Danvers Family Festival DANVERS IDOL Preliminary Auditions!

The Danvers Family Festival is excited to announce the 7th
annual 2014 Danvers Idol.

With the publicity surrounding the success last year of
Beverly’s Angie Miller, and with the addition of fabulous prizes, we are sure
this year’s event will be our biggest yet.

Preliminaries will be held on Saturday June 7th
at the DCAT studios in Danvers. Anyone, from any community, can try out with a
one minute A Capella song. A panel of music industry judges will provide
commentary and constructive criticism. Preliminary judges include musicians
Ryan Brooks Kelly, Ashley Johnson, and Randy Barr.

These judges, and the Danvers Idol Committee, will determine
the 10 finalists who will perform on Saturday June 28th at the brand
new Danvers High School Auditorium.

At the finals event, a panel of esteemed judges will include
Karen Nascembeni, Director of Community Relations at North Shore Music Theater,
Tom Page – musical artist and owner of Decibel Architects. And Marty Walsh, Assistant
Professor at Berklee College of Music, recording star, and guitarist whose has
performed with LeAnn Rimes, Supertramp, John Fogerty, John Denver, Seals and
Crofts, and Eddie Kendricks

And this year, the audience will have a say on which of the
10 finalist go on to compete as the top 3. Each audience member will fill out a
ballot for their favorite top 3 performers.

These three finalists will perform the same evening, judged
by our esteemed judges, from which one talented performer will be crowned the
2014 Danvers Idol.

Danvers Family Festival is offering great prizes this year!

First, those lucky 10 who get to compete on June 28th will
receive 2 hours of professional recording time at
Mixed Emotions Studio in Middleton, and a six‐pack of wristbands for the
special Volunteer Area of Danvers Family Festival Fireworks on July 3rd.

For the fortunate 3 who become finalists we provide
increased recording studio time, and cash prizes -

The third prize is $100 and 4 additional hours recording
time, second prize is $150 and 6 additional hours recording time. Our First
prize winner will receive $500, 8 additional hours recording time at Mixed
Emotions Studio, and a spotlight performance at the main stage of the Danvers
Family Festival Fireworks Event, performing before an estimated crowd of 20,000
to 40,000 people.

Contestants must be 16 years or older, and may come from any
community (not just Danvers). For more event details, contest rules, and
registration information go to www.DanversFamilyFestival.com

The contest, as well as viewing of the final performances on
July 28th, is open to all!

Press Contacts:



Event Chair: Kenny Lewis, mixedemt@aol.com,
(978) 774-7413

Vice Chair: Sheryl James, hungrycater@aol.com,
(978) 335-3484

Vice Chair: Gardner Trask, gteaskdanvers@gt3.com,
(978) 821-6624