European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 19, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 19 leaving Nashville behind by Dan Warfield is entertainment editor when playb9y records folded a few months ago Singer sunday Sharpe who finishes up her tour of Europe s military clubs this week was left without a  still has t got one but it s not be \ cause she has t had any offers. I Hugh Hefner s Retreat from the country music Busi 1 Ness scared her at first she said while nibbling Fried Chicken and sipping Coke in Wiesbaden s Rocker club last week. I i could have had a record Label two Days after play boy went out of business. But then in Between the record deals i started thinking i decided to take advantage of the  Sharpens Nashville track record has been Good but not Good enough she says in the seven years since she gave up driving a delivery truck in Florida to concentrate on show business. I be released nine records and every one has been on the National charts but Only in the 40s. One was top 10 with havin your baby " now instead of running to the first available shelter along music Row she is shopping for the record Deal j most Likely to break her out of the country bar band Cir Cuit and into the National big time. She says that talks with a new York based Label that i believes in her crossover potential the ability to take a country song to the top of the pop charts Are coming along nicely. I m Gonna be a hit artist she asserted. I m Gonna make it or break  after More than six years in Nashville she has moved Back to Florida to get away she says from the cliques and the restriction in always being on display. I left Nashville i moved to where i could have some fun. I work All the time on the Road and i party All the time in it. Lauderdale. I have several boyfriends and i like it that Way. I m single what else can i Tell you she has also parted ways at least on a business level with her manager Lamar Fike. We re still friends very Good friends she said but he s thinking country. I m thinking  she credits country superstar Dolly Parton not my Best Friend but we re very close with inspiring her to hold out for a better Prospect than just being another moderately successful girl Singer to break out of the Nash Ville doldrums. Dolly came to it. Lauderdale and we had a Long talk about it. She told me she gambled too and she does t regret it one bit. I Admire Dolly not just As an artist but As a woman. Nobody but Dolly Parton made it for Dolly Parton. She s in control of her career. Every producer i be had i Haven t even had the privilege of picking my own Materi Al. Women like Emmylou Harris Linda Ronstadt Dolly and Crystal Gayle have helped sunday Sharpe and All of. The other girl singers. Five years ago a woman could t be number one in billboard. Now that s  sunday Sharpe is thinking in terms of country Rock and working to develop herself As a songwriter. I be already proven i can make hit records that i can perform. Now i be Learned to write songs i m real proud of my  three of those top 40 records were her own songs and one of them stars fall at night has aroused the interest of an Atlanta movie company. In keeping with the theme of the song the Story is sort of a country Star is born a tale of the corruption of show business and the loneliness of Success. It s the Story of my life she said. The possible film which would Star sunday Sharpe and feature songs she has written has her very excited. But the main event is still the recording studio. I m trying to get things arranged where it s a Little More like the Ronstadt sort of stuff. But it s not the same. She s Rock with country feeling. I m country with a Rock feeling. The biggest thing i be got to do is to get people to have a different attitude toward sunday Sharpe. I m not a Little Playboy records to Gonna make it or break  simple country girl anymore. When i first went into the music business i was so naive i did t know what sangria was. I was real country from Lockhart Florida. I be been around the world now. I be grown up and my career Means everything to me i love it. I m not scared to death on stage like i once was i love to sing. I love it so much i know i m making it. And i want to make it All the Way i could get another record Deal like i had before and stay Safe. But i Don t want to be Safe in 10 years and hear people say who s sunday Sharpe i want them to say hey sunday Sharpe sin town the Early skier gets the slopes t is not too soon to Start thinking Snow and ski slopes. Serious fans of this Winter sport can get a head Start and take advantage of special pre