Facts
Name: Shana Petrone
Birthdate: May 8th
Raised: Hollywood, Florida
Education: South Broward High School
Heritage: She's one quarter Greek and 75% Italian
Family: Father, Lou; Mother, Teena; Younger Brother, Nicholas
Former Jobs: Shoe Model, Bartender at Gaby's Lounge in FL, waitress, and dishwasher
First Paying Gig: family band from her church; she was 10 and she earned $25
Instruments: tinkers with piano, learning guitar
Hobbies: reading; going to the beach
Label & Management: Epic; Scott Siman, rpm management
Early Influences: Reba McEntire, The Eagles, Trisha Yearwood, Patsy Cline, Randy Travis, The Judds, Gloria Estefan
Dream Tour Partners: Dixie Chicks and Garth Brooks
Came To Nashville In: A Chevy Cavalier in 1996
Addictions: Popcorn
Pets: Yorkshire Terrier named Lola
Future Plan(s): wants to go on and do some Broadway shows
Music Videos: Was in Bryan White's "That's Another Song" and Tracy Lawerence's "Today's Lonely Fool" & "As Any Fool Can See".

Faves
Disney World Ride(s): Pirates of the Caribbean & Haunted Mansion

Long before Shana Petrone made her bid to be the new queen of Country, she was kickin' it freestyle with her dance music classic "I Want You" and other tasty nuggets "Falling Slowly" and "You Can't Get Away" back in late 1989 - early 199O. But she did it under her first name and she was a mere l7 year old when she did it. If you can, track down her first album "I Want You" on Vision Records out of Miami.

Shana Tid-Bits
* "As Any Fool Can See" video - with Tracy Lawrence, Shana got seasick easily on the boat. So to ignore it, she would sing to herself and that was how she got her first big break.

* "Heaven Bound" - Shana's 1998 debut on the country charts. Though the song didn't do that great, it helped gain fans and the respect that she wanted.

* Shana was a dancer in the movie EXIT (1996, rated R)