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THE TENNESSON Saturday paiffi'L'alSWt CS LIVING: WEDDINGS Chesnutt cracks the bis4iffia Zlegler, Bell Margaret Eleanor Bell of Antioch and Christopher John Ziegler of Brentwood were married Nov. 16 at West End Church of Christ with Ron Clendenin officiating. The bride is the daughter of Hubert and Rose Bell of Lebanon and the bridegroom is the son of John and Patricia Ziegler of Sussex, Wis. The couple is living in 'H 2 Linda Anderson George Robinson Robinson, Anderson Linda Mechelle Anderson of Antioch and George Albert Robinson were married Nov. 16 at the bride's home with Cora Austin of Antioch officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Tyne and Christine Gray and the bridegroom is the son of the late Annie Frye. The couple is living in Antioch. i Terri Lewis Steven McCtuskey McCluskey, Lewis KNOXVILLE Terri Lynn Lewis and Steven Lance McCluskey were married Nov. 9 at Church Street United Methodist Church with Brian C. Patton officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Orvil Lee and Gladys R. Lewis of Loudon, and the bridegroom is the son of H. Kent and Emily G. McCluskey. The couple is living in Knoxville.l Patricia Drake Timothy Moses (loses, Drake Patricia Ann Drake and timothy Jackson Moses were married Oct.

31 at Harpeth Presbyterian Church with Robert 0. Miller of Murray, the bride's grandfather, and Blake Hawthorne officiating. i The bride is the daughter df Werter Lewis Drake and Barbara Drake, both of Murray, and the bridegroom is the son of Harold and Linda Moses. The couple is living in Nashville. "And I didnt care fw -sy." "I didnt do it," he continuedr 'V did try to liven up my show a little" bit I paid attention to everybody.

Everybody was sayin' to spice it up, but that didnt work, 'cause I wasn't comfortable with it It wasnt me. And it took away from my music. It's hard to sing Too Cold at Home and Brother Jukebox with laser lights goin' on, and bombs goin' off, and I have to do it the old-fashioned way. I like to sing and have the music do the entertaining." Traditional though the presentation may be, Chesnutt's concerts keep him on the road and away from his 2-year-old son Waylon, sometimes for a month at a time. Chesnutt struggles with the distance, but says the family tug still hasnt slowed him down: "I'd like to slow down a little bit, but I wont be able to cut back too much.

It's real expensive to run a business like this. I'm not sellin' millions and millions and millions of albums like some people. I cant take six months off. I gotta work. "I don't think I could take sue months off anyway, even if I could afford it I gotta get out there.

I gotta get on this bus, gotta travel, gotta do shows, gotta have the music. Just lis-tenin' to it's great, but I gotta be out there on that stage makin' it, or in the studio or somethin'." Chesnutt plans to enter the studio sometime this spring to work on his seventh album. Though he's already splattered his discography with remakes of songs by the likes of Hank Williams John Anderson and Don Gibson, he has no plans to do any more cover tunes in the near future. "There's a couple of old Buck Owens songs I'd like to do someday," he says, "but more important, I want to put my own classics out I want to put my own songs out that someone else will be re-recordin' someday. Maybe 20 years from now, someone will cut Ibo Cold at Home." recalls.

"He saw what I was doin' five nights a week there, and met all my friends and met my family, all my fishin' buddies and all that, and he knew what I was all about when he met me." The hits started coming immediately: Tbo Cold at Home, Brother Jukebox, Blame It on Texas, Your Love Is a Miracle He piled up 11 straight hits before he had a single that didnt make the Top 10. He's now amassed 15 Top 10s and a Horizon award from the Country Music Association, signifying outstanding development during 1993. Chesnutt backs up his vocal work with a hard-edged rhythm guitar style, born out of years in the Texas dance halls and his early penchant for the drums. "Every now and then I'll get behind my drummer's kit and play a little bit," Chesnutt notes. "I'm not very good anymore, but I used to be." As a result, he's insistent on strong rhythms in his uptempo fare.

The funky textures of Bubba Shot the Jukebox, the Cajun Gonna Get a Life and the traditional Gam' Through the Big two-step are all propelled by aggressively strummed six-string. "I'm really picky about rhythm," he explains. "I've gotta have a good strong rhythm player. I've played rhythm for years, and some guys that I've tried out, they didn't have the strong rhythm like I wanted. It could be because I did start out playin' drums.

