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SHEENA EASTON CELEBRATRES VALENTINE'S DAY IN FAIRFIELD

For pizzazz personified, look no further than the four decades of song
stylings by Sheena Easton.  Born in Scotland, she debuted as a performer
at the tender age of five when she sang "Early One Morning" at her aunt
and uncle's silver wedding anniversary.  But it wasn't until she was a
teenager, sitting in a movie theater and seeing and hearing Barbra
Streisand in "The Way We Were" that she realized her goal in life:  to
become a singer like Barbra.

And what a singer she is, and
international recording artist and stage and television film actress. 
Earning a scholarship to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
in Glasglow, she trained by day to be a speech and drama teacher but, by
night, she indulged her real dream, singing with a band, "Something
Else" at local clubs.  As a virtual unknown, she was fortunate enough to
be the focus episode of a British documentary "The Big Time" which
followed her turn from obscurity to pop-star fame, winning a record
contract with EMI Record Company in the late 1970's in the process.

To
become personally acquainted with this jewel of a performer, head
straight for the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts , on the campus
of Sacred Heart University, on that most appropriately romantic date of
Friday, February 14 at 8 p.m. for "Sheena Easton Live in Concert."

With
Petula Clark and Lulu, she became the first United Kingdom female solo
artist ever to top the United States Hot 100.  Sheena is the only artist
in the history of the U.S. Billboards to have top 5 hits on each of the
Billboard key charts at the same time, "Morning Train" (9-5) (Pop,
Adult, Contemporary), "We Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers (Country),
"Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Dance) and "Sugar Walls (R and
B).

Easton has sung the James Bond 007 title songs in "For Your
Eyes Only" and "The Man with the Golden Gun" as well as performed the
voice of Sasha LaFleur in "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2", "Indecent
Proposal," on Broadway in "Man of La Mancha" and on television in
programs like "Highlander" and "Miami Vice."  Now she frequently
headlines in Las Vegas.

For tickets ($35, students, seniors and
faculty $25), call the Edgerton Center, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield at
203-371-7908 or online at www.edgertoncenter.org.  What a romantic Valentine's Day treat for your sweetie.

Come
hear two-time Grammy Award winning pop star and actress Sheena Easton,
who also boasts 7 Gold Albums and 1 Platinum as she croons "For Your
Eyes Only" as only a "Modern Girl" can do.

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