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

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''. In 1986 she represented Luxembourg at the

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. Her song " L'Amour de ma vie", 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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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 Canadian women pop singers 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Singers from Manitoba Canadian television variety show hosts Canadian women television hosts Canadian musical theatre actresses French-language singers of Canada Eurovision Song Contest entrants