CHALLENGE FOR ALL STARS 174..WHERE I COME FROM..

WELCOME TO CHALLENGE FOR ALL STARS...WHERE EVERYONE WHO SINGS IS A STAR....

AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CHALLENGE THE HOST WILL POST A THEME... YOU ARE ASKED TO SING A SONG BASED ON THAT THEME.....PLUS THERE MIGHT BE A MINI-CHALLENGE AND DUET CHALLENGE...

***** PLEASE NOTICE THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND NOT A CONTEST *****

ONCE YOU HAVE RECORDED YOUR SONG JUST COME AND POST THE LINK ON THE BOARD...

WE WOULD LIKE A FRESH RECORDING....BUT IF THE HOST AGRESS YOU CAN POST A PRE-RECORDED

REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU LISTEN TO AND POST A COMMENT ON AT LEAST * THREE * SONGS OF YOUR FELLOW POSTERS...

THE OBJECT OF THIS CHALLENGE IS TO SHARE OUR SONGS AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS....AND TO HAVE FUN

“Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.”
Lou Rawls quotes


JUST A REMINDER...EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ADULTS WHO SING AND POST ON THIS BOARD..WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE NEED TO ADHERE TO SINGSNAP'S FORUM RULES...SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND ESPECIALLY WHEN POSTING PICTURES...

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/forum/topic/a627922


Challenge For All Stars would like to clarify a few points regarding the Challenge its Hosts and the Themes posted by the Hosts. DUTIES OF THE HOST : The duties of the Host are to develop a Theme for the days Challenge, to listen to and bookmark the songs posted to that days Challenge, and to MODERATE the BOARD for anything that would go AGAINST the FORUM BOARD RULES as stated by SINGSNAP. The DUTIES OF THE HOST DO NOT include moderating any DISPUTES that may occur between adults who visit the challenge. We would hope that Challenge members remember that they are Adults and CONDUCT themselves as such.

We back up our Hosts 100 percent as to the Themes they post to the board. We would also hope that visitors to our Challenge respect the hard work that our VOLUNTEER Hosts put in for this Challenge.

THANK YOU....SING ON....

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WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO CHALLENGE FOR ALL STARS 174...

THANK YOU SIX_STRING_KOUNTRY FOR A FABULOUS CHALLENGE



NOW ON WITH THE CHALLENGE OF THE DAY..



THE THEME FOR TODAY IS :



WHERE I COME FROM... Monroeville, Alabama, ...Born and Bred.....DOWNTOWNWHITEY LEE PARK
I've lived in Monroeville, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, Decatur, Brewton, Ft. Payne, Tuscaloosa, Cullman, ALABAMA



I WAS BORN ...IN A VERY SMALL INDUSTRIAL TOWN...V.F. OUTLET..WHERE I WORKED



ALOT OF WONDERFUL GROUPS AND SINGERS CAME OUT OF ALABAMA....



PICK AS MANY SONGS AND SING FROM ANYONE OF THE ARTISTS FROM ALABAMA...

ENTER AS MANY AS YOU WOULD LIKE..

Alabama, Ft. Payne, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Bo Bice, Huntsville,Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Jimmy Buffett, Mobile,Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Larry Byron ( Steppenwolf ), Huntsville,Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Bobby Goldsboro, Dothan, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Emmylou Harris, Birmingham, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Taylor Hicks, Gulf Shores, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Sonny James, Hacklebury, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Shelby Lynn, Frankville, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Thomas McClary ( Commodores ), Tuskegee, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Wilson Pickett, Prattville, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Lionel Richie, Tuskegee, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Percy Sledge, Leighton, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Ruben Studdard, Birmingham,Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Hank Williams Sr., Georgiana, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Tammy Wynette, Red Bay, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

William Lee Golden, ( Oak Ridge Boys ), Brewton, Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

Lynyrd Skynnyrd, Birmingham, Alabama & Jacksonville, Florida
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/singandrecord/search

WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR SONG TELL US ABOUT .....WHERE YOU COME FROM......

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ALSO IN MY HOMETOWN....OF MONROEVILLE..3 FAMOUS PEOPLE THAT I ADMIRED....AND ONE I STILL STAY IN CONTACT WITH TILL THIS DAY...



( 1 ) TRUMAN CAPOTE WRITER OF NOVELS,STORIES AND PLAY SOME OF HIS FAMOUS WERE " BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S " AND " IN COLD BLOOD "



( 2 ) MARIE RUDISILL ALSO KNOWN AS THE FRUITCAKE LADY ON THE TONIGHT SHOW..AUNT AND AUTHOR TO TRUMAN CAPOTE " MEMORIES OF TRUMAN CAPOTE " PLUS 7 OTHER BOOKS..
SOME OF MARIE'S VIDEO'S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr9g81eOAoQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdqjTxrJ_2s&feature=related
SHE COULD ALWAYS MAKE YOU LAUGH AT ANYTHING



( 3 ) HARPER LEE LAWYER, FRIEND, AUTHOR " TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD "...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQOWfMGA_k&feature=relatedCLIP FROM THE STORY.....INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE WHICH IS NOW A MUSEUM...WHERE " TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD " WAS FILMED......MISS LEE LIVED 5 HOUSES DOWN FROM ME GROWING UP...THEN SHE BECAME MY LAWYER BUT ALWAYS A VERY DEAR FRIEND..TO THIS DAY...



