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Nation singer-songwriter and Paris native Leslie Satcher is returning to her hometown to carry out at a meals and toy drive Sunday at First Christian Church, 780 twentieth St. N.E.
The church’s particular occasions coordinator, Ronnie Nutt, mentioned he was knowledgeable by United Approach of Lamar County Govt Director Jenny Wilson that there can be a scarcity of toys and meals gadgets for the needy this 12 months.
“I informed her we’d do a live performance for that to lift toys and meals,” Nutt mentioned.
Admission to the live performance is thru a donation of a toy or meals merchandise, Nutt mentioned.
Nutt mentioned Campbell Soup Firm’s Paris plant donated over 2,000 cans of SpaghettiOs pasta for the drive.
Identified for songs that others made well-known, Satcher mentioned she obtained her begin within the music enterprise due partly to nation icon Naomi Judd.
Satcher mentioned fellow church member and former Gaither Vocal Band vocalist Man Penrod steered she play her songs for Judd’s husband, Larry Strickland, who then informed her to play them for Judd.
“After I performed my songs for Naomi, she mentioned you generally is a songwriter,” Satcher recalled. “And that’s once I began working in the direction of getting a publishing deal.”
Satcher moved to Nashville from Paris in 1989 and has had songs recorded by George Strait, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis and plenty of others within the three a long time since.
Satcher mentioned Judd by no means purchased a track however helped hone her craft as a songwriter.
“She helped me be taught to jot down higher songs as a result of she would critique them for me,” Satcher mentioned. “She actually taught me the best way to write a business track.”
Satcher credit her religion in God as her profession’s most stabilizing issue.
“He has at all times blessed me all through my total profession,” Satcher mentioned. “If you happen to don’t think about this enterprise, and also you don’t have a platform of believing in Christ and realizing he’s obtained your again, you actually don’t have an excellent shot at making it.”
Lately, Satcher carried out alongside nation singer Martina McBride and several other others on the Texas Nation Music Corridor of Fame.
“She was doing a retrospective of a few of her hits that she’s recorded,” Satcher mentioned. “It was nice. We loved it so much. They filmed it, so it was sort of an excellent factor for us.”
Satcher mentioned she loves returning to Paris to carry out.
“I get to see my family and friends, and that’s at all times an excellent aspect bonus,” she mentioned.
