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June - July, 2008
Young at Heart and Loving It
Ranging from 55 to 83 years, the 2008 Anna Mae
Mitchell Senior Idol contestants sang, danced, played the piano,
guitar and harmonica, AND Rapped their way through auditions.
Performing gospel music to the tunes of Elvis Presley and Nat King
Cole, these young at heart seniors thrilled and surprised the Senior
Idol committee members with their contagious enthusiasm and pure joy!
The contestants accompanied themselves with their
instruments, used CD backgrounds, sang accappella and even made it a
family affair, as was the case for Earlie Dunham, who was accompanied
by her son Cory on saxophone. Frances Wright tickled the "electronic
ivory" and sang a melody of oldies and country western, and Mel
Cleveland from Stoughton entertained us with piano, harmonica and
song! Along with Earlie, auditions were filled with the vocal tones of
Mary Henderson, Paul Holtz, Fred Trotter, Richard Scott, Sr. and
Ralphael. Senior Idol committee members met the "Rapping Grandma"
Augusta Williams, and guitarist Sam Hayes, and were thoroughly
entertained by the Raging Grannies!
The Anna Mae Mitchell Senior Idol competition has been organized to
celebrate the seniors of the area. Auditions have been held June 4th
through June 11th, in Madison, Stoughton, Sun Prairie and Fitchburg.
Due to many inquiries for later auditions dates, our audition time
lines and locations have been expanded as well as our competition time
lines.
On July 20th at 2 pm we will be holding the Senior Idol Review and
Auditions at the Dane County Fair, inside in Exhibition Hall D. This
will be performances by all of contestants who have auditioned up to
that time, and will also hold auditions on site.
Additional auditions will be held in August in
locations to include Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Madison.
Competition rounds begin Saturday, September 20th with the Elimination
Round. The Finals being held Saturday, October 4th where the 2008 Anna
Mae Mitchell Senior Idol will be crowned. Competition rounds will be
held at CUNA Mutual Group training Center Theater. There will be no
admission charge, to watch the competition rounds, but a donation of
non-perishable food items will be accepted. These donations will be
distributed to local food pantries, esp. those that service senior
populations.
We are inviting churches and community centers to encourage their many
talented members 55 and older to enter. We them to come out and cheer
them on! In support the Senior Idol Review and Auditions, the Dane
County Fair is offering special discounted pre-sale tickets through
Today Not Tomorrow/ Club TNT.
For more information on the July 20th Senior Idol Review and Auditions
and/ or to order tickets please call 608-770-2049.
For complete information on added dates and places, follow the weekly
updates in The Madison Times, and visit our website
www.tntsenioridol.org
regularly.
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