Summer Idol Search seeks contestants

Summer Idol Searchseeks contestants
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Summer Idol Search competition will be held July 1 and Aug. 5, from noon to 9 p.m. each day, on Park Avenue next to Wick Park on the North Side. The event is sponsored by the Stopping the Violence committee of Whole Man Ministries. The winners will receive trophies and have the opportunity to go to Atlanta to compete in another competition in September.
To register, call toll-free (877) 701-2024. Deadline is June 24.
Area acts already going to the Atlanta competition include The Time Keepers, the Young Navy Seals, D.V.A., Squirt Lumpkin and Old School Two, Christ Mob, We Famous, Suge, 2PM, Virtuous, Darlene Brown, the CORE, Eclipse, Kenny Alli, Netta, Da Dark, Stingray, Charisma, Lucky Penny, DeMayne Earvin, D.J. Jammin Johnson, D.J. Stan the Man, Georgie Biggs, Dwayne Thornton, Corey Cotton, Queeda Keith and Antonio.
Summer arts campfor young students
WARREN -- Trumbull County Educational Service Center will offer a summer arts camp for pupils entering grades two, three, four and five. The day camp will feature activities and instruction in music, drama, visual arts and dance. The camp will run June 19-23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lordstown Middle School, 6540 Tod Ave. S.W.
There is a $150 fee, which includes lunch and supplies.
Campers will spend one hour a day with a practicing artist instructor in each of the following areas: art, dance, drama and music. There will be a lunch and recess. The last hour of the day will be spent in a large group activity during which parents may visit. Students from two other Trumbull County Educational Service Center arts programs, Arts/EXCEL and Trumbull Arts Academy, will serve as camp counselors.
A total of 100 pupils will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline is Friday.
For additional information, contact Debbie Quinn, TCESC director of curriculum and instruction, or Michele Krisher, gifted education supervisor, at (330) 675-2800. A registration flier is available on the Trumbull County Educational Service Center's Web site at www.trumbull.k12.oh.us in the current events section.
Speed dating at cafe
HUBBARD -- Frankie's Main Street Cafe will host a Cupid.com speed dating event for single professionals at 6:20 p.m. June 26. Speed dating is an activity that allows participants to go on up to 12 dates in an evening. Singles are seated at tables around the cafe, and every six minutes they switch seats and meet a new person. This gives participants just enough time to see if there is a connection before moving on to the next date.
The cost of registration is $25. This speed dating event is for people ages 34-46. To register or for more information, go to www.Cupid.com/predating.
Boys choir in concert
WARREN -- The North Carolina Boys Choir will give a concert at 7 p.m. June 20 in Blessed Sacrament Parish, 3020 Reeves Road N.E.
The choir is one of the relatively few boychoirs in this country, perpetuating a centuries-old art form. The 50-plus members of this choir are as much at home with the vaulted music of Palestrina, Bach, Mozart, Britten or Bernstein as they are with a simple ballad or Strauss Polka, and their music is sung in several languages.
The boys range in age from 9-15, and were selected after several auditions. Musical director William Graham founded the choir in 1972 as the Durham Boys Choir.
For more information, call the church at (330) 372-2215.
Ox Roast Fair boothsare available for rent
MANTUA -- St. Joseph's Church has trade booths and craft boutique tables available for this year's Ox Roast Fair. Now in its 43rd year, the Ox Roast Fair will be held July 21-23.
For the entire three days of the fair, the standard 10-by-10-foot booth rental fee is $375. A large booth, which is twice the size, is also available. Call for rates. All booths are lighted, and open-sided booth with a canopy style cover. St. Joseph's will supply one 8-foot table and two folding chairs for each booth.
Trade booths that require special lighting and/or the use of a vehicle are $500.
Country craft boutique tables are available in the air-conditioned Hughes Hall along with Ox Roast Fair dinners. Crafters and other tradespeople can rent an 8-foot table for $125 for the three days of the Fair. Deadline for reserving space is June 30. For more information and a contract, call Jan at St. Joseph's parish office at (330) 274-2253.
Attendance at the fair tops 15,000. Learn more at www.stjosephmantua.com.