Sherisse Laurence (later known as Sherisse Stevens) is a Canadian singer and entertainer from Selkirk,

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.Dave Kosonic, "Country pop and rock featured at Skyline". ''

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'', July 1, 1986. From 1978 to 1983 she hosted the show ''

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'' on CTV in Canada. She was also the host of the

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pageants in 1982 and 1983, and performed on Canadian television talk shows including ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1986 she represented Luxembourg at the

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. Her song "

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" (The Love of My Life), performed first on the night, was written by

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and Alain Garcia and composed by Rolf Soja. The song finished third with 117 points. In 1988 she released the single "Half a Heart", which was moderately successful on the Canadian country music charts."RPM100 Country Singles"
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'', October 1, 1988. The single was also released in a French version, "Mon cœur veut ignorer l'amour". She did not continue a recording career, and instead had various

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roles in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and was usually credited as Sherisse Stevens after 2000. In 2006 she was appointed the musical director of the Huntsville Community Choir in

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Discography

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L'amour de ma vie lyric
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laurence, Sherisse Canadian women country singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Selkirk, Manitoba Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Luxembourg Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1986 Canadian women pop singers 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Musicians from Manitoba Canadian television variety show hosts Canadian women television hosts Canadian musical theatre actresses French-language singers of Canada