Lynn Reid has been involved with the Missouri State Fair Queen Competition for years, and she’s never seen anything like what happened Friday in the long minutes before Emily Wood captured the crown.

Two members of Smith-Cotton’s New Score singing group won awards at the Battle of the Best show choir competition on Saturday at Pleasant Hill.

The Show Me Sound Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will travel to Overland Park, Kan., on April 4-5 for the annual Midwest Plains Region 7 Competition.

Richard Smith has had a song in his heart through much of his life. Now he’ll have a chance to “Sing for Life.”

The Missouri State Fair Idol contest will offer cash prizes to first- and second-place winners this year. The first-place winner will receive $500 while the second-place contestant will receive $250.

The deadline for those wanting to enter the Missouri State Fair’s “Chicken Dance” amateur video contest has been extended to July 19.

The Missouri State Fair Idol competition will really kick into gear today with the first of four days of semifinals. Through six days of preliminaries, the event — in its seventh year — has proven it can survive beyond the involvement of creator and emcee Thom Fuller, who retired after last year’s competition.

Tiny Miss Sedalia may only be 3 years old, but she dreams of becoming Batman’s sidekick one day and winning a national title in an upcoming pageant.

Emcee Denny Perkins announced the Doo Idol winner on Saturday night at Dickie Doo Bar-B-Que, and contestant Jackalyn Cruz responded with a shocked “Did he just say my name?”

Carissa Dawn Biele, 25, of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Fulton, has been working hard for three years to become the 2008 Missouri State Fair Idol.

The Show Me Sound Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will perform its annual show at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at the First United Methodist Celebration Center, 1701 W. 32nd St. in Sedalia.

Heading into the 2012 Missouri State Fair Idol finals on Sunday, there was an excellent chance that the girls would end the guys’ two-year reign: All seven finalists at the Budweiser Stage were women.

With chilly weather finally sweeping into Sedalia, thoughts of hot days at the state fair are a long way off for some. But not for the competitors in Doo Idol, a new singing competition that will send its champion to August’s Missouri State Fair Idol contest.

Samantha Dawn Schoenthaler won over the crowd Sunday at the Budweiser Tent performing the fast-paced “Auctioneer,” by Pettis County’s own Leroy Van Dyke, to become the 2009 Missouri State Fair Idol winner.

At the start of the fair, 80 contestants aimed for the fame and career boost that would come with the title of Missouri State Fair Idol. After today, it’ll be down to the final 10.

A University of Missouri student from Marceline was crowned the 2007 Missouri State Fair Queen Friday afternoon in the Mathewson Exhibition Center at the fairgrounds.

A University of Missouri student from Marceline was crowned the 2007 Missouri State Fair Queen Friday afternoon in the Mathewson Exhibition Center at the fairgrounds.

Fans of TV’s “Glee” and TV’s numerous popular singing competitions will dig the high-spirited, youthful comedy romp “Pitch Perfect.” But anyone who’s ever been specifically bitten by the bug of ultra-competitive college a cappella singing groups, which make all their musical noises vocally, will especially find plenty to like and laugh about.

Girl Scouts from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma will make their way to Sedalia on Saturday to celebrate history.

Westminster Student Government Association officials have announced that approximately 250 public tickets are available for its upcoming Jan. 31 concert featuring Ben Folds.

WARRENSBURG — The University of Central Missouri’s Performing Arts Series will present the Jen Chapin Trio at 7:30 p.m. April 6 at Hendricks Hall on the Warrensburg campus.

The Show Me Sound Chorus is looking to the future as it keeps the music of the past alive.