Well – let’s see, I started my career in radio in 1998 and swore I would never do anything else. I come from a very musical and theatrical background. My father was a musician, which is how I got my name - “Amy” by Bobby Darin. He stop playing when I was born and then became a music teacher and now runs an old historic theater in Odessa – The Ector Theatre – with my mother. My mother was a dancer – tap and ballet – I don’t know when she stopped dancing and decided to teach dance – but she was my tap teacher. I also took ballet and jazz lessons from the age of 4 until diagnosed with Lupus at 15. I took classical piano lessons for 8 years also. So, as you can see music has always been in my family. I met my husband when we were 16 years old – in my hometown of Odessa, TX – at a Permian High School Football game – where we both graduated. We’ve been together ever since and have 2 kids. He is a Registered Nurse at a local hospital. My son, Jake, is 16 and plays football for Coronado High School (GO STANGS!!) where I am the booster club president for the football team. I absolutely LOVE high school football and have taken it upon myself to “adopt” all 200+ Coronado football players and call them all “son”. I am VERY passionate and protective of those kids! My daughter, Bri, is 10 and plays drums in a little rock band at School of Rock and is in the Honor Choir at her school. She clearly inherited the music from dad and I am excited about that! Her ultimate goal is to be a drummer and lead singer of a rock band – and she will I’m sure! And basically that’s about it – but just for fun I will give you 5 “fun facts” about myself - 1. I have a very real fear of bad odors! 2. Feet absolutely disgust me – and is not something anyone wants to tease me with. 3. I have a titanium mesh plate and nine screws in the back of my head. 4. I LOVE Karaoke! (Don’t judge) 5. I make my bed every night before getting into it because my covers must be straight and perfect. There ya have it – that’s who I am! I’m excited to talk to you, and feel free to follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Email or Instagram – I enjoy meeting new people and making new friends!
Amy
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Thurs.-Fri., Mar. 27-28, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. at the Lubbock City Bank Coliseum.
Performances from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Performances include saddle bronc, bareback, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping, barrel racing, mutton bustin', freestyle bull fight and bull riding...
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It was a week ago today that I received the last text message from him that I will ever get.
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Celebrate Texas’ Independence at Texas Land & Cattle
In 1836 Texas declared it's independence from Mexico and the Texas Declaration of Independence was literally drafted overnight as The Alamo was under siege by Santa Anna's army of Mexico.
On Sunday; March 2nd, we will celebrate The Lone Star State's 178th birthday at Texas Land & Cattle!
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