JULIE IS A NATIVE COLORADOAN, BORN AND RAISED  JUST OUTSIDE OF BOULDER ON A SMALL FARM WHERE SHE RAISED CHICKENS, LAMBS AND HORSES.  SHE MOVED UP TO FORT COLLINS IN 1981 TO ATTEND CSU AND SHE’S BEEN THERE EVER SINCE, TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL ART, FIRST AT HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN AULT AND NOWADAYS AT POUDRE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FORT.  ALTHOUGH SHE’S A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO THE BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY WORLD SHE GREW UP SINGING SOPRANO IN CHURCH AND SCHOOL CHOIRS.

JULIE  AND RON GOT HITCHED UP IN 1997 AND SHE JOINED COWTOWN IN 2002.  SHE PLAYS A MEAN SWING RHYTHM GUITAR AND TAKES OVER THE BASS CHORES WHEN BOB IS PLAYING THE ACCORDION.  HER SWEET COUNTRY SINGING IS A BIG PART OF THE COWTOWN SHOW AND SHE SINGS THE HIGH PART IN THE COWTOWN TRIO (WELL, NATURALLY!).  SHE STILL TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL WITH RON AND IS THE MOTHER OF TWO ACTIVE HIGH SCHOOLERS, SIOBAHN AND CIARAN.  SHE PRETTY MUCH SPENDS ALL HER SPARE TIME ON HER HORSE.