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Tierra Cannon, 15, will be singing at the Boys & Girls Club regional meeting in Illinois as a result of winning a talent competition and being chosen as one of three acts in a 13-state region.
(BRANDON POLLOCK/Courier Staff Photographer)
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Young singer to perform at Boys & Girls Clubs conference
By AMIE STEFFEN, Courier Staff Writer
WATERLOO — “Stand Up for Love,” a 2005 Destiny’s Child song, is a wide-ranging power ballad by a powerhouse vocalist. But according to Jason Barta, local singer Tierra Cannon made it look easy.
So easy, in fact, that the teenager is one of just three acts representing the Midwest region of Boys & Girls Clubs in a talent showcase in Illinois Friday.
This summer, Cannon — a 15-year-old eighth-grader at Central Middle School — belted her way to a talent competition win during a summer program through Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County.
“At first, I thought she was lip synching,” Barta, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County, said of Cannon’s performance.
But Cannon has been singing since she was 6 years old and performing with groups like Calvary Cathedral’s Praise Team in Waterloo. Her performance was the real thing.
“It’s something I love to do,” Cannon said. “I want to be a gospel singer.”
Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County offers after-school programs to students ages 6-18 in Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Evansdale. Students pay $10 for the school year to participate, and summer programs also are offered.
After her win, Barta asked if she would like to perform at Boys & Girls Clubs Regional Conference in Schaumburg, Ill., then entered her performance into consideration. Out of 13 states and 200 Boys & Girls Clubs in the region, she was one of three acts selected.
That includes all clubs in Iowa as well as Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Cannon will represent the local club, not the entire state, at the talent showcase.
“It’s, like, a lifetime experience,” Cannon said. “There might be a lot of people there.”
In fact, Barta said around 500 people will be attending the conference. Cannon and the other two acts will perform at the finale dinner on Friday.
It’s the first time the Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County has had a talent show winner chosen to perform at the regional conference, said Barta.
“I think her mother’s very proud. They’re both proud and excited, and so are we at the club,” Barta said.
Cannon said she wasn’t nervous to sing in front of hundreds. She was more nervous about how she and her mother would be traveling to Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago.
“I’m glad we’re not flying,” she said.
Barta will be on hand to witness Cannon’s performance. Part of the Club’s mission, he said, is to find and foster talents in students.
“She’s very talented,” he said. “She’s got a talent that she needs to stick with.”
Contact Amie Steffen at (319) 291-1464 or amie.steffen@wcfcourier.com.
So easy, in fact, that the teenager is one of just three acts representing the Midwest region of Boys & Girls Clubs in a talent showcase in Illinois Friday.
This summer, Cannon — a 15-year-old eighth-grader at Central Middle School — belted her way to a talent competition win during a summer program through Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County.
“At first, I thought she was lip synching,” Barta, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County, said of Cannon’s performance.
But Cannon has been singing since she was 6 years old and performing with groups like Calvary Cathedral’s Praise Team in Waterloo. Her performance was the real thing.
“It’s something I love to do,” Cannon said. “I want to be a gospel singer.”
Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County offers after-school programs to students ages 6-18 in Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Evansdale. Students pay $10 for the school year to participate, and summer programs also are offered.
After her win, Barta asked if she would like to perform at Boys & Girls Clubs Regional Conference in Schaumburg, Ill., then entered her performance into consideration. Out of 13 states and 200 Boys & Girls Clubs in the region, she was one of three acts selected.
That includes all clubs in Iowa as well as Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Cannon will represent the local club, not the entire state, at the talent showcase.
“It’s, like, a lifetime experience,” Cannon said. “There might be a lot of people there.”
In fact, Barta said around 500 people will be attending the conference. Cannon and the other two acts will perform at the finale dinner on Friday.
It’s the first time the Boys & Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County has had a talent show winner chosen to perform at the regional conference, said Barta.
“I think her mother’s very proud. They’re both proud and excited, and so are we at the club,” Barta said.
Cannon said she wasn’t nervous to sing in front of hundreds. She was more nervous about how she and her mother would be traveling to Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago.
“I’m glad we’re not flying,” she said.
Barta will be on hand to witness Cannon’s performance. Part of the Club’s mission, he said, is to find and foster talents in students.
“She’s very talented,” he said. “She’s got a talent that she needs to stick with.”
Contact Amie Steffen at (319) 291-1464 or amie.steffen@wcfcourier.com.
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