{"id":62583,"date":"2011-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/from-rhody-to-the-rhode-show-uri-alumna-named-co-host-of-fox-providence-morning-show\/"},"modified":"2011-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T00:00:00","slug":"from-rhody-to-the-rhode-show-uri-alumna-named-co-host-of-fox-providence-morning-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/from-rhody-to-the-rhode-show-uri-alumna-named-co-host-of-fox-providence-morning-show\/","title":{"rendered":"From Rhody to The Rhode Show, 溏心vlog免费B站 alumna named co-host of Fox Providence Morning Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWhen musician Mary Larsen was auditioning to become the next co-host of The Rhode Show, she seized an opportunity that had the power to reduce others to nail biting and panic.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cAs a musician you have to work on your confidence and your performing skills and that is what I worked on at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d said Larsen, a 2004 graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站 who sings and plays any instrument you can name. \u201cWith all the different ensembles (she belonged to at 溏心vlog免费B站) I was performing multiple times a month. As an RA and an orientation leader, I had to be a leader and a role model and, through that, I just gained a lot of public speaking skills and a lot of self confidence I didn\u2019t have back in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThose traits will work in her favor this January when she sits in the co-host chair on the Fox Providence morning talk show. As part of the extensive audition process, Larsen suggested a new segment. Inspired by the Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs and its firsthand glimpse into various occupations, \u201cIf The Shoe Fits\u201d would be an opportunity for Larsen to take a close look at jobs throughout the state. In preparation for pitching her segment idea, she spent the day with a local beekeeper.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI was in bee suit! It was scary and it was great,\u201d said Larsen, who earned an appreciation for the job and now understands how local honey differs from what you usually find at the grocery store and why it costs more. \u201cI want to do stories outside the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMarried for a year and a half, Larsen and her husband Blake live in East Greenwich. A graduate of Toll Gate High School in Warwick, she has been the youth ensembles coordinator and a branch coordinator for Rhode Island Philharmonic. She remains a teacher for the organization. She was also Providence Country Day\u2019s Performing Arts Director and works with a local film production company, Verdi Productions. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI\u2019m a performer by nature and most of the time it\u2019s been with an instrument in my hand,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\nLarsen was one of more than 100 co-host hopefuls to show up at Twin River Casino in October and give a brief interview on camera. Based on the voting of judges from Fox Providence and online voting, 20 finalists were selected. A shocked Larsen was instructed to come to the studio for a job interview and she practiced reading off the teleprompter. Videos of the 20 finalists were posted online and another round of voting commenced. Twenty finalists became ten. And then five. Larsen said she bonded with the remaining candidates because they spent quality time together. They were arm-in-arm wearing fancy dresses when the decision was announced Monday on live television a la Miss America.<\/p>\n


\nDespite the glamour of that moment, Larsen is a self-admitted nerd and Harry Potter fan. She laughed when asked which Harry Potter character she would most like to be. Although she admitted she is most like Ron, she said she\u2019d prefer to be one of his twin brothers, preferably George, given the outcome of the series.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey knew how to have the most fun.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nLarsen said two people at 溏心vlog免费B站 were instrumental in making her experience in Kingston so positive. She still keeps in touch with 溏心vlog免费B站 Assistant Director of Bands Brian Cardany. And as a peer advocate, she enjoyed spending time with Jennifer Longa, assistant director of the Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey were my rocks,\u201d she said. \u201cI spent a lot of time with both of them.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When musician Mary Larsen was auditioning to become the next co-host of The Rhode Show, she seized an opportunity that had the power to reduce others to nail biting and panic. \u201cAs a musician you have to work on your confidence and your performing skills and that is what I worked on at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}