I've gotta have that heavy backbeat The bass and the drums and the rhythm guitar has to be there, has to be really together and strong." But that doesnt mean Chesnutt wants his country sound beefed up with the rock-derived drum sounds and lead guitars that dot today's country landscape. Chesnutt waged a battle when some of his associates tried to get him to strap on the rockin'-country harness. "That happened," he admits. good country singer." Others singing his praises include Shania Twain, Wade Hayes, Joe Diffie, Tracy Lawrence, Steve Earle and George Strait, who told Country Weekly that Chesnutt is a "great singer" who "really does good material." "If somebody says something about my singin', that's great," Chesnutt responded, that's all I want to be known for, is my singin'. Especially when the new guys come up and say I was a big influence on them, that's really neat" "George Strait, hearin' that he listens to my music, that just blows me away," he added.

"I saw my name in Waylon Jennings' autobiography. He says he listens to Travis Tritt, Mark Chesnutt, and people like that Lee Roy Parnell. Out of all the people in the business, for him to just pick like four names, and for me to be in there, that is the best feelin', when my heroes compliment my music. They've seen it all, they were there." Chesnutt has seen some of the same settings and same results that his heroes experienced. Born and raised in the oil town of Beaumont, Texas, he followed in the footsteps of his father, Bob Chesnutt, a southeastern country singer who never rose past obscurity outside of the region.

His daddy took Mark to honky-tonks when his son was still an under-aged teen, and the younger Chesnutt sang three to four nights a week in the clubs. He quit school with his father's blessing, and released his first record at age 17. But Chesnutt had to wait another 10 years to finally begin realizing the dream he inherited from his dad. The opportunity came when record producer Mark Wright helped him land a recording contract with MCA. "I was singing in a beer joint, in a club, and he knew that," Chesnutt Monica Fetty Stephen Hughes Hughes, Fetty PARKERSBURG, W.Va.

Monica Rae Fetty and Stephen Joseph Hughes, both of Hampton, were married Nov. 9 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church with Gene Adkins officiating. The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Fetty of Vienna, W.Va., and the bridegroom is the son of James Hughes of Gallatin, and Cynthia Hughes of Nashville. The couple is living in Hampton.

it V' I Carol Frensley Carries Cames, Frensley Carol Eidson Christopher Esser Esser, Eidson HENDERSONVILLE Carol Leann Eidson of Goodlettsville and Christopher Robert Esser of Antioch were married Nov. 16 at First United Methodist Church with Ben Alexander officiating. The bride is the daughter of Paul and Patricia Eidson of Goodlettsville and the bridegroom is the son of Robert and Deborah Esser of Dubuque, Iowa. The couple is living in Antioch. Options for a good indoor workout Carol LeeAnne Frensley 1 and Shad R.

Cames, both of I Smyrna, were married Dec. 7 at Donelson View Baptist Church with Donald P. Frens-; ley of Smyrna, the bride's fa-j per, officiating. The bride is the daughter of Donald P. and Patricia A.

Frensley of Smyrna and the bridegroom is the son of Bar-; bara Cames of Fitzgerald, and the late Billy Cames. I The couple is living in Smyrna. I and manager of the Fit Stop, in Northbrook, 111. "This means the treadmill can withstand a hard run or even a brisk walk. Peak-rated motors tell you the top horsepower of a motor but dont guarantee how long it can last at that rate." It's tempting to buy a less expensive, non-motorized treadmill ($200 to $400), but Wilhelm says customers" eventually report dissatisfactionr Problems include tread-belt drag and a too-small stride area A Getting married? The Tennessean announces news of engagements and weddings as a service to our readers, at no cost.

Forms for this purpose are available from The Tennessean Living Department. A photograph can be used with the engagement announcement or the wedding announcement, but not with both. The information should be released only to The Tennessean in Nashville. Engagement and wedding news is published in Sunday and ThursdaySaturday (as space permits) editions of The Tennessean. DEADLINES: Completed ENGAGEMENT forms, with accompanying photographs, must be returned to 7776 Tennessean Living Department at least one month before the wedding date.

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For instance, most fitness experts say buying a treadmill for less than $13) is unwise. "We recommend you buy a treadmill with a continuous-rated motor rather than a peak-rated model," says Pat Wilhelm, a personal trainer they can be difficult to use. Cross-country skiing is a top calorie-burning activity, but an exerciser who feels awkward on a ski trainer will tire more quickly and quit Rowing also is a supreme aerobic exercise, but it requires full extension of the body and limbs in the rowing motions, which many exercisers fail to do, curbing benefits. Plus, rowers and ski trainers can be noisy, making watching television Leslie McWhirter Bryan Leake Leake, McWhirter FORT WORTH, Texas Leslie Fiona McWhirter and Bryan Ernest Leake, both of Colleyville, Texas, were married Nov. 9 at River Oaks Christian Church with David I.

and Donna J. McWhirter of Nashville, parents of the bride, officiating. The bride is the daughter of David I. and Donna J. McWhirter of Nashville and the bridegroom is the son of Mary Leake of Colleyville and the late Ernest Leake.

