
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 9, 1993                   TAG: 9310090294
SECTION: SPECTATOR                    PAGE: S-20   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MARTIE ZAD THE WASHINGTON POST
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

TRISHA YEARWOOD: SOMETIMES CHILDHOOD DREAMS DO COME TRUE

One of country music's fast-rising stars sings her songs and tells her story in a one-hour musical special, "Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When," on The Disney Channel Sunday night (at 9).

Yearwood performs 14 songs, four from her new album, including the title track, "The Song Remembers When."

But Yearwood does more than sing from the stages of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Belle Meade Mansion in Nashville. She talks about a younger Trisha and gives viewers an opportunity to know her as a little girl with big dreams growing up in the small town of Monticello in northern Georgia.

She recalls, "When I was a little girl, my dreams were really big. I always saw myself on stage in front of people who wanted to hear me sing. When you're little, you think about your wildest dreams and biggest fantasies. This is what I always wanted to do."

She graduated from Belmont College in Nashville with a music business degree. Her father was a banker and her mother a teacher. Yearwood began her career in music as an intern at MTM Records, which led to her singing demo tapes and then a contract with MCA.

Her first single, "She's in Love With the Boy," had a two-week stay in Billboard's No. 1 spot. Three more hit singles followed in short order. Then came her first two albums, "Trisha Yearwood" and "Hearts in Armor," certified platinum hits that earned her seven new-artist awards.

by CNB