European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse New kid Hopes for Block of hits Steve Taylor Munich Bureau with a leading role on a children s television show a commercial with Michael Jackson and her single heart of Glass just released in West Germany by lbs records love Hewitt is definitely on the right track. She also works for the clothing company . Gear headlining a show called love and the unstoppable a 12-member song and dance troupe that travels the world to promote the athletic Wear. The to show Hewitt is in kids incorporated is produced by the Disney Channel and airs saturday mornings on an to. It comes to Southern european broadcasting in Early november. But even with All the credits piling up Hewitt s future seems Uncertain. She s not so sure about what she wants to do in the years ahead. Quot it s not a question of when i la be Able or if i m going to be too old Quot says Hewitt. Quot after All in a Only 11.&Quot at 11, the Waco Texas native has a voice that sounds like she studied under Bette Midler or Janet Jackson. She says its Michael Jackson she tries to emulate though she a never had any voice lessons and she has a stage presence that gets attention where Ever she performs. On her first trip to Munich West Germany for the Vispo sports Trade show in Early september both mtg and Channel 5 invited her to be a guest on their shows. Hewitt was discovered in Waco where she was scouted for the Goodwill Vispo tour sponsored by the . Government. That took her with other performers to Moscow in 1988 when she was nine. At that time she was performing for Quot different Little shows in Waco. Now she has the Goodwill tour the . Gear contract and the to show a and still school work to contend with too like other kids her age. When she is on the Road a Tutor travels with her to keep her up to Date on school work. At Home she attends sixth Grade at Valley View elementary school in los Angeles where she now lives with her parents. There she forgets All the attention and become a full time kid. Quot i like my school a lot Quot she says. Quot its in the Trade show act in addition to two solos she sings a duet with Paul Bryant a professional performer from los Angeles. Quot in be worked with a lot of kids and sometimes they can be a problem because of the maturity Quot he said. Describing her As one of the More professional kids he a worked with he says Quot she a still a kid but a kid with a very mature voice. Quot its great Quot Bryant called her Talent after a recent show in Munich. Where to from Here she seems to have a handle on the sometimes transient nature of stardom. Quot if i want to do it now i should do it now because later on i May not be Able to Quot she says. But if she is Able to continue besides wanting to go to Hawaii Hewitt wants a Quot starring role in a movie Quot no Small dream for anyone. This comes from a kid who like Many 11-year-Olds, still asks mom if she has to eat All her lunch. And at 11, Money May seem esoteric but Hewitt has not forgotten that there Are financial rewards to stardom. Is she Rich yet a a in a getting there Quot she smiles. Quot in a working real a amps stove Taylor love Hewitt sings Bette Midler so wind beneath my a love and the unstoppable a includes Hewitt and Paul Bryant in Cap front. A amps Steve Taylor
