Truman Coffeehouse in Ft. Collins Colorado features Amelia Booker ~ performer (she makes me smile)

Singer/songwriter Amelia Booker, 21, rehearses her original piece ‘My Way Back Home’ at her north Fort Collins home on Wednesday. Booker will play in a duet during the Art for Arc event Friday at Truman’s Coffeehouse, 2555 S. Shields St. RICH ABRAHAMSON/THE COLORADOAN

Written by Stacy Nick

ART FOR ARC

» When: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday

» Where: Truman’s Coffeehouse (inside Raintree Athletic Club), 2555 S. Shields St., Fort Collins

» Cost: $25; $40 for two tickets

» Information: (970) 204-6991

» Amelia Booker will perform live and sell her CDs at the event.

As Deborah Booker tells it, the first time a family friend introduced her daughter, Amelia, to a guitar he said “she was a natural.”  Coming from most parents that might sound lofty; but watching her look at her 21-year-old daughter, it’s clear how life altering that moment was.