Ms. Tina Seldin Cash This is Me

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1. 1. Following her dreams

   www.fuquay-varinaindependent.c - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/20/2003   Last Visited: 8/20/2003

   Fuquay resident Tina Seldin Cash performs as 'Beg Your Parton' at the American Music Jubilee in Selma.
   ...
   Since 1989, Fuquay-Varina has had its very own celebrity and her name is Tina Seldin Cash. Cash has been a luminary of sorts from Tallahassee to Atlanta to Raleigh and now to the grand Varina. It has been a contained stardom by choice.
   
   Cash was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up in Augusta, Ga. After receiving a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia, she quickly got a job as a TV reporter in Tallahassee.
   
   Following Tallahassee, she moved to Atlanta and was hired by Ted Turner's WTBS to anchor the "Early Morning News" with Bill Tush. Later, she produced stories for a 30-minute magazine program called "Nice People," which sent her traveling nationwide for three years. When the show was cancelled in 1984, Cash came to Raleigh to work for WRAL-TV as their Money Desk reporter and anchor.
   
   In 1991, after seven years with WRAL, Cash accepted an anchor position back in her hometown of Augusta to be near her terminally ill father.
   
   "What I really wanted to do was entertain, but I did not have the courage," said Cash. "I knew news was a safe arm for TV exposure, so I made it my substitute for an entertainment career."
   
   After her father passed away, Cash returned to Fuquay-Varina. Burnt-out, she left TV news and took the summer off before beginning a job search that resulted in a public relations/marketing position for Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield.
   
   However, the spotlight kept beckoning her. Wherever she could find it, she got a quick fix doing Karaoke, along with her husband, Angier native Don Fish.
   
   "I had become more serious about singing, and couldn't get enough," said Cash.
   ...
   His illness and death made me realize how precious, and how short life is," said Cash. "I was not enjoying my PR job, so I resigned. I needed time to assess my priorities and re-focus my life."
   
   Cash attended a three-day seminar called the Forum.
   ...
   Cash said she also realized it's the people in our lives that are important, and so she created much closer relationships with her family members.
   
   "I also saw how I had to create a new life after Don's death, and get through the guilt and regrets from the past."
   
   Cash said one of those regrets was not taking a high-profile TV anchor job that would have helped her move up quickly in the business. She also regretted passing up a job Paul Harvey offered her doing research in Chicago.
   
   "Nonprofessionally, I often toy with the regret of not having children. But it was probably for the best because I would have worried myself into the nut house."
   
   In 1998, while still performing six weekends a year with the JCC Country Music Showcase, Cash received a phone call from Spook Joyner and Tony Davis.
   ...
   The two men were starting a variety show in Selma and wanted Cash to emcee and sing. She was the first cast member hired for the American Music Jubilee, now in its sixth season at the Rudy Theater in Selma.
   
   "This show is an absolute joy. I emcee and sing, and play ‘straight man' for the comedian, Tater. It's the dream I never dared to dream, and it's happening, every single weekend."
   
   Cash married her second husband, John, on Jan. 1, 2001. John works for the EPA in RTP.
   
   "He comes to the theater with me every weekend, and says the show is never the same. I love him for being so supportive."
   
   In an attempt to sing more often and to increase income, Cash created a Character Education show in 2001 called "Notes on Character." She performs this musical, interactive, educational program for assembly groups of 300-500 elementary students in eight counties, and hopes to visit about 30 schools this year.
   
   "My program reinforces the eight character traits that are mandated to be taught in North Carolina schools by the state legislature, and is endorsed by the North Carolina Center for Character Education."
   
   Cash says, because of fear, she got into the entertainment business too late to go very far.

2. 2. www.mountolivetribune.com

   www.mountolivetribune.com/CHAR - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/5/2007   Last Visited: 4/5/2007

   Ms. Cash presented the "Notes on Character" program that included skits and song to help children understand the meaning and importance of developing strong character.
   
   A school assembly program that illustrated character through song and skits and featuring WRAL-TV, Channel 5 personality Tina Seldin Cash was held recently at Carver Elementary School .
   ...
   Ms. Cash is a former anchor and reporter for WRAL-TV news but left the station to return to her home state of Georgia when her father was terminally ill. She has rejoined Channel 5 and is seen nightly at 11:22 p.m. as the North Carolina Lottery drawing host on the nightly news.
   
   "I'm on the air for one minute," she said.
   
   Ms. Cash, who does freelance writing and voicing for educational programs, worked at WRAL from 1986 to 1991.
   