The couple is living in Athens, Texas. taMflb Mi Ashley Lindner, Jeffrey Dahl Dahl, Lindner Ashley Dawn Lindner and Jeffrey Allen Dahl, both of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, were married Nov. 16 at Forest Hills United Methodist Church in Brentwood with J. David Miller of Brentwood and William Thompson of Vera Beach, officiating. The bride is the daughter of Richard C.

and Stephanie Lindner and the bridegroom is the son of Richard and Ann Dahl of Brentwood. The couple is living in Cuyahoga Falls. Amy Brock, Scott Lorden Lorden, Brock Amy Elizabeth Brock of Ar-ririgton and Scott Thomas Lorden of Murfreesboro were married Nov. 16 at Brentwood United Methodist Church in Brentwood with Douglas Nor-fleet officiating. The bride is the daughter of William C.

and Elizabeth A. Brock of Arlington and the bridegroom is the son of Thomas E. and Cheryl Lorden of Murfreesboro. The couple will live in Christiana. Frazier, Pardue Michael Brent Frazier of Chattanooga and Julie Ann Pardue were married Nov.

23 at Mill Creek Baptist Church with Jerry W. Lemon officiating. The bride is the daughter of Ray and Judy Pardue and the bridegroom is the son of Terry and Pam Frazier of Chattanooga. The couple is living in Murfreesboro. 1 111 ill Grandparents can lead the way fdrstt steps 3NeELW STARRING angels and trembled as my son and daughter-in-law brought into the spotlight a tiny, wiggling baby.

I wept boundless tears of humility. The reason for the season loomed unadorned in my face. The presence of a child that had come to make the world a better place was waving arms and legs and proclaiming, "I am real. I am human. I belong to a family." This was no made up fantasy, no pretend game, no fake costume but a baby born to run in the playgrounds, jump with the puppies and roll in the dirt Baby Jesus was undeniably a person! Whether you accept that he was the son of God or a magical historic figure, he changed the rules of our world.

"Love your neighbors as yourself," "love your enemies," and "love one another" became the creed throughout the world. We are still working on these messages, but he did set the example. We are to be the human representation now. We need to make a pledge that we will be the ideal role model for our grandchildren. By our example we will teach them to love, create peace in a family, and forgive those who have "done us wrong." As we clean away the debris of the packages, decorations, and half-eaten turkey, let us remember that grandparents should be the wise, perceptive and intelligent leaders of the families.

Consider your image carefully! Barbara Stephens' column appears weekly. If you would like to share with her your grandparenting concerns, write to Barbara Stephens, Grandparents Corner, P.O. Box 30512, Knoxville, TN Bv BARBARA STEPHENS Hark, the Herald Angels A special phenomenon occurred for me this year. Grama Kenny had already experienced the emotional drama when his grandson Andy played the lead role in the annual Christmas pageant several years ago. This year, our 4-month-old Audrey played Baby Jesus in the church service and I was the exhalted grandmother.

I had planned to write a charming and sparkling commentary on Jesus being played by a girl, or how Jesus' grandmother would have made sure that he had on more than a swaddling cloth, but the actuality of the occasion was too intense. I sat in that darkened auditorium listening to 75 harmonious teen-age If the sale you've been waiting for! Ax Values from AND SPECIAL GUEST WILFORD BRIf.UEY FEBRUARY 9, 1997, OPRY HOUSE 6 9:00 PM A huge collection of our Fall Winter shoes and accessories is now on Sale! Hurry in soon for the best selection SIZES 4 TO 13 WIDTHS AAAA TO Cfe3l aaja FEU rE BENEFITING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES AMALFI J. RENEE MAGDESIANS PROXY SELBY TROTTERS TIMOTHY HITSMAN UNISA tnd mtny monl Th Galtory Rlvwgatt upI 8 1 Behind Long horn Steakhousa 2021 N. Gallatin Rd. 851-3594 1 The TENNESSEAN WOMEN'S FINE SHOES Mall at Gram Hills Next to Walgreens 269-6310 Sun.

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