July 7, 2023
7:00 pm
Platte County Fair
Gate Admission $20 at the gate
Gates Open at 6pm • Show Starts at 7PM
ABOUT CASI JOY
When Casi Joy first came to national attention as a contestant on The Voice in 2017, it
would have been easy to mistake her fresh-faced excitement for that of a newcomer,
but the reality is that she had already spent the greater majority of her life on stage.
Casi performed publicly for the first time at age five, singing “Angels Among Us” at a
local Kansas City talent show after discovering a karaoke version of the track on the B
side of her parents’ cassette tape of an Alabama album. “I just got really obsessed with
that and the performance side of it,” she remembers, “and begged my parents to let
me join the local talent show. They had no idea why because I was really bad. They
had no idea why I wasn’t terrified to be on stage.” Nevertheless, they helped find
performance opportunities for their daughter in the Kansas City area — Karaoke bars,
talent shows, anywhere that would take her. “There’s so many recordings of me that
should never see the light of day,” she laughs.
ABOUT LAUREN ALAINA
Grand Ole Opry member and Multi-Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Lauren Alaina has earned three No. 1 hit singles in just under three years with her smash “Road Less Traveled,” the now 7x Platinum “What Ifs” with her childhood friend and superstar Kane Brown (his first career No. 1), and “One Beer” with friend and rising star HARDY (also his first career No. 1). Her No. 1 debuting album Sitting Pretty On Top of The World, which includes hit single “Getting Over Him” featuring Jon Pardi, as well as her RIAA-certified Gold-selling “Getting Good.” Alaina, a best-selling and first-time author, released her inspirational book, Getting Good at Being You: Learning to Love Who God Made You to Be and was the #1 New Release on two of Amazon’s sales charts in its first week of release. Alaina starred in her first Hallmark Channel movie “Roadhouse Romance” in 2021 to rave reviews and the movie became the #1 most-watched entertainment cable program at release.
The rising superstar and Big Loud recording artist, who American Songwriter calls “a vibrant force of positivity in the world,” just came off her second career headlining tour, On Top Of The World Tour Presented By Maurices with multiple sell-outs and rave reviews. The Georgia native has shared the stage with superstars including Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Martina McBride, Jason Aldean and also sold out her own, first-ever headlining, That Girl Was Me Tour.
Alaina has performed on some of the highest-profile stages in the world including national television performances on PBS’s A Capitol Fourth, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, TODAY, ABC’s Good Morning America, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ABC’s CMA Fest specials, CMA and ACM Awards, Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day halftime performance, MLB’s World Series national anthem (Game 5, 2021) and more including a performance at the White House for President Obama for a PBS special.
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