choir and the Kiwanis Music Festival - see the article on this site at www.corfid.com/gl/press/press53.htm -
plus his parents' support he had one terrific foundation on which to build a career.

08-14-2003, 02:45 PM	#15
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	quote:Originally posted by Oma: Didn't he get his musical start singing in church? [/B] Home, school AND church - the boy sang himself to sleep practically from infancy. From a 1996 interview: "For 14 years Lightfoot has sung at the midnight Christmas service of his local church. Sometimes he does the early service as well. "'I got most of my training singing in the church choir,'" he says. "'I figure I owe them.'" Between the church choir and the Kiwanis Music Festival - see the article on this site at www.corfid.com/gl/press/press53.htm - plus his parents' support he had one terrific foundation on which to build a career.