A Proud Cousin!

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I'd like to personally give a shout-out to my cousin, Carrie Underwood, for making our family so proud last week. She's just the latest Underwood to reach world fame and fortune, as she won the 2005 American Idol competition!!

Carrie Underwood started singing in public when she was a small child and made her first studio recording at age 13. Carrie has peformed many festivals in a few states, trying to get her record career started.

Carrie has performed at numerous festivals and various other shows in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, & Tennessee and has been the opening act for "Diamond Rio", "The Wilkinson's", "Exile", " "Gene Watson," Billy Hoffman" and "Earl Thomas Conley". She is a member of First Freewill Baptist Church and yes she sings in the choir. She was aHonor Student at Checotah High School in Checotah, Oklahoma .She is also a member of The National Honor Society. She spent a summer as a page for Oklahoma State Representative Bobby Frame.

Oh, and one more thing - she's not really my cousin. At least, as far as I know. We could be related in some way, but I wouldn't know it.

Since my friend, Josh Smith posted a list of all the Smiths he could find online, I thought it was time to acknowledge the most famous Underwood in 2005.