Sharon Lepore:  

I'm still singing, after all these years! lol After high school, I went on to Azusa Pacific University where I majored in music. I also traveled for two years as the featured soloist with the "Continental Singers." We traveled during the summers, all over the US, up into Canada and down into the Bahamas. That was a wonderful experience, to say the least! Then I got married, had two children, and put my music on hold until my kids were teenagers. Itching to get back to it, I started hitting the local jam sessions & talent contests, and learned to play guitar & bass. (I had already learned piano as a child.) I found my voice again & started my own band, "Bootleg County." We performed all over the Inland Empire, playing Country, Blues & Classic Rock. During this time, I also needed to pay the bills!! So I worked as a legal secretary, as an executive assistant at Norton AFB, and as middle management for 12 years with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Fontana and Riverside. Then, after Kaiser burned me out, I did various odd jobs (accounting, desktop publishing) until I got back on my feet again. (Did I mention they burned me out?!) I finally retired from UC Riverside, where I "did time" in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Advising Center. I am now back to playing electric bass and singing once again! My passion!! I'm in a band called "Southern Star," and we play regularly at the Rialto Senior Center, where we draw a pretty darn good crowd on Thursday mornings. W...Expand for more