“Priscilla Paris – In loving memory"

We called her “Prissy” right from the start. Our little sister arriving not too far after Sherrell, and having very quickly to learn the dance routines we were already performing. She was dancing with us by five or six years old, sharing our commitment to become a singing sister act, by standing around the piano with us every night, learning the songs of that time. We gave Priscilla the lead part because she was too young to carry a harmony. She would carry the responsibility for that part throughout our long and exciting career.

Priscilla was the independent one. When we finally decided to create individual hairstyles, when we began to wear separate outfits, it was Prissy who championed the changes. She had a unique style and a vocal sound that will forever be imprinted in musical history. And she not only could sing and dance but she composed hundreds of songs on her guitar, she painted, she learned to speak beautiful French, and she raised two wonderful sons, Edan and Seth.

When Priscilla left the Paris Sisters to go out on her own, she left her family behind but now her world opened up to include solo albums and performances, something that had always been her dream. She went first to London, and eventually found her way to Paris, a city that she loved and lived in for 25 years. There she taught English idiom to the staffs of the most prestigious hotels, she owned a restaurant, she had her second son, Seth. And she always had the courage of her convictions. Sherrell speaks of the depth of her personal loss, how nothing will be quite the same again. “I am one of three sisters,” was the lyric that always sprang to mind when she was asked about siblings. Three sisters, who right from childhood, shared everything, most of all the synchronicity of sound and movement and the interpretation of both. “Prissy”, we will miss your strength and your spirit; we will miss your bright mind and your quick wit…You have left us too soon and we have a tear in our hearts that will never close completely. It needs to be filled with the sound of that third vocal part. Prissy… we will miss and love you forever.

Albeth and Sherrell