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Fran was born in Bingham, Maine, the youngest of 5 children. At the age of 4, she won a local talent contest, and found singing something she did naturally. She studied piano, tap dancing, twirled batons and sang in many variety shows all over the state of Maine. At the age of 15 she was singing with a 15-piece band and won several talent contests on Television out of Bangor, Maine. She taught bible study, sang in her church choir, and played organ for the church during her summers in high school.
She was 1st runner-up in the Miss Autorama contest in 1961, and went on to win Miss Cosmetology in 1962.
She married and moved to Oklahoma where she had her own band and radio show. When she divorced and returned to New England in 1965, she continued to sing at top clubs in Boston and on the coast of New Hampshire.
She went to modeling school, and did several commercials for TV.
In 1981, she started her "one woman show" and found that by pre-recording her music, she did not have to worry about the band, music sheets, and "set up" was a breeze. She began recording albums, and extended her traveling in the next number of years to Las Vegas, New York, South America, Canada and South Florida.
Fran moved from South Florida to Greenville, South Carolina in 1993 and lived and worked at Shepard's Gate Homeless Shelter for a year. She was the head chef and fed 50 people every day and worked closely with the homeless. She felt it was the greatest experience of her life, as giving your time to those in need deepens your ability to love.
In July of 2002, she was moved to record 2 Christian CDs, singing the hymns she grew up with. She was so motivated by singing for the seniors at her local church, she decided to expand her career to nursing homes, senior centers, assisted livings and adult day care centers all over New England and into New York. She has recorded 5 new Cds singing Oldies, Light Country, and Standards that the seniors enjoy so much.
Fran is devoted to bringing the "Broadway Show" to those seniors who can't get out to see them. She loves her music and gives her heart to the lives she touches every day.
She married again and enjoys her four grown children, 9 grandchildren and has their support in her love for music. She loves to read the Bible, sew, study health and nutrition, play bridge, and volunteers at the homeless shelters and Hospitals, in the Boston area.
She has found her "Special Place" to perform and says: "I know the seniors are "never going out of style" and my music lives on. I love to use the gifts God has given me and know I have a reason to get up every day."
Fran will appeared onstage
in Las Vegas at the Imperial Theatre in the Imperial Palace Hotel at the
Ms. Senior America 2007 National Pageant the week of November 5-11, 2007.
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