Operation Rising Star Contests Are Being Held Now!
Win the ultimate recording music experience and
compete for cash prizes locally.
CLICK HERE FOR A LOCATION NEAR YOU
Singers must be Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard
or their Family member.*
*Contest open to Family members, 18 years or older with a valid ID card. Family member sponsor
must be Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard.
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IN THE NEWS
RIGHT CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AN MP3 FROM LISA PRATT
Army wife honors military spouses through song
By Tim Hipps and William Bradner
FMWRC Public Affairs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – “Trust Your Hopes Not Your Fears” is a song that embodies the strength and positive outlook Army spouses need to support their Soldiers.
The uplifting song, performed by 2009 Operation Rising Star winner Lisa Pratt, is featured in a Public Service Announcement that is gaining momentum on Army Web sites, cable television stations and radio channels around the world. The American Forces Network is broadcasting it on AFN Atlantic, AFN Pacific and its movie channel.
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2009 Operation Rising Star winner Lisa Pratt
records a song at DMI Music’s Firehouse Recording
Studios in Pasadena, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2010.
Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs
READ THE STORY HERE
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LEARN MORE
The final round of the 2009 Operation Rising Star program aired on the Pentagon Channel (TV & web) on Thursday, Nov. 19th. Be sure to follow along and vote in the 2010 contest!
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VOTING CENTER
2009 Winners:
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Lisa Pratt
Fort Carson, CO
1st Place |
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CPT Donald Williamson
USA Bamberg, Germany
2nd Place |
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A1C Jamie Jarman
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
3rd Place |
Be sure to cast your vote in
the 2010 Operation Rising Star
during the month of November!
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Operation Rising Star winner meets Jay Leno between recording sessions
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
PASADENA, Calif. – Capt. Matt Pratt and his wife Lisa lived the dream of the Army Family Covenant on Feb. 1 in Southern California.
Lisa Pratt earned an all-expenses-paid trip to record a three-song demo CD at DMI Music’s Firehouse Recording Studios in Pasadena by winning the 2009 Operation Rising Star singing contest, one of hundreds of programs the Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command provides for Soldiers and their Families.
After her first session in the recording studio, Pratt sang the praises of the Army Family Covenant, which pledges to support Soldiers and their Families with resourced programs that deliver a quality of life commensurate with their service and sacrifice to the nation.
“The Army Family Covenant, this is what it is,” Lisa said before departing the recording studio to attend The Jay Leno Show in Burbank, where she got to meet one of the world’s most famous comedians. “It really is awesome. It gives the Families high-quality programs at home and around the world.
“I never knew that Operation Rising Star was going to open all these doors for me.”
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