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Quyvonne Denise Perry And Dawn
Marie M cGee are the vocal talents
that com prise H.l. “ We knew each
other in high school,” states Dawn,
“and Shamika had this group. One day
in choir class shecom es up to me as we
are singing Be G rateful' and says, ’I
just started this girls group and I like
your voice, do you want to join us? So
I went to a practice and they were
aw ful, accept for S ham ika." she
laughed.
“ I trie d to get o u t o f the next
p r a c tic e .” c o n tin u e s D aw n, "and
to ld my m om m a to te ll her 1 w as
on p u n ish m e n t, but th ey cam e to
my h o u se an d co rn e re d me. From
then on S h am ik a and I b ecam e
trie n d s an d began w o rk in g v ery
h ard to g e th e r to form a s tro n g
g ro u p and m ake our d ream com e
tr u e .”
Shamika remembers the begin
ning this way. "I have been singing in
choirs since 1 was young and I was
scared to sing by myself, and I always
wanted to be in a group like Five Star,
so I decided to start one myself. I got a
group together and later hooked up
with Dawn ju st like she said. There
were times when we nearly gave up,
felt w e’ 11 never make it, but we kept on
going'.”
D aw n in te r je c ts , “ O n e d a y a
b u n ch o f us g irls w en t on a m o d
elin g trip , an d S h am ik a an d I w ere
play ing o u r d em o ta p e in th e van
w h e n in th e b a c k w e h e a r
Q u y v o n n e sin g in g very so ftly to
th e so n g W e tu rn e d to h e r an d
sa id , g irl w e d id n 't k n o w you
c o u ld sin g ? ! Q u y v o n n e la u g h e d
an d I d id n ’t th in k m uch a b o u t it."
S h a m ik a , o n th e o t h e r h a n d
th o u g h t a lot a b o u t it. I n s tin c
tiv e ly sh e k n ew Q u y v o n n e w as
th e m is sin g e le m e n t o f th e g ro u p
a n d p u r s u e d h e r. “ S o o n a f te r
th a t,” s ta te s S h a m ik a . “ I tric k e d
Q u y v o n n e in to m e et o u r p ro d u c -
e r,
L o re n z o
P ry o r, a n d sin g
fo r h im . W h en
sh e le t it g o , it
w as u n b e lie v
a b le . I k n e w sh e
w a s th e o n e . I
c a lle d up D aw n
a n d to ld h e r I
fo u n d o u r th ird
m e m b e r a n d sh e
w a s t h r i l l e d at
w h o it w as. N ow
w h e n w e s in g ,
w rite o r p e rfo rm
to g e th e r ,
i t ’s
ju s t lik e th e title
o f o u r u p c o m in g
a lb u m
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a
H I...N a tu ra lly ’.”
Q uyvonne
was bom in to a
very troubled fam
ily. W hereas Dawn and Shamika both
had strong parental support growing
up, and for their musical dream , this is
far from the fact for Quyvonne.
"M y m other is currently in p ris
on, and I d o n ’t know w ho all my
siblings are, although I w ould love to
fine o u t,” states the shy, but very
proud and frank Q uyvonne. “ I was a
very quiet and protected kid grow ing
up, and protective o f my little sister,
w hereas I felt like the m other. It was
hard. I did sing back then, but only
for my sister. I never let anybody else
hear me I sang to her because I knew
she w o u ld n ’t say an y th in g ,” she
laughed.
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