"Performing as Wynonna"

"Peforming as Trisha Yearwood"


Born in Martinez, California but raised in

North Lake Tahoe, she began

singing and acting while still in grade

school.  Although she was always a

chorus singer and never the lead, she

loved performing. Stage fright kept her

content with being in the background and

doing things like set designs,

backstage work, makeup and lighting, until

the support of her mother, She

gained enough confidence to move into the

solo spotlight.  After moving to Las

Vegas, she convinced her bar manager

father to invest in some good sound

equipment and add Karaoke and live music

to some of the clubs he was

managing.  In May of 1993, she began

hosting Karaoke and entertaining as

an evening hobby.  The old timers were a

little slow to warm to the idea.  She

was undaunted, stocking up on Patsy Cline

and Jim Reeves tunes.  When

"volunteers" weren't singing, She was.

 One night, 10 minutes after Karaoke

should have started, one of the regulars

asked the young lady's dad, "Why don't

you turn the jukebox off and let the girl

sing?"  "That IS the girl

singing!" stated the proud father.  After

dressing herself up as Madonna's

Material Girl-"Vogue" look for a costume

party, she showed up at a dance club

afterwards, the response was, to say the

least, crazy and she was practically

mugged. She was intrigued with how

different she could make herself look.  

After singing a Wynonna song, a friend

suggested that she try to impersonate

the young singing Judd.  The next day she

went on a shopping spree for red

wigs,western wardrobe and a guitar.