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Tyler Uher Competes in Junior Idol 2011

Tyler Uher
Tyler Uher

 

In my last article about the Uher Brothers it was mentioned that Tyler Uher was one of 20 finalists that competed last year in a Junior Idol Contest for a well known local theater company.  I just received the announcement that Tyler was again chosen as one of the 20 finalists to compete in this year’s live competition!

This year’s Rialto Idol Junior singing competition is scheduled for Saturday, November 26th at the Rialto Square Theater.  The competition run by the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet, Illinois, is also sponsored in part by STAR 96.7 Radio.

Rialto Idol

The live competition for ages 5 to 15 years old will be held from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rialto Square Theater.  They also have an adult Idol competition for ages 16 and over that will be held later that evening.

If you are in the Chicago area and would like to attend this competition you can obtain tickets by visiting, “RIALTO IDOL JR. 2011”.

The competition has also added something new this year – “text to vote” – The audience members will be able to text their vote of their favorite contestant.  Each contestant will be singing one song.  In the event of a tie, a sing off will determine the winner with each contestant singing an alternate song.

Tyler-Uher

 

 

This year’s competition takes place during the ComEd Festival of Trees week of activities that runs November 21 through 27 at the Rialto Square Theater.  It’s a weeklong extravaganza that features more than 60 trees and wreaths on display, decorated by the area’s premium designers and sponsored by local businesses and organizations.  Guests will have the opportunity to view these displays as well as place bids to have one of the fully decorated trees delivered to their homes in time for the holidays.

For more information about this event and to take a virtual tour of this beautiful theater [button_round color=”blue” url=”http://www.rialtosquare.com/rialto_idol.asp”] Click Here [/button_round]

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We wish you all the best in this contest Tyler! 

Show them what you have and that’s plenty of talent!

 

 

Dalton Cyr Musical Prodigy (Cyriously Talented)

“I just want to make albums that make people happy.”

Dalton Cyr
Dalton Cyr (Click to Enlarge)

Last summer I visited Jacksonville Florida on my way back from Orlando.  What I did not know is that a few miles away, Jacksonville Beach was going to host a new video by another very talented young artist that is fast becoming a singing sensation in that part of Florida!  Sometime after returning home, I was browsing YouTube and came across a young man who not only captured my attention with his vocal skill, but exhibited personality and charisma in his videos that demonstrated true performing talent.

This young man is Eleven Year Old Dalton Cyr.

His Dad told me that Dalton has always loved music. At just three years of age he was already singing along to pop artists on the radio and frequently wanted to dance with his stepmother, Cindy.

He would learn all the songs for his school performances and then sing them over and over again at home. However, Dalton had terrible stage fright and would not sing when it came time for performances.  In second grade he was chosen for the role of “Johnny” in a school play. Most of the play involved singing with his classmates as a group as well as the key role of Johnny which he powerfully conveyed entirely through non-verbal communication.  Watching him sing and act it was evident, he loved singing and it seemed he had moved past his stage fright.  The music and acting bug had bitten Dalton.

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The Way It Should Be! Dalton Cyr

Please use this link also to go directly to his YouTube Channel so you can leave him a comment there as well as at the end of this article!

The same year, when Dalton was seven, he received his first guitar for Christmas. Dalton’s Dad, Frank, noticed Dalton’s great ear when Dalton became frustrated the very first day playing his new miniature Stratocaster guitar because miniatures aren’t tuned the same as a regular guitar.  After exchanging the guitar for a ¾ electric guitar that was too big for him, but tuned correctly, Dalton began his musical journey taking guitar lessons. He performed a few times with his guitar and in 2008, when he was 8 he also joined a local community children’s choir.

Dalton Cyr Riverwalk
Dalton Cyr (Click to Enlarge)

In 2009, just a few months before his 9th birthday, he saw a friend play the lead role in a local musical production of Beauty and the Beast. Inspired, he decided at that moment he wanted to audition for the following year’s production.

For an entire year he talked about how he wanted to audition and wrote it down as one of his goals for 2010. However, when the auditions came around in early February of 2010, Dalton was extremely nervous about having to sing in front of people during an audition. He came home and told his parents that he was just going to try out for a speaking part.  Then the following day, he came home and told his parents he was just going to be a stagehand. Suspicious, his parents inquired why he would change his mind when he had been talking about being in the musical all year.  As it turned out, the only way to be in the musical even as a stagehand, required you to sing as part of your audition.

Wanting to help Dalton fulfill his dream of being in the musical, Dalton’s dad spoke to the musical director and asked for tips. One tip was to sing wearing headphones so Dalton could hear himself. So Dalton’s dad set up a place for Dalton to sing with a microphone and headphones. Each night Dalton would practice for an hour or more.  The day of tryouts, he was so nervous he made himself sick!  But the directors let Dalton try out an alternate day and he did the audition for Willy Wonka. The audition went well and Dalton got the part of Mike Teevee.

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