Talent showcase to support hungry families at Thanksgiving
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 8 years, 3 months AGO
Enjoy the artistic gifts of some of your North Idaho neighbors and help struggling families have food for Thanksgiving.
“Showcase of Talent” takes place Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Kroc Center in Coeur d’Alene and features a dozen local acts — from promising newcomers to established favorites.
Tickets are sale now for the benefit show hosted by Turkeys & More.
Proceeds will help buy turkeys and Thanksgiving food to give to 1,600 families thorugh the Community Action Partnership Food Bank in Coeur d’Alene.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling the Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Road, at 208-667-1865 or by visiting kroccda.org.
The lineup includes Thom Pace, a North Idaho singer/songwriter who’s earned international acclaim. Pace is best known for “Maybe” that won the Europa Award for song of the year in Germany in 1980. The song became the theme for “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.”
America’s Got Talent North Idaho 2017 semi-finalists Alejandro Vargas, a baritone crooner, and singer Mackenzie Hickerson will perform as will the 2016 winner of America’s Got Talent North Idaho, Britt Saasen.
Additional scheduled performers include Hannah Berdi, who performed the role of Dorothy in Coeur d’Alene High School’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” and The Josh and Nick Day Trio with Barry Aiken. Pianist and singer Hannah Goodwin, 15; Bones Kasun and singer/songwriter Jacob Maxwell are also in the lineup, along with cowboy poet Luke Russell.
The Red Hot Mamas will make a special appearance to preview their newest routine they will perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.