VIRGINIA DREAMS CENTER STAGE - PAGE 3

Deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are a lot of country music lovers, but none that love it more than Tim Spears. Spears has been singing, writing and performing since the age of 11. While other children were out playing at all the family gatherings, he was inside listeni ng to his dad and uncle sing all those old country songs - and between each song they would play, he would try to get a free guitar lesson from anyone who would show him anything. At the age of 17, Spears went to a high-school talent show, in the heart of the rock 'n roll era, and performed his rendition of "Easy Lovin'," and in the process received his first standing ovation. At this point, he knew country music would be his life's ambition. Spears, born on Christmas Day, still lives in his hometown of Waynesboro, Va., and has gained the respect and admiration of a town he really loves. The owner of Tim Spears Music City, a thriving Downtown Waynesboro music store, Spears is also the co-host of "Virginia Dreams Center Stage," a television show in its fourth season on WHSV-TV3 in nearby Harrisonburg, Va., which will make its national-television debut on RFD-TV in January.