Betty O'kay:  

(I probably should update this-- I wrote it when I first came on to Classmates.com -- oh well, it's all true and in a couple of days, I will be writing the NECMC August 2011 newsletter.) Quick stuff-- I'm in the middle of writing the New England Country Music Club newsletter and I need a break from it-- this past meeting got a little tense with some disagreements between the members. (I am the NECMC president--I've been on the board for around 30 years) Anyway, I'm pretty happy-- I've done some things that were great experiences for me. I'm broke-- but, so is mostly everyone else!!! I graduated, went to work- started off at Polytop, Inc- but spent the bulk of my years at A.T. Cross (BEFORE they went off to China)! I worked many various jobs in the company from molding to machinist, to trainer, to videographer for training films. While working at Cross, I returned to school for radio and television production and graduated in 1993. I married Eric Phillips -October 8, 1994. I left A. T. Cross in 1996. In 1998, I was on a local radio station in Woonsocket with a show named O'Kay's Corral-- Eric was working for Digital Semi-conductor, but when Intel took over they cut the Digital guys loose... he joined me in 1999 as co-host and then with his own show "THE" Theme Show. It was pretty cool, for any of you who know who Chris Young is, he contacted us when he was about 15 years old. Chris sent us a demo and said he was a "budding" songwriter and wanted to know if we would play his music. Once we heard this ...Expand for more