European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes August 1985 entertainment Story and photos by Anita Gosch staff writer its Tough having an Debby Boone can Tell you As the daughter of the clean clean thinking Singer Pat Shes had an image All her the whole Boone family is thought of As being squeaky kind of drinking milk and All of says the 28yearold Christian its a Tough image because its hard to deepen Peoples perspective of you past its hard for people to get a perspective on what my life is really and that there is depth a almost fragile looking blonde with an contagious shot to Fame in 1977 with her first Solo the single you Light up my since Shes released five albums and won two grammy two Dove awards gospels grammy counterpart and the Academy of country music award for top new female she starred in the 18month National stage tour of seven brides for seven Brothers she twice starred in her own primetime to specials and she co starred in the television productions gift of the magi and sins of the Shes written an called Debby Boone so to top it All Shes the Mother of three children and twin daughters Gabrielle and her Gabriel is the son of actor Jose Ferrer and Singer Rosemary Boone talks openly and honestly about her commitment to yet she Doest she realizes that living by biblical standards is considered very i was really struggling with that at and then i realized that it just takes she it takes people looking at you making the choices that you make and realizing in my in not just still obeying my but that Ive chosen this for and that i believe in you cant live the Way Ive lived As Long As i have and not believe in it so i decided not to struggle with it and to try and make Quality choices about what kinds of things i do As far As music and any kind of and hopefully people will begin to respect Boones most recent Choice involves her new choose released in february of this produced by Michael who lists Rod Stewart and Donna summer among his the album strays from Boones usual country and gospel featuring contemporary top 40 music while retaining a Christian i think most people think of me As a Ballad so the album was a bit of a change for she i was ready for it because i knew i was getting ready to do a lot of and you cant do a whole concert of i was ready for some up music that would reach a younger although the title track of the album might suggest an antiabortion Boone says it Doest specifically have to do with but you could definitely fit that in its a song about choices of right and choices of life and she certainly abortion is an important Choice that not Only women have to but society has to whether or not there going to tolerate it As being something that acceptable or choose life pertains More to teenage suicide says Ive gotten real involved with that in the states speaking to Young she i spoke at a conference in Washington for youth suicide they made me a spokesperson to Young addressing that because its becoming an Boones own teenage chronicled in her were not without the usual on tour Wil Flecken rec Center 14 Holland 15 Karlstedt Patton combined 8 Rhei main a football Field or hangar 425 Worms Takkunen bks Parade Field 18 choices of right and life and adolescent i dont think it was any different from what most everyone goes she in your adolescent years you begin to ask a lot of test your boundaries and resist i did All of it was just that it was played up a lot More because i was Pat Boones and Pat Boones daughters we rent supposed to do anything my parents and i came through that time really Loving each other at the end of it and so i thought if i can encourage some people going through if i can then its Worth exposing All this and talking about it Boone is the third of four daughters of 50s teen idol Pat her is the daughter of country and Western Star red despite the musical Boone says her parents never encouraged any of the daughters to pursue careers in they both had very negative feelings about the environment of show business and the she her father was constantly on the so the family decided that if they could sing a song or two within his they could travel with i think he knew he was taking a Chance and exposing us to the travelling and the fun of being in the entertainment says it certainly whet my appetite to want the Sisters singing outings led to the formation of the Boone and they recorded several when Boone was a producer sent her a demo tape of you Light up my and she began her Solo Boone is dedicated to her music and to her the image that she would like to she the of someone who has Strong convictions and lives by someone who believes that Jesus transforms you to be like and someone who has allowed him to do