   She said she got out of television and into public relations at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield and works with Artsplosure, an art group in Raleigh . She said she began doing freelance work and character education programs for elementary school students.
   
   At the Carver program, Ms. Cash displayed large, colorful cards listing the main notes on character and used music and song to illustrate the character traits,kindness, courage, integrity, self-discipline, respect, responsibility, good judgment and perseverance.
   
   She also selected some students to take part in singing and dance skits during the program.
   
   ,GOOD CHOICES'
   
   "My goal and commitment is to influence children to have good character and make good choices for their lives," Ms. Cash said.
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   "This year, Ms. Cash's presentation focused on character and making the right choices and those kinds of things," Ms. Williams said.
   ...
   "Having Ms. Cash here today really exposed the kids to a different voice that brings home the same kind of messages they have every day here at school," she said.

3. 3. Following her dreams

   fvi.appcomm.net/news/200308190 - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/19/2003   Last Visited: 3/2/2005

   Fuquay resident Tina Seldin Cash performs as 'Beg Your Parton' at the American Music Jubilee in Selma.
   ...
   Since 1989, Fuquay-Varina has had its very own celebrity and her name is Tina Seldin Cash. Cash has been a luminary of sorts from Tallahassee to Atlanta to Raleigh and now to the grand Varina. It has been a contained stardom by choice.
   
   Cash was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up in Augusta, Ga. After receiving a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia, she quickly got a job as a TV reporter in Tallahassee.
   
   Following Tallahassee, she moved to Atlanta and was hired by Ted Turner's WTBS to anchor the "Early Morning News" with Bill Tush. Later, she produced stories for a 30-minute magazine program called "Nice People," which sent her traveling nationwide for three years. When the show was cancelled in 1984, Cash came to Raleigh to work for WRAL-TV as their Money Desk reporter and anchor.
   
   In 1991, after seven years with WRAL, Cash accepted an anchor position back in her hometown of Augusta to be near her terminally ill father.
   
   "What I really wanted to do was entertain, but I did not have the courage," said Cash. "I knew news was a safe arm for TV exposure, so I made it my substitute for an entertainment career."
   
   After her father passed away, Cash returned to Fuquay-Varina. Burnt-out, she left TV news and took the summer off before beginning a job search that resulted in a public relations/marketing position for Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield.
   
   However, the spotlight kept beckoning her. Wherever she could find it, she got a quick fix doing Karaoke, along with her husband, Angier native Don Fish.
   
   "I had become more serious about singing, and couldn't get enough," said Cash.
   ...
   His illness and death made me realize how precious, and how short life is," said Cash. "I was not enjoying my PR job, so I resigned. I needed time to assess my priorities and re-focus my life."
   
   Cash attended a three-day seminar called the Forum.
   ...
   Cash said she also realized it's the people in our lives that are important, and so she created much closer relationships with her family members.
   
   "I also saw how I had to create a new life after Don's death, and get through the guilt and regrets from the past."
   
   Cash said one of those regrets was not taking a high-profile TV anchor job that would have helped her move up quickly in the business. She also regretted passing up a job Paul Harvey offered her doing research in Chicago.
   
   "Nonprofessionally, I often toy with the regret of not having children. But it was probably for the best because I would have worried myself into the nut house."
   
   In 1998, while still performing six weekends a year with the JCC Country Music Showcase, Cash received a phone call from Spook Joyner and Tony Davis.
   ...
   The two men were starting a variety show in Selma and wanted Cash to emcee and sing. She was the first cast member hired for the American Music Jubilee, now in its sixth season at the Rudy Theater in Selma.
   
   "This show is an absolute joy. I emcee and sing, and play ‘straight man' for the comedian, Tater. It's the dream I never dared to dream, and it's happening, every single weekend."
   
   Cash married her second husband, John, on Jan. 1, 2001. John works for the EPA in RTP.
   
   "He comes to the theater with me every weekend, and says the show is never the same. I love him for being so supportive."
   
   In an attempt to sing more often and to increase income, Cash created a Character Education show in 2001 called "Notes on Character." She performs this musical, interactive, educational program for assembly groups of 300-500 elementary students in eight counties, and hopes to visit about 30 schools this year.
   
   "My program reinforces the eight character traits that are mandated to be taught in North Carolina schools by the state legislature, and is endorsed by the North Carolina Center for Character Education."
   
   Cash says, because of fear, she got into the entertainment business too late to go very far.