NORTH MANCHESTER - Country music singer Janie Fricke will perform at Manchester College Oct. 20 as she returns to her Indiana hometown.
Fricke, whose music topped the charts in the 1980s, grew up on a 400-acre farm in South Whitley.
Tickets, at only $20, are available now from the College for the 7:30 p.m. performance in Cordier Auditorium, on the north edge of the North Manchester campus. For reservations, call 260-982-5551 or toll-free 877-624-8378.
Fricke has released 23 albums and 36 hit singles, and a Grammy nomination for "It Ain't Easy Being Easy." She was the Top Country Female Vocalist of the Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, Billboard and Cashbox.
She had hit country songs like "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby," "He's a Heartache" and "Your Heart's Not In It."
With her latest album, "Tributes to My Heroes," Fricke offers her version of some of the songs of her favorite recording artists.
Fricke says she tries to make it back home when she can, but travels often for performances, which is a busy lifestyle to maintain.
"I live in Texas now, so I can't come to Indiana very often," she said. She performed at the Little Nashville Opry last year.
She says it is important to her "to be able to come home and be able to play where I was raised" and is excited to see who she'll recognize in the audience from her hometown.
Fricke said she likes singing at colleges because "it's good to see that the traditional music I represent is still going strong."
For more about Janie Fricke, visit her Web site at www.janiefricke.com
