Waynesboro teen Claire Ann Martin has a head start on becoming the next American Idol. With the American Idol Experience Dream Ticket she earned last week at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the 14-year-old idol-hopeful can avoid long audition lines, and head straight for the judges table.

Waynesboro teen Claire Ann Martin has a head start on becoming the next American Idol. With the American Idol Experience Dream Ticket she earned last week at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the 14-year-old idol-hopeful can avoid long audition lines, and head straight for the judges table.

Waynesboro teen Claire Ann Martin has a head start on becoming the next American Idol. With the American Idol Experience Dream Ticket she earned last week at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the 14-year-old idol-hopeful can avoid long audition lines, and head straight for the judges table.

By Piper Castillo, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 Scott MacIntyre performs on American Idol last year. The pianist and guitarist, who is blind, will appear at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Wednesday. It started with the bedtime music. Back when Scott MacIntyre was a toddler, his parents would tuck him in and turn on a cassette recorder playing church hymns or Disney tunes. However, instead ...

PRINCETON -- Her all-time-favorite idol may be Bernadette Peters, but Avery Epstein had a chance to shine as her own star when she took first place in the American Idol talent search competition at Disney's Hollywood studios.