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A new voice competition is coming to Southern Utah. However, its primary goal isn’t to create local singing stars or even to make money.

The idea behind the Southern Utah Vocal Edge Singing Competition is education.

The competition on July 29-30 is organized by The Stage Door, a non-profit theater organization based at the Electric Theater Complex in St. George. A primary focus of any Stage Door event is education, and Vocal Edge is no different.

“If there’s one thing that the Stage Door is, it is educational,” says Brodie Perry, president of The Stage Door and a local voice instructor. “We are here to lift and enrich our community’s aspiring and seasoned artists.”

Rather than having competitors pay their fee, singing their songs and then go home if they didn’t make it through the judging rounds, The Stage Door wanted to give them something more. Even if a competitor was cut during the first round of judging, Brodie says he wanted the singer to be able to take something home, even if that was simply more knowledge about the music business or some constructive advice.

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That’s why all the competitors will have two days of workshops throughout the competition and leading up to the finale concert at 7 p.m. July 30. The workshops will include education on vocal science, auditioning, marketing and more.

Three professional judges from outside of Southern Utah will make the final decision in order to remove possible bias from local judges. Among the judges is Dean Kaelin, founder and CEO of International Voice Teachers of Mix and a private voice instructor who has worked with David Archuleta, Julianne Hough, Brooke White, Carmen Rasmusen Herbert, Jenn Blosil and the members of SHeDAISY.

Joining Kaelin is his former student, Herbert, who placed sixth in Season 2 of “American Idol” under her maiden name, Rasmusen. Since “American Idol” she has releas

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They made millions from their holier than thou image - but behind the smiles lurked mental illness, bankruptcy and even sexual abuse.

True to form, as she struggles to cope with the grief of her son's suicide at the weekend, Marie Osmond has  - not for the first time  -  locked herself away with her famous family and with God. The shutters have come down, she has asked for privacy and is said to have joined her brother, Donny, in praying long into the night.

Meanwhile, her devout singing Mormon brothers are said to be planning to begin an Osmonds concert in Florida tomorrow night with a communal prayer for their distraught sister.

Marie herself  -  who is said to be 'beside herself with grief' following the death of her adopted 18-year-old son Michael  -  has cancelled the concerts she was due to perform this week with Donny at a Las Vegas casino. But for the rest of the singing siblings, it appears, the show must go on.

It was ever thus for a family that has seen the highs of international fame and fortune, but hidden the trauma of bankruptcy, mental illness, feuds and claims of sexual abuse behind the veneer of Colgate smiles and saccharine pop songs.

Marie's son threw himself from the roof of his Los Angeles apartment building on Friday after writing a suicide note saying he wanted to end the 'torment' of his battles with depression, and drink and drugs addiction.

His death is just the latest trauma to befall his 50-year-old mother, who admitted four years ago that she had attempted suicide after falling victim to post-natal depression, and who has confessed to suffering sexual assaults at the hands of a family member she has steadfastly refused to name.

She has not been alone in having to cope with the demons that have long dogged the performing family, who famously didn't s

Marie Osmond's son Michael Blosil tragically committed suicide just over eight months ago. But it might as well have been yesterday, given her obviously and understandably still-raw grief, which was made very apparent during her sit-down with Oprah Winfrey this morning.

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Osmond, who couldn't stop the tears from flowing on and off throughout the interview, started at the beginning: on the morning of Feb. 26, when, thanks to mother's intuition and before the tragedy had time to unfold, "I really believed that something was wrong."

When she later received a telephone call from the coroner's office, she said, "I knew...Your life changes."

"The particulars are...some things are so in stone, and other things are like a wave that comes in and out of your life," she said of her memories of the day. "I've been through some tough things in my life, Oprah. This is probably the hardest thing."

Marie stressed multiple times what a considerate child Michael was, calling him a gentleman, her "angel," and saying that while he battled depression and spent time in and out of rehab, "he was not a depressed kid...on the outside."

Michael's battle with drugs began when he was just 12 years old, but Marie made clear-- as did the coroner --that they were not a direct factor in his death.

"My son was clean when he jumped," she said. "There were no drugs in his system, but I believe the ramifications were there."

It was also not the first time he had made an attempt on his life. Marie said that during her stint on Dancing With the Stars, he tried to commit suicide (think about that the next time you're ready to crack a joke about Faintgate ).

"He promised he would never do anything like that again and I believed him," she said. "Whatever his reality was, I do believe that there are moments when you slip into insanity and yo

One thing that we can always count on from our Mother is advice. Most of the time it's good and it's even better if we follow it. I can't count the times that my mom gave me her insightful wisdom and I ignored it. I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and time if I just listened to her.

As we get ready for Mother's Day this Sunday, let's look back at the motherly advice that was given to their non-yet-famous sons.

Mom's Advice To Their Famous Sons Before Anyone Knew Who They Were

Paul Revere's Mother: I don't care where you think you have to go but you better be home before midnight.

Albert Einstein's Mom: Albert, it's your senior picture. Please do something with your hair. Try some mousse, gel, or put on a hat.

George Washington's Mother: The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, no more money for you. You'll have to find another way to get your quarters and dollars.

Humpty Dumpty's Mom: Humpty, if I've told you once, I've told you thousands of times. DON'T SIT ON TOP OF THAT WALL!!

I'm not famous but my Mom gave me a lot of great advice including: Pray, read your Bible, and trust in God. So what advice did I listen to: Don't date just one woman. What she meant to say was "Don't date just one woman but don't date them all either...Now she tells me.

In all seriousness, being a mom can be hard and to paraphrase that nearly famous saying, "if being a mom was easy then dad's would do it." I love you Mom and THANK YOU for everything that you've done in my life.

I've said this before because it's true: You believed in me when I didn't believe in myself. Sometimes, I wish I could see myself like you can see me.