Defying her parents wishes was a bold move, but for Phoebe Sin Man-yau, it was the correct one. When Sin, 27, decided she wanted to enter the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, she chose not to tell her ...

That fear continued as a young adult when he was married to Phoebe Snow, whose song "Poetry Man" was a Top 5 hit in 1975. "I didn't want to embarrass her," said Kearns, who lives in Winston-Salem.