http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_320005316.htmlPeavey Electronics presented the final installment of its 3rd Annual Lights On Afterschool Celebration where Meridian High School student Sarah Margaret Huff, 17, was proclaimed the winner of the Afterschool (not) Idle competition by judges Hartley Peavey, Founder of Peavey Electronics, Bob Saproti, former Vice President of Warner Bros. Records, and Mark Pinske, former Chief Recording Engineer for Frank Zappa.
The event was held at the MSU Riley Center, where the top three finalists, Huff, 7 year-old Holly Brand, and 15-year-old Oshima McKee performed before appearances by special guests singer Bo Bice, singer Julia Burton, and Nashville session musician Michael Sprigs. Other on-stage guests included members of the Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi and last year’s winner, Marisa Potate.
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Bice, who came for his second year at the event, met the Peaveys when he was hired to endorse their products, he said, and was eager to become a part of the program as soon as he heard about it.
The event is part of the Mississippi Afterschool Alliance program, an organization which works to create more after school programs for Mississippi children.