season prices in Switzerland. From oct. 28 until shortly before Christmas 40 different Winter sports areas offer special package prices beginning at about $125 for seven overnights half pen Sion with ski pass and ski school included. For More information Contact Schweizer Verke Hsii Ros Kaise Strasse 23, 6000 Frankfurt a.m., Germany Tel. 0611-236061. In Austria ski courses get underway at Kapraun oct. 10 and continue through mid december. A seven Day package half pension costs about $250. Cross country fans can get in some Early practice at Ramsay am Wachstein where week Long courses Start oct. 4. Package prices begin at about $185. For details on either of these programs Contact the austrian National tourist. A. Office . Box 3887, d-6000 Frankfurt a.m., Germany Tel. 0611-293673. Tyrolean Tours an american austrian travel firm has a new brochure listing details of their ski weeks which in clude instruction. For a copy of the free Booklet write tyrolean Tours a-6382 Kirc Dorf Tyrol Austria. Travelling jul with 13 Leah Larkin imperfect execution of some sort of a jump by Amateur skier red Grandy. Is special prices will be offered this season at the Black Forest ski area of Felsburg. Reduced prices on ski lifts and instruction Are in effect the weeks beginning i Jan. 13, feb. 10, and during All of March. For details write Kurvers Galtung d-7821 Feldberg Atlas Hitten Ger i  you la find the prices at the armed forces Redrea Tion centers at Chi Emsee Berchtesgaden and Garmisch hard to beat. Ski weeks get under Way in november. Package prices starting at about $120 for adults include lift fees instruction parties hotel and most meals. Downhill ski weeks Are offered in All three areas. Berchtesgaden also offers Cross country ski weeks. Rental equipment including clothing is available at an extra  May be made up to three months in and Vance by phoning or writing the appropriate billeting office addresses listed below. Be sure to include attn ski week As part of the address when writing. The package ski week plan with instruction is not offered at Christmas and new years the busiest time of the year at All arc facilities in Bavaria. Reservations must be made Well in Advance and the procedures Are somewhat different than those for ski weeks reservation requests for Berchtesgaden Chi Emsee and Garmisch during this season dec. 21-Jan. 4 must be made in writing and addressed to the billeting office concerned include attn Holiday reservations in the address. Reservation requests for either Berchtesgaden or Gar Misch will not be accepted for both holidays it s either Christmas or new year s. Chi Emsee requests May in clude both holidays. Reservations will be allocated based on postal cancellation dates. Requests for Berchtesgaden Chi Emsee and Garmisch must include Deposit a Money order or Check for $20, made pay Able to custodian eco 1835" will be credited in full to hotel Bills or will be refunded if space is not available or if cancellation is received More than seven Days before the intended arrival Date your or sponsor s name rank unit address military Telephone number when All rooms in the area of Choice Are booked a waiting list is established on cancellation of a confirmed reservation the top name on the list is contacted if possible no phone number could mean being dropped number of adults in the party number age and sex of the children in the party Type of accommodation desired such As room with or without Bath and whether alternate accommodations Are acceptable you May request a specific hotel but acceptance depends upon available space exact arrival and departure dates and alternate dates in the event the desired dates Are booked. Reservations say arc officials will be confirmed As soon As possible. They ask that no Telephone Calls be made about Berchtesgaden Chi Emsee or Garmisch reservations until after nov. 1. Reservations Over the year end holidays at the Colum Bia hotel in Munich will be made on a first come first served basis and May be made either in writing or by phone. No Advance Deposit is required. Reservations May also include both holidays. For More info about arc ski programs Contact the Public information office he arc apo09033 phone Garmisch military 2535- 847 or s47. Address reservation requests to Garmisch Garmisch Central billeting office Apo 09053 phone Gar Misch military 2535-1 757 or 557 civilian 08821-750 of 757 Berchtesgaden and Chi Emsee Berchtesgaden billeting office Apo 09029 phone Berchtesgaden military 2538- 623or 823 civilian08452 58623or 58823. Munich Columbia hotel Apo 09407 phone Munich Mil 2521-7370 or 6095 civilian 089 165941