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a Heyflf—Everybody, olarAtda’here._‘ -
Ihave -twolife goals: to be a dprofessional entertainer," AaAn‘d‘:to"
.meet a man to partnerup with. I have had ‘a very! difficult time A
realizing these two goals in my life. At the tirnefof moving to “
Vermont, I had lived in New York City for, over 150 years trying
to realize my ‘clreanis.,‘I"4wa’s-a lot younger then and_mor_e unfo— “
" cused, but ambitious. Although I did, many things in “show_,biz”,-
I never was able to create an act that had the power of, Yolanda .- l
and the _Plasti’c?.Family. As my act grew,‘ and ‘Vermontesuprported
my growth, I began‘ to feel the urge torego back to New York 
City. -I feltas if-AI had unfinishedlbusinesstwith New York City 
an'd,that‘:‘now; I had an act that was marketable. Eventually I ~
began to play _in_thefA-Acityf-Aairly regularly, and I just beganto feel
,A that it-_wads_”   "0"" iv‘Ae'_i't; anotheifishot‘ [Aafter,all,Al_"rnA not: getting-, ‘
I ’ _fen_’heref since June, and ,I’m getting noticed ¥
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. that I  up='a  doing cabaret shows and cohosting a popular
public  program‘ _ _ A‘ thathas nowbeen onthe airforsnyears-‘—Iwould

* “   But that is what happened and I’m very happy and gate-

  

dkated ,b9Yf1’i€Dd ,.Ia"ndA_A1 T_¢311Y v.Y1’5ed. ’50me'  —‘ _'   Taiit The support  I have received from friench and the com—
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.  , . éf.th;*°= ,opp§”t,uaitY-'t,o.vbe. anénymous when _ 3 From-rtiyffiré appearanoes inbenefits forvermom mats and my own cabaret
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but 'itralso-.prese’rits many problems. ,1 felt that in:.New York City _. t1r1ej¢L,meYhaSbee,1fi1,1y,r,ernO,3b1e_ A i '
there would be enough people that I could find another freaky, My mbalet show; most  benefited km} organizations such 35 Vermont
CARES, the Chittenden County Emergenqr Food  COTS (Committee On
' Temporary Shelter), and Out in the Mountains, began on Labor Day in September
1994 withrr1yfir’stshow “CherieGoes into Labor . . .-  'Ih'atwasAfollowed in suc— =
ceasion» by: “Cherie’s Jubilee,” “Cherie Gets Stuffed ...  “A Merry Cherie
Cjlrrrisrnas,” and “ResrE.te<‘Iion” (my Easter Show). The shows continued with ‘.‘CherieA
TartaI.e_—‘ She Came, She Saw, She Ate it  “Cherie Tartt, Queen of Outer Space
s -  Wen, maybe, jujst, Uranus,” “The 31 Who Shagged Me” “Y2 Gay, Why Not?” and
. “IaDolceCherie.A...Only_HerNarneisTartt.” , . U A . » I I
A The  from 135'  Cafe NoNo, and Red Square, to hosting events
’ atAMetrorrorne and  Ground; to appearances in Plattsburgh, New York, Salem,
1\/Iassacliuset1:S,and‘Pordand,l\'iaine. -  1- - n
Instrumental’ _ throughout'allofthiswasthesupportofrnyaccomparust,l' Sa1Inglirna' ,
I I who frAornjtheAvery_beg‘innAing  me to sing out— sometimes even on key,
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man to pair up with. So far I have been dating and (gasp!) hav-

‘ ingsex again, _ . ' ‘ ' ' in V

Tha-t’s. basically all there is to it.‘New York City is a difficult

. : place ,to‘l_ive,'efVe'n. more so now _af_ter‘Septemb’er 11, and I-have

I questioned ‘my decision, many times since moving back. Last

weekAA,I finally brokethrough and really believe, that I am sup-
, ,6 hereAA.A . _ , . A A  . .

beAautifu_l',fri_ends. 1- do love_ Vermont and the

__ _ A rnu‘niAtyA*t_h'ere. You have been so goodto me.7P'leas_e

wish. ;rA1e‘well as I”do my best to make difficult changes that will
bring me closer tomy life goals. A v '   A I

    
     
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
   

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formed onthe    Hoftlre Bazookas, and The Magic is Gone, among

I leave Burlingt z and  with many fond memories and I will truly miss all‘

A of the wonderful people Ihave met while-here. But onward I go,A‘off to-Houston,
Texas to live with my youngest brother, his wife, and my little niece Nora, now 2-1/2
years old. My plan is to continue
evision star in the Lone Star State,  with appearances in the future with.
Yolanda in New York City and back here in the “Queen City’ where Cherie Tartt was
I will certainly never  all of the wonderful" people I’ve met duiingvmy ‘time
, here, and I hopethat the  Miss Cherie Tartt willlive on in your hearts and
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