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The Buffalo News - July 17, 2008
Girl Power: Up-and-Coming Nashville Singers Join Forces
Posted on: Friday, 18 July 2008, 09:00 CDT
By Stephanie Schomer, The Buffalo News, N.Y.
Individually, they're some of Nashville's best up-and-coming talent. Together, they form a unique entertainment experience created just for their 12 performances beginning Sunday at the Fallsview Casino Resort and Hotel.
The performers, dubbed "6 Chix" for the 10-day stand in Niagara Falls, Ont., will perform together for a number of songs, but the majority of the show features individual performances by each of the singer-songwriters.
And while all the women are trying to make their way to country music stardom, the 6 Chix -- Angie Broberg, Megan Connor, Lindsey Grant, Deanna Johnson, Mikelle and Leah Shafer -- seem to be very different from each other.
"But we heart each other," said Connor.
Connor, who is acknowledged by the group as the fun, crazy one, moved to New York City after college to pursue acting. However, teaching spin class would be her ticket into the music industry.
"Oh Lord. They got dubbed 'spinnertainment,' " she said. "It was super passionate. People would line up an hour before to get into the class, because it's a combination of getting your butt whooped and being entertained. I taught so many people in New York, people with high status, and one thing just led to another."
Johnson didn't discover her love of singing until she was 22. But what brought about the change?
"A boy," Johnston said with a sigh. "I was a kid, he was my first crush, and it lasted through college. I finally got to date him, and he introduced me to the world of music. And then he cheated on me with a singer girl, so I started singing more, hoping that it would make him like me more.
"It's tragic, but it's the best thing that ever happened to me, because it got me here."
Despite how well the girls get along, there are no plans to form a permanent 6 Chix group.
"Our personalities aren't 'group,' " Connor said, "but if we could travel with this show that we're doing here, with this set-up, I think we all would."
In between rehearsing for 12 hours a day, Shafer also juggles the duties of motherhood, taking care of her 2- year-old daughter, Lolo.
"She's a singer already," Shafer said. "She sings 'Apple Bottom Jeans' and 'Jesus Loves Me.' "
After graduating from college, Grant made the move to Nashville to pour her heart into music.
"It's something I always wanted to do, but I was just scared to death, and really shy," she said.
Discussing what they would do if music wasn't in their lives, it is an 18-year-old who uses just one name, Mikelle, who can't think of anything worthy.
Though the show is a country performance, the girls said fans of all types of music will be excited by the show, which features a variety of energies and songs.
"I think music in general -- and I think it's a beautiful thing -- is hard to define,"
Broberg said. "We all have that country element in the stories in the songs, but our voices are totally different."
She said they've worked endlessly to get where they are.
"People always say it takes a lot of luck to make it, but the luckiest people are those that work the hardest," she said.
PREVIEW
WHAT: 6 Chix
WHEN: 10-day stand beginning Sunday. Showtimes are 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. Sundays, 8:30 p. m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 p. m. next Friday.
WHERE: Niagara Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ont.
TICKETS: Ticketmaster, 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca
sschomer@buffnews.com
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Copyright (c) 2008, The Buffalo News, N.Y.
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Girl Power: Up-and-Coming Nashville Singers Join Forces
Posted on: Friday, 18 July 2008, 09:00 CDT
By Stephanie Schomer, The Buffalo News, N.Y.
Individually, they're some of Nashville's best up-and-coming talent. Together, they form a unique entertainment experience created just for their 12 performances beginning Sunday at the Fallsview Casino Resort and Hotel.
The performers, dubbed "6 Chix" for the 10-day stand in Niagara Falls, Ont., will perform together for a number of songs, but the majority of the show features individual performances by each of the singer-songwriters.
And while all the women are trying to make their way to country music stardom, the 6 Chix -- Angie Broberg, Megan Connor, Lindsey Grant, Deanna Johnson, Mikelle and Leah Shafer -- seem to be very different from each other.
"But we heart each other," said Connor.
Connor, who is acknowledged by the group as the fun, crazy one, moved to New York City after college to pursue acting. However, teaching spin class would be her ticket into the music industry.
"Oh Lord. They got dubbed 'spinnertainment,' " she said. "It was super passionate. People would line up an hour before to get into the class, because it's a combination of getting your butt whooped and being entertained. I taught so many people in New York, people with high status, and one thing just led to another."
Johnson didn't discover her love of singing until she was 22. But what brought about the change?
"A boy," Johnston said with a sigh. "I was a kid, he was my first crush, and it lasted through college. I finally got to date him, and he introduced me to the world of music. And then he cheated on me with a singer girl, so I started singing more, hoping that it would make him like me more.
"It's tragic, but it's the best thing that ever happened to me, because it got me here."
Despite how well the girls get along, there are no plans to form a permanent 6 Chix group.
"Our personalities aren't 'group,' " Connor said, "but if we could travel with this show that we're doing here, with this set-up, I think we all would."
In between rehearsing for 12 hours a day, Shafer also juggles the duties of motherhood, taking care of her 2- year-old daughter, Lolo.
"She's a singer already," Shafer said. "She sings 'Apple Bottom Jeans' and 'Jesus Loves Me.' "
After graduating from college, Grant made the move to Nashville to pour her heart into music.
"It's something I always wanted to do, but I was just scared to death, and really shy," she said.
Discussing what they would do if music wasn't in their lives, it is an 18-year-old who uses just one name, Mikelle, who can't think of anything worthy.
Though the show is a country performance, the girls said fans of all types of music will be excited by the show, which features a variety of energies and songs.
"I think music in general -- and I think it's a beautiful thing -- is hard to define,"
Broberg said. "We all have that country element in the stories in the songs, but our voices are totally different."
She said they've worked endlessly to get where they are.
"People always say it takes a lot of luck to make it, but the luckiest people are those that work the hardest," she said.
PREVIEW
WHAT: 6 Chix
WHEN: 10-day stand beginning Sunday. Showtimes are 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. Sundays, 8:30 p. m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 p. m. next Friday.
WHERE: Niagara Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ont.
TICKETS: Ticketmaster, 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca
sschomer@buffnews.com
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To see more of The Buffalo News, N.Y., or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to www.buffalonews.com.
Copyright (c) 2008, The Buffalo News, N.Y.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.