PUBLIC’S TOP EIGHT SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2018 CHERIBUNDI BOCA RATON BOWL IDOL PRESENTED BY MARSHALL SOCARRAS GRANT

Tickets Now on Sale for
Live August 1 National Anthem Performer Finalists Event
Featuring Public’s Top Eight Picks

The public has cast their votes, “narrowing down the field” of 20 to the top eight semi-finalists in this year’s Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl Idol talent competition presented by Marshall Socarras Grant. The final round of competition in the quest to find the National Anthem performer for the 2018 bowl game “goes live” on Wednesday, August 1 at 6 p.m. when the semi-finalists take to the stage to vie for the title at The Addison, located at 2 East Camino Real, in Boca Raton.

For this official kick-off for Boca Chamber Festival Days, the public is invited to come out and cheer on the semi-finalists while raising funds to support the Bowl’s Charity Partner Spirit of Giving and its annual Back to School Bash. Friends, family and fans will have the chance to vote for their favorite contestant and a combination of those audience votes and judges selections will determine the top three who will perform once more before the winner is chosen.

The top eight semi-finalists performing for the panel of judges and a live audience will be:

Eeshani Behara, age 16, Delray Beach resident, amateur vocalist
Emma Brown, age 14, Lake Worth resident, amateur vocalist
Ava Faith, age 14, Coral Springs resident, amateur vocalist
Adrianna Foster, age 32, born in Mexico, Miami resident, professional vocalist
Serenity Jones, age 19, West Palm Beach resident, amateur vocalist
Mikayla O’Brien, age 13, Boca Raton resident, amateur vocalist
Johnny Schulz, age 49, Delray Beach resident, amateur guitar instrumentalist
Valerie Tucci, age 55, from West Babylon, NY; Tamarac resident,
professional vocalist

Admission to the live performance finals event is $35 per person and includes food provided by The Addison. A cash bar will be available. Proceeds from the event will benefit Spirit of Giving’s Back to School Bash. Tickets may be purchased through Spirit of Giving at www.spiritofgivingnetwork.com/bocaanthemidol.

The 2018 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl Idol will get the opportunity to perform the National Anthem during opening ceremonies at FAU Stadium prior to the game being televised nationally on Tuesday December 18. The winner will also receive 10 game tickets for family and friends which include sideline access during the performance.

For information about the event and the top eight, visit www.cheribundibocaratonbowl.com.

About the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl:

The Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl is one of 41 postseason college bowl games in the country and the only one hosted in Palm Beach County. Featuring all the pomp and circumstance of traditional bowl events, the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl is a high-energy, entertaining experience for both college football fans and non-fans alike and allows the national spotlight to shine on Boca Raton and Palm Beach County. This year, the fifth annual bowl game will have primary tie-ins for teams from Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference with the Mid-American Athletic Conference having a secondary tie-in. The team from Conference USA will make its headquarters at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and the American Athletic Conference team will be at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens.

This bowl game first ‘touched down’ in 2014 and has since aired live annually on ESPN throughout the U.S., as well as on international affiliates in South America, the Caribbean, Australia and Europe as well as on ESPN Radio. As one of 14 bowl games owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, this year’s bowl game is once again held on the Tuesday before Christmas. The event has become a celebrated annual holiday tradition in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County as it lives up to its other name, “Boca’s Biggest Annual Outdoor Party”. Bowl week activities will begin with the arrival of the participating teams on Friday, Dec. 14. Days, times and sites for the team welcome parties, beach parties, luncheon, pep rallies and other bowl week activities will be released at a later date. For more info, visit w ww.CheribundiBocaRatonBowl.com.