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Local woman to represent Fort Campbell in Operation Rising Star

 

Thea Agnew was selected to represent Fort Campbell in the 2009 Operation Rising Star CompetitionOperation Rising Star is an American Idol style singing competition which is hosted by the United States Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command (MWR),  and Army Entertainment. The Semi-finals will be  held at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from November 9th-21st.

Towards the end of October, the twelve semi-finalists for this years competition were announced. The semi-finalists were selected based on a combined score from a panel of ten professional judges who reviewed the Winners performances via video.

Representing Fort Campbell is Army spouse Thea Agnew.

Raised in a military family, Thea graduated from Northeast High School and married her high school sweetheart, becoming a Military Spouse. After 20 years of marriage and 23 years of military service, they are planning on retiring in Clarksville, the city they call home.

Thea is the proud mother of 3 beautiful teenagers and is a constant voice in their lives. Her hobbies include writing, reading, research, marketing & design, blogging, sports and exercising.

She is a REALTOR® with Avalar Real Estate & Team Agnew, and a member of the Clarksville Tennessee Chamber of Commerce.

In her spare time, she sings the National Anthem at various events including the Chamber of Commerce’s events; Real estate events; military events; and sporting events, including the Nashville Predators opening season in 2007/2008, and the Nascar Qualification at the Atlanta Speedway 2008.

Thea is also an author for Clarksville Online.

Also selected were:

  • SSG Tyrone Basnight; USAG Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • SSG Michel Gordon; USAG Humphreys, Korea
  • PFC Andrea Griffith; Fort Eustis, VA
  • A1C Jamie Jarman; Fort Leonard Wood, MO
  • SSG Chad Kneller; Fort Bragg, NC
  • SFC Beulah Patterson; Fort Bliss, TX
  • 1LT Sarah Payeur; Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo
  • Lisa Pratt; Fort Carson, CO
  • SPC Erin Sataloff; USAG Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Sam Tang; Fort Irwin, CA
  • CPT Donald Williamson; USAG Bamberg, Germany

Each will represent their respective military facility at the 2009 Operation Rising Star Live Finals.

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