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Her music has al5o play<:d a role in several statewide political cam– paigns. The "Mississippi" song, written specifically for Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant. was often used as the theme song of his campaign. She also composed the "Haley Barbour Song,'' which was especially written for Gov. Barbour and was used during his 2007campaign. In January 2008, Emmons performed the national anthem at Gov. Barbour's ina~guration ceremony and dunng the Mississippi Republican State Conven– tion in May 2008. Emmons also serves as music director at Salem Baptist Church in Lake and her originally compositions are ?ften used for special servtces and other church events. Her most recent proj~ct involved co-writing a Chnstmas drama/musical wit~ her sister, Nicole Smtth, \Vhich will be per– fo rmed by their church choir in December. A home-scnooled stu– dent, Emmons attended ECCC from 2000-02, where she served as Concert · Choir president and was secretary of the President's Council. She continued her education at Mississippi College, receiving bachelor and master's degrees in music with emphasis in piano performance. While at MC, she received the Mary Nelson Piano Award in 2003 and 2004 and was Mississippi Music

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East Central Community College music in,.tructor will present a concert of orig– inal work Thur.;dav. Ocl. 30 in recognition of ht:r selec– tion as the College's Humanities Instructor of the Year. 1 he spec:ial pro– gram is spon.,ored by the Missi-;sippi Humanities Council and is held in con– junction with the annual Arts and Humanities Monlh celebration. Emmons' presantation, "Honoring Those Who Ser ve," begins at 7 p.m. in the Vickers Fine Arts Center auditorium on the Decatur campus. A recep– tion in the Fine Arts Center lobby follow.; her perform– ance. Emmon"'. a l.ak • resi– dent. is an award-winning 1L t ... .......... ... Ct.~ voca••:.. iitH• cut••flv:;cr. ~m: won the National Quartet Convention Talent , earch jn 1990 and 2001 and is n'c– ognized as the comp<"ti– tion's only two-time award recipient. She has recorded three solo projects, two of whlch Wt re produced by a major label - Son Sound Records of Gastonia, N. C. She signed a writer's con– tract with Hearlland Records in March 2007. As of date, she has had more than 30 original songs pub– lished, six of which were recorded by major artists and two songs made the national charts. Emmon~

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Teachers' Association Stu– dent of the Year in 2003. She accompanied the Mis– s~ssippi College Chorale. dtrected by Dr. Jamie Meaders, and served as a graduate assistant in 2005- • 06 and 2006-07. ' She is married to Joey Emmons and has a daughter, Tallie Johnston, age 10. Emmons is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Larry Duncan, also of Lake.

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