Brandi Pope
Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 Senior Idol Competition, featuring 12 talented seniors, 50 years of age and older, competing for cash prizes of $300, $200 and $100 respectively, on Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m. at Victory Tabernacle Church located at 11700 Genito Road in Midlothian. Brandi Pope, Mrs. Virginia America 2012 and the executive director and producer of the Mrs. Virginia America Pageant will be our emcee for this exciting show. The competition, sponsored in part by The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield, Victory Tabernacle Church and Lucy Corr Village. Proceeds will help benefit the senior services provided by The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield.
“Once again, we are expecting to see an amazing competition with 12 of Greater Richmond Area and the Tri-Cities’ most talented senior entertainers,” said Susan McCammon, Executive Director of The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield, 501-c 3 non profit. The Senior Idol Competition will help encourage all seniors to lead a safe, healthy and active lifestyle.” Since its inception in 2001, the Shepherd’s Center has been enriching the lives of adults 50 and over by offering volunteer opportunities for community service and lifelong learning and helping them remain healthy, active and independent in their own homes for as long as possible. This past year the Shepherd’s Center’s volunteers have provided the following services to our community: 579 free, accompanied rides to medical appointments and grocery shopping for senior adults, made over 41 minor home repairs to help those on fixed incomes and living in their own homes, offered 91 educational classes resulting in 411 low-cost class registrations and provided 1,800 lunches to those attending their Luncheon Forum.
Over 20 seniors came to perform their hearts out for the chance to win a spot in the final 12 at a special audition held recently at Lucy Corr in Chesterfield. Each performance was judged on talent, stage presence and style.
The 12 performers chosen to advance to the final competition include:
- Peter Burke of Chesterfield
- Barbara Campbell of Petersburg
- Dennis Coleman of Chester
- Cheryl Cross of Richmond
- Karen Davis of Mechanicsville
- Kitty Fowler of Hopewell
- Steve Harris of Chester
- Sandy Hendrick of N. Chesterfield
- Penny Elizabeth Humphries of Colonial Heights
- Charles Lindsey of N. Chesterfield
- Trina Shaw of Chester
- Alfonso Ten of Midlothian
- Patricia Tomlin of McKenney
As part of The Shepherd’s Center’s of Chesterfield’s “Senior Idol” final competition, each of the 12 finalists will have the opportunity to impress the judges and audience by performing one act. The judges will then select the top three contestants and one winner of the 2016 Senior Idol.
Tickets for The 2016 “Senior Idol” are now on sale for $10 and can be purchased at The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield’s office located at 6800 Lucy Corr Blvd or their website at www.shepcenter.org ,or by calling 804-706-9198 and at the door the night of the event.
For more information about The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield’s “Senior Idol,” please call 804-706-9198 or visit www.shepcenter.org. Press Passes are available for members of the press for this event.
