Pop country singer Brynn Marie (Brynn Marie Cirota) was raised in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, Greene County, some 60 miles south of Pittsburgh. She loved singing and began singing with her elementary school chorus, quickly earning solo spots. She was in a Christian band for a time as a teen but found herself drawn to country music, and after winning a talent contest sponsored by radio station WKKW in 2005, she applied herself to a music career full time, even giving up a spot as captain of the dance team at California University of Pennsylvania, which she was attending at the t...