I am a jazz singer..jazz appreciator..and jazz fan. Some of my favorite jazz artists include: Nat King Cole, daughter Natalie Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Manhattan Transfer, Harry Connick, Jr., Joe Henderson (a former Lima-ite!) Jobim, Billie Holiday, Diana Krall, and Frank Sinatra. I also have many other musical interests..from James Taylor and Jimmy Buffet to Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler.

I usually sing with a three or four piece band, and we do all the old standards from that great era now known as the 30's and 40's. But due to the fact that not EVERYBODY loves that era as much as we do, (hard to believe, isn't it?!) I've been adding other styles to my book..like country and some top 40. I've even been caught yodeling in public, on purpose!

Some of my proudest performances were opening for Mr. Ray Charles himself, and singing for President Reagan at a "whistle-stop" during his second bid for office. Every summer, our group plays several outdoor concerts in our "Concerts/Dances in the Park Series." These stem from neighborhood associations who used to be very active. Its really fun and lovely to see couples "in their twilight years" dancing together arm in arm and beautiful to watch the looks on their faces. They seem to get lost in time, and appear to be courting each other all over again.

We also perform at wedding receptions, corporate and private parties, class reunions, dances at VFW Halls and Elks and Eagles Clubs. Everyone always asks how I know so many old songs, and I just tell them that I was born in the wrong time, and naturally drawn to learn that music! I also compose my own songs, which are mostly ballads, and mostly about love coming into or going out of my life. I've also written a children's musical which has been mounted twice, and authored and published Car Tunes, a children's tape of original songs, original and bible stories and games to keep young ones entertained in the car.