~ Give a Living Rose ~

Kelly Lang The Host of Give a Living Rose	One of four children, Kelly Lang was born in Oklahoma. Her dad, Velton Lang, worked with Conway Twitty as his road manager for more than 25 years. Kelly recalls: “As a little girl, I used to sit on the side of the stage with my dad and watch Conway perform…and I remember thinking to myself, now that’s what I want to do when I grow up!” She remembers thinking too that growing up around Conway and the biggest name in country music was something quite natural. Kelly recorded her first Billboard single, “Lady, Lady” at the age of 15-filmed a video that came to the attention of CMT-and in rapid fire time was soon appearing as a regular on Nashville’s popular Ralph Emery Morning Show. Her teen years were a whirlwind that found the dark haired, green-eyed beauty poised on the very edge of a breakthrough to major stardom. She moved to national attention as a frequent guest on the highly popular Music City Tonight, with Crook & Chase, televised on TNN. Kelly next made the finals of Ed McMahon’s popular weekly televised Star Search-bringing her vibrant, pure country vocal style to mainstream audiences. Confident and comfortable onstage, Kelly Lang launched into more national spotlights: The Statler Brothers Show, Church Street Station, Fantasy, Pickin’ In The Paradise-she was an in demand young artist for virtually every Nashville based production of the day. She became a semi-regular artist on Ralph’s Emery’s popular “Nashville Now” on TNN, pulling in major viewer mail and a large national fan base. On the road in concert, Kelly shared billings with legends such as Ronnie Milsap, Brenda Lee, George Jones, Lorrie Morgan, Ricky Skaggs, and TG Sheppard-as well as many of the hot new artists from her own peer group. She won raves for acting roles in commercials for Oldsmobile with fellow artist Mark Collie, and in her rare time off the road she fielded national modeling offers. Cornerstone Entertainment is excited to have Kelly Lang as our host.

The core *Give A Living Rose* team consists of Monya Claborn, Executive Producer ; Chris Condor, Director of Photography ; and John Greer, Editor . Each brings their own experience, talent, and desire to create a show that intends to spread the concept of gratitude.
Monya Claborn Creator, Executive Producer	The concept for *Give A Living Rose* was created by Executive Producer, Monya Claborn. Monya grew up in the South as a minister's daughter. When her mother Gueldine Nelson developed Alzheimer's, Monya decided to put a cook book together in her honor by gathering recipes from all the women who Monya's parents had met while serving others (available at our Thank You Gift Store ). Monya was amazed at the cooperation in the volume of responses, but perhaps most significantly, she was overwhelmed by the letters that came with the recipes. They were letters of stories of all the things Monya's mother and father had done for others over the years, many of which, Monya had never known. There were letters of gratitude and praise and humor. The Nelson family was very moved by these letters, but they also gave them something that the family didn't expect. Mrs. Nelson now had an opportunity in her lucid moments to relive the past through these words. Monya did and does feel that these were the best gifts her mother could have received in her last years. Thus the concept of giving a rose to someone before they pass - A Living Rose - was born.

Chris Conder Director of Photography	Chris has nineteen years of shooting and directing cable, syndicated, and network television programs; documentary, public affairs, and long-form video productions; local and national television news including "Restore America," "Interiors by Design," "Country Style," and "Food Finds." Chris shoots for the Weather Channel, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and numerous other television shows. He has shot and directed several documentary and public affairs programs for the local PBS station in Nashville, including "Deford Bailey, A Legend Lost," "Sam Houston Volunteer Exile," and "The Carter Family, An American Original." These programs have been picked up by PBS nationally and have garnered ten Mid-South Emmy Awards, including two for Camera/Non-News and Lighting/Location. Chris has a B.S. from Ohio University, cum laude.

John Greer, Editor	John has been frantically EDITING to get the first episode of Give a Living Rose "in the can" (that's entertainment industry speak for "done - finished - ready to view - complete - FINITO!")... so stay tuned for John's bio once he can come up for a BIG breath of air... after creating our shows first masterpiece! We're excited and can't wait to see the magic that John puts to all the footage that has been captured thus far!