SARA EVANS HAS PLENTY TO SING ABOUT

A bona fide hit with "No Place That Far," a tour with Alan Jackson,

a "Girls’ Night Out" CMT special and CD compilation …

and a baby on the way

Country music’s all-American songstress, Sara Evans, began 1999 feeling, well, not so good. It wasn’t the inherent pressure associated with the recent release of her second RCA album, No Place That Far or the excitement surrounding the hit single of the same name featuring a musical collaboration with Vince Gill. It wasn’t even the giddiness that comes with her upcoming CMT special in March, "Girls’ Night Out, " also starring Evans, Martina McBride (who also turns in guest vocals on No Place That Far), Lorrie Morgan and Mindy McCready. It wasn’t even all that irresistible holiday food in which she and husband Craig Schelske indulged at her mom’s house in Missouri.

Schelske knew first. As they say, husbands always do.

"That’s impossible," Evans had to say to him. Impossible or not, Schelske was correct. And with the benefit of science to back him up, three tests later – all positive – his wife was finally convinced. Now baby will make three for the ecstatic couple, married more than five years, who are on the road with Alan Jackson’s High Mileage Tour. This is already shaping up to be a spectacular year and no doubt they’ll be greeted with big congratulations as concert dates will continue through the summer.

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SARA EVANS WILL GRACE THE TELEVISION SCREEN with upcoming performances on CBS Saturday Morning and The Donny & Marie Show.

First up for Sara, is a trip to New York City where on March 27 (8 a.m. ET) she will guest on "CBS Saturday Morning." The country music star will perform her #1 hit, "No Place That Far," her new single "Fool I’m A Woman," and "The Knot Comes Untied."

Then it’s off to Los Angeles, California for a series of media appearances including a taping of the The Donny & Marie Show where Sara will be interviewed by the Osmond siblings and per their request perform "No Place That Far." This syndicated show will be broadcast nationally on April 29, 1999 – check your local listings.

Catch Sara Evan in concert this April on tour with Collin Raye and with Clay Walker.