IDOL RETURNS

Downeast Idol host and producer Anthony Enman, left, with contestant David Humphreys during last summer's Charlotte County's Got Talent competition.


Popular competition will raise funds for high school theatre
ST. STEPHEN –Downeast Idol is back.
The popular singing competition returns for to St. Stephen for a third season, running for six weeks starting Wednesday, April 29.
Auditions for Idol are Sunday, April 19 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Stephen High School.
The competition is open to residents from St. Stephen, St. George, St. Andrews, Saint John and Calais. Only those 15 years of age and over are eligible to audition. Applications are available via e-mail, enmaprod@gmail.com or by contacting producer Anthony Enman at (506) 650-3113. If you can’t make the audition but still want to try out, contact Enman.
Up to 12 contestants will be chosen to compete in the six-week competition.
Unlike previous years, singers can audition with an instrument.
The show will run Wednesday, April 29, Wednesday, May 6, Monday, May 11, Wednesday, May 20, Wednesday, May 27 and the finale will be on Tuesday June 2.
Admission is $5 per person or an Idol Pass will be available for all shows.
Downeast Idol was created in the summer of 2006 to raise funds for the erection of the Charlotte County Civic Centre in St. Stephen. Since then organizers have added some great new ideas, and have changed their charity for donation. The competition is now raising money for the Save Our Theatre Campaign to refurbish the St. Stephen High School theatre and replace its lighting system.
Last year Enman produced Charlotte County’s Got Talent, won by singer/guitarist Nick Gay of Utopia. He said the show is going back to its idol format due to popular demand.