SOUTHERN OHIO OPRY

Local singer-songwriter David James McUne will entertain before a John Anderson concert on June 14 at the Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Kentucky. McUne sang his way to the privilege, and a standing ovation, at the Renfro Valley Country Talent Contest in April.

"When they said West Union, I didn't remember anything else," McUne said about the night he won the trophy. His performance had been the eighth of the day out of 42 finalists. The finalists were chosen to compete at Renfro Valley out of approximately 500 contestants who entered samples of their singing ability earlier in the year.

McUne selected Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This" for his contest performance. There were three judges in the audience scoring contestants in six different categories: talent, tightness of performance, crowd response, appearance, stage presence and star quality.

"I've been singing since I was four or five," said McUne. "I used to sing on a Sunday morning broadcast in Indiana that my grandparent did. It was through church that I really got started singing. I really didn't get into my music until about two years ago."

Now McUne says he plays guitar and writes music. The songs he has written speak about life's experiences and include titles such as "Brown Bottle Blues," "Night, It Falls" and "Gotta Be Tough." One of his songs, "Circumstance" is about a young woman found dead in Adams County, who left behind a four-year-old child. He's been working to put together a 12-song CD.

"I just love music," said McUne, who works with sheet metal and commercial ductwork for a living. "When we were at Renfro Valley, a group of us got together on the front porch of the hotel and were playing music. It was a lot of fun."

One of McUne's songs will be played on 100.7 FM WCYO out of Richmond, Kentucky as a result of his contest win. He also received a $500 gift certificate to be used at the Renfro Valley Recording Studio.

Information about tickets for the John Anderson concert may be obtained by calling Renfro Valley at (800) 765-7464. Seating charts are available on the Website at www.renfrovalley.com.

McUne lives three miles from West Union with his wife, Lori (Rideout) McUne, and four boys. He moved to Adams County 20 years ago from Kentucky.

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Leona will be back in the 2008 season of the Grand Ladies in Branson. You can catch her with a rotating group of ladies including Jean Shepard, Mary Lou Turner, Pretty Miss Norma Jean, Ava Barbour, Wanda Jackson and Jody Miller. The shows are held at the God and Country Theater in Branson.

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