
The Crossroads
So on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, I was an American Jersey Idol judge.
I was a judge for Jersey Idol, a charity event raising money for St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center. It was held at The Crossroads in Garwood, NJ. It was packed! There were no more seats left in the place. The parking lot was full, people needed to park on the street! I talked with some of the performers while we waiting for the sound equipment to be set up. I also took a *ton* of shots; 45 photos in all. See them in a slideshow at the bottom of the post.

This is part of the lot that was crammed with performers and attendees
The sound quality was great, à la “Joe” the sound guy:

Joe, the soundman without a last name
There were 17 finalists. Jersey Idol started at around 12pm and ended at around 3pm. Each performer had one song, one chance to impress the 5 of us. After performing, each judge gave a short critique and then rated the person (privately). At the end, the 5 judges deliberated, and we picked three winners. Congratulations to the winners:
- Sebastian Rivera won the recording studio time

Sebastian Rivera won the recording studio at Soundwaves Studio!
- Elaine Magentiren won the national anthem prize

Elaine Magentiren won the National Anthem prize at Patriot's Field!
- “Kickdown” won the promotion consultation prize

"Kickdown" won the promotion consultation prize with LadyLake management
Here’s the list of the competitors, in order of performance:
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Pat Carmona
- Played the National Anthem on guitar
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Joe Walsh
- Played and sang “Thunder Rose”
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Erin O’Donnell
- Sang “Love Story”
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Heather Young
- Sang the National Anthem
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Lilly Walsh
- Sang “Our Story”
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Carolyn Messina
- Played and sang her original song, “The Fall” about 9/11
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Kristi Hunt
- Sang “At Last”
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“Kickdown”
- Played their original song “Burn”
- Won the promotion consulting prize!
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David Kascak
- Sang and played his original song, “Let’s Go Lovebird”
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Elaine Magentiren
- Sang “Ave Maria”
- Won the National Anthem prize!
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Megan Dunn
- Played and sang her original song, “Crocodile”
- Received an honorable mention!
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Joey Cavelli
- Played and sang his original song, “Biggest Regret”
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Josh & Micah
- Sang and played “Tears from Heaven”
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Daniel Ricany
- Played an original piece on his electric guitar
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Christine Tack
- Sang “Stay Beautiful”
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Sebastian Rivera
- Played and sang his original song, “Balance” *(Thanks Paula!)
- Won the recording studio time prize!
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“6 Ways to Saturday”
- Played their original song, “Please Understand”
Congratulations to everybody that performed, and a double-congratulations to those that won! Jersey Idol raised nearly $1000 dollars for St. Hubert’s animal shelter on Saturday, October 4th, 2009!
We’re also now featured on Garwood365.blogspot.com, as well as the St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center homepage!
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#1 by Sebastian Rivera on October 4, 2009 - 1:26 pm
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hey man great time how are you doing
#2 by JerseyMic on October 4, 2009 - 1:36 pm
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Excellent! Pulling all of the stuff together and trying to find everyone that was there yesterday! Try to direct them to this post (please!
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#3 by Allison and Joe on October 4, 2009 - 3:05 pm
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We will be taking donations for St. Hubert’s through our website until October 12, if anyone wants to contribute. Thanks again to everyone for making Jersey Idol a success!
#4 by JerseyMic on October 4, 2009 - 3:08 pm
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Hear that guys? You can help them out! Do it!
#5 by Lilly Walsh on October 4, 2009 - 5:08 pm
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Hey, the jersey idol show was so exciting!! Everyone was so great!! I had so much fun!! It was a great experience.
#6 by paula chaapel on October 4, 2009 - 5:37 pm
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The name of Sebastian Rivera’s song was “Balance” !
#7 by JerseyMic on October 4, 2009 - 6:05 pm
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Lilly Walsh: It WAS fun!!!
Paula: Thanks! It’s fixed.
#8 by Jim Testa on October 5, 2009 - 6:46 pm
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Good job. I’m glad somebody took good notes! I barely remembered the winners’ names!
#9 by JerseyMic on October 6, 2009 - 9:49 am
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Thanks Jim! I saw the post over at your blog and you had some good details too!
#10 by Allison and Joe on October 6, 2009 - 2:26 pm
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We are still trying to get as much in the way of donations as we can before the October 12 deadline. Please help us win the Roman Jewelers Wedding!!! Donate at http://www.jerseyidol.weebly.com!
#11 by JerseyMic on October 6, 2009 - 4:21 pm
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Help them out!
#12 by Elaine Magentiren on October 6, 2009 - 9:23 pm
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hey! i had a really fun time performing and watching all the other performers. congrats on raising nearly $1000!
#13 by JerseyMic on October 6, 2009 - 10:21 pm
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Elaine! Congrats on your prize! Are you practicing a lot for it?
#14 by Dan Dreher on October 10, 2009 - 12:54 pm
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sounded like everyone had a good time.
#15 by JerseyMic on October 10, 2009 - 3:58 pm
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We did
#16 by Elaine Magentiren on October 11, 2009 - 1:46 pm
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Thank you! and yes i have been practicing but I will be singing the national anthem next season
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