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Show I ' " 1 i ' ' 1 ! f ' j h A . i- - i . i . i ; 1'-'' 7 - '. ' A A X V r - i : a x (' ' 1 ' A -- ; y r" A. 'A i . 'j. i U A-; A-; A : " U . , .. s GIDGET CALHOUN, a Basin resident, and Faron Young, a well known country western singer, headlined a musical concert together, Saturday evening, Feb. 21, at Union High School in Roosevelt. They later traveled to Vernal and performed for free with Tommy Overstreet the same evening for a benefit concert. Gidget has been signed to be the opening act for Billy Jo Spears, June 9, in Nashville. Calhoun, Young headline concert Gidget Calhoun and Faron Young headlined a muscial concert, Sat., Feb. 21 in the Union High School auditorium. The concert was sponsored by the Country Coun-try Concert Connection of Roosevelt. Gidget and Faron were backed by Faron's musicians, the Deputies. Gidget is a Uintah Basin resident who has been on a climbing ladder of success suc-cess in the country and western field of music. Gidget hopes to someday cross over from country and western music into gospel singing. Gidget and Faron performed two separate concerts. After the concerts Faron commented on Gidget's performing abilities," Gidgefs one of the best girl singers to come down the pike." Following the Faron Young and Gidget Calhoun performances, per-formances, both Faron, Gidget, The Deputies, and friends traveled to the Cowboy Corral in Vernal to give some free support and added entertainment to the Tommy Overstreet Concert. Tommy Overstreet performed at the Cowboy Corral the same evening as a benefit concert performance for the Para-med Foundation to help train people peo-ple in emergency medical situations. Gidget performed about 13 years ago with Overstreet in a Vernal concert. Overstreet was in the Vernal area a few months ago and commented to Gidget that maybe someday they could sing together again. To Overstreet's surprise, sur-prise, Gidget, Faron, and The Deputies joined Overstreet during his benefit performance giving the audience a star studded show. Overstreet later reported, "Gidget sings a very good country song." Gidget will be performing at the Heritage House in Nashville, Tenn., as Billy Jo Spears' opening act; The concert con-cert will be held during Fanfare Holiday's June 9. Gidget sang with Spears a few years ago. Gidget attributes at-tributes her bookings with Billy Jo Spears to Terry Roberts. Terry is a local resident and western states representative for the Billy Jo Spears Fan Club. |