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Annapolis Idol Seeks Contestants
The Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center is seeking entries from local artists who believe they have the personality and singing skills to be the Annapolis Idol in our 5th year of the competition. Ten to twelve finalists will be selected from entries chosen from auditions to be held at Wild Willy's on January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st and February 7th, 7:30 PM - 10 PM. Finalists are invited to appear at the Annapolis Idol event to be held at Wild Willy’s on 2072 Somerville Road in Annapolis on Sunday, March 4, 2012, from 5.00 to 9.00 p.m.
Contestants will show off their singing talent before a live audience of
several hundred guests and a panel of local celebrity judges. Both celebrity
decisions and audience votes will help determine the 2012 Annapolis Idol.
Idol contenders should come to one of the five auditions at Wild Willy’s on
Tuesday evenings, January 10, 17, 24, 31 and February 7 at 8:00 pm. Contenders
should plan on arriving by 7:30 pm to register and coordinate their song choice
with the DJ before the auditions begin at 8 pm.
Contestants must be at least 21 years of age by event date and must be able to perform a Top 40/mainstream pop song live to music they select and coordinate with our professional DJ. All contestants will be selected at the live auditions and finalists will be notified by email or phone by February 23rd. Finalists must be available to appear at the March 4 event.
For questions, or further information, please email annapolisidol@yahoo.com, visit the
web page at www.aacrc-md.us, or call 410-266-9033.
Annapolis Idol is a fund-raising event for the Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution
Center, which aids in non-violent resolution of personal and community
conflict. We provide mediation, anger management training, and other services
to prisoners, individuals and groups. We are role models for successful
communication and conflict resolution so that individuals, groups, even whole
communities can learn, be and pass it forward.
Suzie Estrada Wins Annapolis Idol
The winner of Annapolis Idol 2011 was Suzy Estrada, a young stay-at-home mom from Odenton, who turned on the talent at the 4th annual Annapolis Idol event held at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie last year. Suzy sang Whitney Houston’s "I Will Always Love You" in the first round and blew away the judges, J. Ernest Green, Kevin Lebling, and Cat Stratakis and the audience who also had a vote.
But it was her rendition of Martina McBride’s “Anyway,” in the final round that had the audience in tears. She dedicated it to her nephew, Christopher Jones who was killed two years ago while riding his bike in Crofton. The other two finalists were Brandon Hardesty, lead singer of Bumpin Uglies, from Annapolis, and Melinda Clay from Harwood.
Suzy Estrada studied Opera Performance at West Virginia Wesleyan College and then studied in Italy for two semesters. She sings at Riva Trace Baptist Church, writes music and continues to study Italian while taking care of her five children ages 12 years to nineteen months.
The final field of twelve contestants were picked at five auditions held at The Whiskey in West Street in February. More than sixty singers vied for the chance to participate in this annual event. Funds raised at Annapolis Idol go to benefit the Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center. Photos of the event can be seen at www.Pictage.com event name Annapolis Idol.
Photo by Beverlee Barthel, Legacy Photography