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Hey all you steelers...tune in the USA Network and dig my little girl Jennifer Hicks doing her 'thang'...saturday nites at 9 pm central...give her a listen and then a vote...the only other comparable talent on the show is Pat Severs....they're both tearin' it up.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Russ Hicks on 10 April 2004 at 08:31 PM.]</p></FONT>

Russ,
Saw her last week. She is good. Will watch and vote tomorrow night.
Bill.

Thank you MR. Cook!!!

Hey Russ,

I just couldn't be more proud of Jennifer. She's been doing a great job, and Becky and I keep voting...

I just wish I was still pickin' for her on the show.

Keepin' my fingers crossed for her,

David Spires

I had no idea, Russ! Susie and I will be watching on Saturday - every success to her!!!

Roger

Thanks for the heads up, Russ. I'll be watching.

Hey Russ,
Barbara and I will be watching and rest assured she'll get our vote. She's been doing a great job and we know yall must be very proud.
See you and Laney soon,
....Roy and Barbara

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Music is a "gift" with many wrappings....
....Roy

Thanks for the notice Russ, Barbara and I will be watching and voting. Just got off the phone with Josh and Fishbone and they both sent there regards.

Bill

She sounds great Russ. She will get my vote. See ya'll in Tulsa. Jody.

Russ
she sounds great man the only thing better would be if ol dad was backin her up on steel. Hope she makes it all the way so you can eat something other then them bologny sandwiches. all my best wishes and votes.
scotty

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Steelin' away in the ozarks and life,
Scott
www.scottyhenderson.com

Russ
Wish I could get it here, I live so far back in the sticks that I have to carry my own electricty in here in a bucket.

Here's hoping she does well and makes ole dad rich, after all thats what your kids are supposed to do, Right?

John

Hi Russ,
Indeed Jennifer is precious and extremely talented!! Easy to tell you're a proud Daddy!!!!!!!!! (I'll bet she's pretty proud of you too!!)
We wish her the very best in the competition.
<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_10v.gif' border=0></a> Tommy and Donna

Russ,
Shirley and I will watch and vote. Suggest you post the phone number here so we can vote even if we are away from home.

Very cool Russ. We at our house think she is on the A list ..we have never voted before but now we will vote for "The other Girl singer" in your house...

Congratulations on a fine talented daughter.
We wish her continued success.

t<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 03 April 2004 at 02:34 PM.]</p></FONT>

I emailed Russ when I saw her. This young lady beams with love and a good upbringing. Its a very hard task to make it to the finals of Nashville Star, and she has. She has what it takes to make it. A pleasant surprise for us steelers here on the forum. You can be proud Pappa.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 03 April 2004 at 01:47 PM.]</p></FONT>

Been Watching every week and pulling for her Russ. Got a feeling she's gonna pull it off.

She did a great job tonight. Our vote is in.
She sure is pretty, good thing she didnb't take after you. hehehehe

WOW! What a fine job Jennifer did tonight!
You sure have every right to be proud.A very pretty gal,and what a voice!A good choice in material And did you see the look on ol' Willies' face,I think he was more than impressed as well.There just may be hope for Country Music after all!

Votes in , nope she took after mama.

love you'all

ernie

Nans neice in Montg. voted on line . nan called her tonight.
You met her in Atlanta.

Just finished watching Nashville Star and Jennifer was the best contestant. It’s plain to see she gets her good looks and talent, from both her parents. I just voted. You can vote on line at: http://nashvillestarvoting.idsociety.com/ or call 1-866-978-2705. Lets help her get the votes so she will be back next week.
http://nashvillestarvoting.idsociety.com/

Just voted on line. Her phone number is still tied up. Lots of folks voting. She did a great job with lots of pressure !
Will be watching again next week.
Dave

I understand you can vote up to 20 times by phone, and 10 times online.

Let's help Jennifer WIN!!

Thanks ,


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Bob Knight
Sergeant at Arms NTSGA
WWW.NTSGA.COM

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bob Knight on 03 April 2004 at 08:51 PM.]</p></FONT>

Way to go Jennifer. Jody.

We too voted for Jennifer last night.I think she is secure for the next show.

As mentioned above, the multiple voting can really kill a good strong peformer and raise a fool to the top of the bill.

Last year the second place guy, John Aurthur..as a singer/writer it's not thinkable that he was in second place..but he had an entire community riled up to support him and they eliminated some pretty good singers before the end. Thank God Buddy Jewel was the top seed at the end or this show would have been a bust. Lets hope something like this does not happen again.

Now John Aurthur is doing Monday morning commentary about this show on a SC radio station..you can see he went far..they let him talk..not sing..

They need to turn the finals into a single vote /person contest and if they can't do it give the final vote to a panel of 5 or 7 judges/artists/DJ's. Having one community vote for their guy 20 times each is not a contest.

I recently read where the 3rd and 4th place finishers ( Miranda and xxx ? ) of the first show do now have lable deals ( not Sony) and will have some sort of a CD released this year. Again..not John Aurthur who's 10,000 neighbors called in 20 times each in the first series. I'm thinking about the odd ball with the RED CAP..If he wins it all I'm gonna have a total fit.

At the end of the day if our Jennifer ( she's ours now ) has a couple of good commercial songs , and it appears that she does, she will get some good results/visibility out of this event , win, place or show..and thats a very good thing.

Late afternoon yesterday I was watching the George Strait concert on CMT ( it was really good) and the back-up gal singer was Marty Slayton, one of the booted singers last night. Now how about that !

t<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 04 April 2004 at 10:27 AM.]</p></FONT>

Russ

You and Laney should be very proud!!!!!

Jennifer sure has a bright future in the biz!