Teenage Years
Nikki Hornsby was born in Long Beach, California, but grew up in North Virginia. As a young teenager, Hornsby was contracted to perform as a solo singer and guitar artist. After graduating Fairfax Hall Waynesboro, Virginia college preparatory high school, Hornsby attended Sacred Heart and Belmont Abbey Colleges North Carolina full-time, while performing at The Sheraton Motel Lounge and other various local clubs. While majoring in Psychology and Theology she transferred to George Mason University in Virginia, Hornsby continued working full-time, accepting contracts for solo work as a singer and Musicians Union guitarist. Some of these union contracts were at The Marriot Key Bridges Hotel Lounge in Northern Virginia and was the first female singer-guitar player performing on the Auto Train that traveled from Lorton, VA to Sanford, FL. Nikki Hornsby also was contracted as a stand up singer with a piano player and some other local union musicians in many clubs in the Washington D.C. and the surrounding area, including Lucky Pierre's Lounge at LaFonte Plaza, and the Watergate Lounge, Hogates.
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