I can’t imagine music not being a part of my life! I’ve loved to sing for as long as I can remember. My favorite great-aunt, Maggie Quinn, would get me to entertain with my rendition of my favorite song, You’re As Sweet As A Red Rose. Of course, I still talked “baby talk” (I was only 4 years old) and it came out “you’re as sweet as a wed wose.” I guess that’s why everyone loved to listen to me sing — and here I thought it was because I sounded so good!

Later, I sang with my sister, Mary Anne — she’d sing melody and I’d do the harmony (it helped to make doing dishes fun…well, almost!). Our dad, Tom Powers, thought we were good enough to perform on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour — a weekly radio show!

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