Email About Chelsea and Janet…

11/19/2004:

From: Allison Deal
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:14 PM
To: YodelQueen@heroeswest.com
Subject: Chelsea Beck

Ms. McBride,
 
Hello.  My name is Allison Deal.  I am a close friend of Shiloh & Chelsea Beck.  In fact, Shiloh is my husband's office manager. 
 
Shiloh & Chelsea speak of you often & have recently opened my ears & heart to the world of Yodeling.  I just wanted to write to tell you that I think Chelsea has a really promising future in music.  She has really come a long way in such a short time.  I am really impressed.  Actually, I was really never a true yodeling fan before Chelsea started.  I have really come to love the music. 
 
You have done some awesome work alone & with others.  I think you have a grand pair of wings reserved for you in a higher place for the time you have taken with Chelsea & others to help start & further their careers along.  It seems that these days people are just too busy to help others & I am grateful that there are people like you who are willing to help our children (or children at heart..like me) get started.
 
Another reason I am writing is because I read your Bio on your website & am really curious if you know my parents or at least my Dad.  It seems you were in So. Calif. at the same time and knew the same people.  My Daddy's name is Forrest Loughridge (AKA Bud, Bondie, FB).  My Mom's name is Pat or Patricia.  They were best friends with Phil Baugh until they decided to move back to Oklahoma in 1970.  My Daddy had been a musician for years & when he moved to OK decided to give it up...he has retired this year & after 34 years has dedcided to start again.  It's such a small world.  We have home movies of Phil at Disney Land with my family.  I'm not in them because I wasn't born until they moved back to OK, but I heard all the great stories.  Just reading all of this blew me away.  I couldn't get in touch with my Daddy today to ask him if he knows you; but I told Shiloh about it.  Chelsea played with my Dad a couple of months ago & he thinks she's pretty awesome.  
 
That's really all I wanted to say, just that I think what you are doing is awesome.
 
Allison   

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