Home, Sweet Home


Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again!
The birds singing gayly, that come at my call --
Give me them -- and the peace of mind, dearer than all!
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

I gaze on the moon as I tread the drear wild,
And feel that my mother now thinks of her child,
As she looks on that moon from our own cottage door
Thro' the woodbine, whose fragrance shall cheer me no more.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

How sweet 'tis to sit 'neath a fond father's smile,
And the caress of a mother to soothe and beguile!
Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam,
But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

To thee I'll return, overburdened with care;
The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there;
No more from that cottage again will I roam;
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet, home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

John Howard Payne



THE TRUE SAYING " YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF THE COUNTRY...BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE GIRL....A FEW PICS OF ME GROWING UP..ME & MY MOM..ME AS A YOUNG THING....ME WITH MY GRANDMOTHER..THIS ONE YOU CAN SEE I WOULD SING ANYWHERE WHEN I WAS YOUNG...AND STILL DO..LOLYEP...THAT'S ME WITH THE MOTOCYCLES..I HAD THE 450 HONDA AND BROTHER HAD THE 750 HONDA..FIXIN TO HIT THE ROAD AGAIN...GRADUATION DAY..FINALLY..


GROWING UP IN ALABAMA...MY HERITAGE MEANT ALOT TO ME...ESPECIALLY ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE....AS MY GRANDFATHER WAS CHEROKEE AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS CREEK INDIAN...DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT MY NINTH GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS "CHIEF RED EAGLE " OF THE CREEK INDIAN TRIBE...WILLIAM WEATHERFORD



THERE WILL BE NO RESULTS TODAY....BECAUSE I WILL BE AT WORK ALL DAY..BUT I WILL TRY TO LISTEN TO EVERY SONG ENTERED....



WE DO ASK THAT YOU LISTEN TO AT LEAST ( 3 ) SONGS ENTERED BY OTHERS IN TODAY'S THEME...



THIS CHALLENGE WILL RUN TILL 6PM MONDAY SS TIME...



PRE-RECORDED WILL BE ALLOWED...



SHARE THE LOVE OF MUSIC..INVITE A FRIEND...

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TO START US OFF....
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/b810cca76

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE SING A SONG FROM THE LIST AND THEN SING A SONG FROM.....

WHERE YOU COME FROM...

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HERE'S ANOTHER SONG..
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/b51057976

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_Crystal_ wrote:This song is being entered as my
"Just 4 fun entry"

I am from Arkansas :)
I have lived here for 10 yrs!

The song I sang is:
Islands in the Stream...

Right now I am more like a island in the Lake!
We have had so much rain the past weeks that I am currently flooded in & have been off & on for 2 weeks!
Never in 10yrs has the water even crossed the road b/4...

I have some pics posted on my profile of the water if you would like to see them.

Thanks 4 listening!

Geez..I just love these challenges :)

Off 2 listen.....


http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b2a925ce

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Six_String_kountry wrote:A little about myself, I was born in Virginia, moved to North Carolina soon after my 4th birthday. I have lived here in these beautiful blue ridge mountains ever since.

Here is a picture of me when we first moved to NC


I was a happy lil girl with two meanie brothers!

I chose my favorite Skynyrd tune to sing, it seemed appropriate for this challenge! Not the Skynyrd version but definately a skynyrd tune!

Sweet Home Alabama
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b3b2c516

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Six_String_kountry wrote:What a nice connection to the challenge Tas! And thanks Debbie, my cuteness has left me over the past 30 odd years! LOL

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lilredwolf18 wrote:OMG DEB I LOVE THAT FRUIT CAKE LADY....
AWESOME CHALLENGE HUN.... :)
GOING TO FIND A SONG

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grammatea4u wrote:now a bit of where I come from...I am born in the USA but when anyone asks me what I am I answer Greek..my parents are greek...I was born in a town southwest of chicago...live in chicago now...

I love this theme because as a child until I was like 15 yrs old..we would go every summer to birmingham alabama to visit my godparents who lived there.

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CurvesGal wrote:Hi everyone! Don't really know any of those artists....but have a great challenge :)

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IF I EVER FEEL DOWN I ALWAYS GO AND VISIT THE FRUITCAKE LADY...YOU CAN'T SAY SHE WANT LEAVE YOU WITH A SMILE...

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YA'LL I HAVE TO SAY ONE THING..I'M SO SORRY THAT I GOT THE SEARCH THINGAMAGIGGY ALL WRONG..AS YOU CAN SEE..TO MUCH WORK AND NO REST..

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Six_String_kountry wrote:

DECbutterflywings wrote:

Six_String_kountry wrote:What a nice connection to the challenge Tas! And thanks Debbie, my cuteness has left me over the past 30 odd years! LOL

DON'T EVEN GO THERE....YOU AE AS YOUNG AND AS CUTE AS YOU FEEL..THAT'S WHY I WILL BE 29 FOR A LONG TIME....

If I am as young as I feel, I must be turning 60 next Sunday...lol

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HERE ONE FROM A GROUP OUT OF HUNTSVILLE,ALABAMA..
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/bf10f3d76

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Rumor_Control wrote:Hiya All....

Just did this one today....Steppenwolf....Born To Be Wild

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/afe9a276

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_Crystal_ wrote:BTW.......

I loved the Fruit Cake Lady!

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chicca wrote:WELL! WHAT CAN I SAY?....BORN IN AUSTRALIA..A LITTLE TOWN CALLED BLACKHEATH..IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS..LIVED THERE TILL THE 19TH NOVEMBER 2007...NOW I AM IN NEW YORK STATE...FOREVER..OR WHERE EVER MY WEE IS.......ANYWAY!...HERE IS MY SONG...DIDN`T HAVE MUCH TO PICK FROM..THAT I KNEW, SO HERE`S ONE OF LIONEL`S SONGS " STUCK ON YOU " .....................http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b7b360d6

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