by Jennifer Schneider
Staff Writer
Appalachian State University might have the world’s next big
pop idol on its campus. Campus Resident Student Association (CRSA)
and Chi Omega sorority will host “Appalachian Starz”
to find out.
Mark Mathis of FOX News Charlotte will be the Master of Ceremonies.
“Mark Mathis is someone to make the night interesting,”
freshman and CRSA member Brian W. Onstot said.
The program will showcase 12 Appalachian State students, who will
be announced today. The chosen 12 will perform in a competition
in Farthing Auditorium April 7 at 7 p.m.
The competition will be judged by Dean of the School of Music Dr.
William G. Harbinson, Make a Wish Foundation’s Amy Lawes and
last year’s Appalachian Idol winner.
The winner will then sing live on Mathis’s program “The
Edge” that night.
Earlier this week, students went through preliminary judging where
the top 12 were chosen.
“Everyone seems to be pretty serious about it,” Onstot
said.
“It is like watching American Idol,” junior information
systems major and CRSA member Cory N. Hibbetts said. “You
feel bad for them because you can tell they are so nervous. They
all take long, deep breaths before starting their song.”
“It has been a long process that takes up all of our free
time, but we hope it will make a huge positive impact both locally
and regionally,” sophomore management major and CRSA member
John J. Wiesehan said.
The program was set up to raise money for the “Hope Lives
On” program.
Hope Stout was a 12-year-old girl who passed away last January due
to a rare form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma.
According to a press release, when asked by Make A Wish Foundation
what her ultimate wish was, her only reply was to ask how many other
kids were waiting for wishes. When the representative told her 155,
she made it her wish to make sure all of their wishes came true.
“I was personally touched by Hope’s story and wanted
to make a difference,” Wiesehan said.
In order to fulfill her wish, $1 million will need to be raised.
CRSA hopes to raise $15,000 by the end of the year.
“I knew the Stout family personally,” sophomore communications
and public relations major and CRSA president Allyson B. Larmore
said. “When I saw what a huge impact Hope was having on the
lives of so many people, I knew that the CRSA could make a difference
here in Boone.”
Tickets for the show are $8 at the door and $5 in advance. Tickets
can be purchased at the Farthing Auditorium box office and the information
desk in Plemmons Student Union.
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