The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, July 29, 1994                  TAG: 9407280081
SECTION: DAILY BREAK              PAGE: E13  EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY JIMMY GNASS, STAFF WRITER 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

LOCAL WOMEN EARN TRIP TO BE ON MTV SHOW

REMEMBER THOSE talented girls of summer from Virginia Beach and Chesapeake that auditioned to be on Music Television's Lip Service show last June - and made it?

The women - Ranee Rubio, 20, Lori Schroeder, 19, and Cheryl Marcelo, 18 - succeeded in winning a trip to New York City to be on MTV's Lip Service show.

Lip Service is kareoke, MTV style. The women danced and lip synced to ``100% Pure Love'' by Crystal Waters. Last weekend they hit gold with a 93 percent score and won all three rounds.

``It was definitely an experience,'' Marcelo said. ``Everyone at MTV was really supportive.''

The women, who named their dance group Roadtrip, won a vacation in Buena Vista, Fla. They also won a refrigerator and $150 worth of party games.

Roadtrip is awaiting the word from MTV to see if the group made the semifinals. MTV will produce a music video for the final winners.

The show taped this past weekend will air Sept. 8 at 6:00 p.m. by CNB