From the time I was 5 til I turned 15, I traveled and played fiddle music throughout the Eastern United States. I was lucky enough to perform with such acts as Barbara Mandrell, The Gatlin Bros. and the Ellis Bros. to name a few.
      I then enrolled at YSU in 1989 as a music education major and played violin in the Youngstown Symphony for 3 years.
      From 1991 to 1998, I sang in a Youngstown based band called
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