| Since
early childhood in local dance reviews and church choirs, she auditioned
for the Disney Channel's "Mickey Mouse Club" series at age eight
in Atlanta. Too young for her series, but too talented to dismiss, a
producer on the show helped Britney secure an agent in New York City,
where she spent the next three summers studying at the renowned
Off-Broadway Dance Center and at the Professional Performing Arts School.
She also began appearing in national commercials and Off-Broadway shows
including the 1991 comedy, "Ruthless," based on the 1956
thriller "The Bad Seed." "At 10 I was playing this really
bad child who seems real sweet but she's evil too. It was so much
fun," she recalls. |
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Finally old enough at
age 11, Britney earned a place in "Mickey Mouse Club." After two
years performing on the popular children's TV show filmed in Orlando,
Britney returned to Kentwood for one completely normal year of high school
at age 14. "It was fun for awhile but I started getting itchy to get
out again and see the world," she says. |
| Now a seasoned performer
at age 15, an audition for an all girl vocal group led to her developing a
solo career as a pop singer as well as continuing her high school studies
with tutors. "I need a lot of help in geometry and Spanish!" she
admits. |
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When
she did my first album she was only 16. She had never been in the studio,
it was all new to her and so before she let people help her out and
honestly she thinks that was because she was just so new to the
music industry, not only because she was young. But making records and
being part of the process and becoming more in charge of her sound was
something she had to experience and grow with and on this album she had
the chance to do that. This album is closer to who she is. |
| In keeping with that need to communicate is "Dear Diary", co written by Britney. Britney began writing melodies and songs while on the road and she has plans to learn guitar (she is proficient on the piano) in hopes of writing more songs in the future. "I think I’ve always had these songs that I've been writing in my head," Britney explains. "Now I feel ready to let people start to hear them." |
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Along with her schedule and the release of her successful 2X Platinum home video Time Out With Britney Spears in late 1999, Britney and her mother have written a book entitled Heart To Heart. As if that weren’t enough, Britney has also created the Britney Spears Foundation in conjunction with the Giving Back Fund. Its first endowment is the formation of a performing arts summer camp for underprivileged kids in Massachusetts. "I’m so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I’ve have been lucky enough to make such a big part of my own life." |
