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No. 18 Vol. 1
My Life Publications • 973-809-4784 January 2022
Meet The (Very Talented) Pettets
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By Steve Sears ne of my real purposes in life was to pass a legacy on,” says Denise Pettet. “And not only passing on good character and purpose in life and being able to bless other people, but also to use the gifts and talents God has gifted us with.” You experience that character, that purpose, and hear and see the usage of gifts and talent, when you meet Denise and her daughters, Ashley and Kristen, and her grandson, Todd, and see their performances. All are members of The Pettets, a northern New Jersey based performing arts family. Denise, from a very early age, was surrounded by music. “My dad was in the music industry,” she says. “I grew up in Alabama, and when I met my husband and moved here (to New Jersey), it was one of those things where I owned a nursery
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TINA CALI REALTOR The Pettets (l to r): Todd, Kristen, Denise, and Ashley. Photo courtesy of The Pettets.
school, so music was always around.” That influence has been passed down to Ashley, Kristen, and Todd, who is Ashley’s son. From the Wanaque area, all three ladies attended William Paterson University, and Todd currently attends school there. Sometimes the Pettets perform as a quartet, or Ashley and Kristen themselves as a duo. “It is awesome being
sisters,” Ashley says of she and Kristen. “We love it, and we’re a family first. That’s one of the values our mom instilled in us as well. Growing up together, singing in the car and at church, has been something that has continued to bring us closer. It’s like a cyclical effect, because one brings the other one around, so we’ve enjoyed doing music, and we’ve enjoyed having that sisterhood bond. We’re
best friends, and we’re very, very thankful for that.” When Ashley started in theater at age eight in the Annie National Tour, then followed that with Annie Warbucks on Broadway and The Sound of Music national tour with Marie Osmond, her younger sister was waiting in the wings for her turn. “I as a four-year-old knew no different in life,” Kristen says. “I didn’t know continued on page 4
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