The 2015 Country Showdown KHTS AM-1220 local competition winner, Suzanne Harper, will be competing at the Country Showdown State Finals at Knott’s Berry Farm this Saturday.

Harper will be competing in Wagon Camp at Knott’s Berry Farm Saturday, August 8 at 7:00 p.m. for the 34th annual Country Showdown State Finals.

Harper will be competing with her band at Knott’s Berry Farm, which includes her husband, Ross Harper, who plays the banjo and the mandolin, her brother-in-law, John Harper, who is the drummer, her son, Eric Bird, who plays the electric guitar and Marsha Staub who is the bass player.

Harper and her band will be competing for a chance to move on to the National Finals and compete for the $100,000 prize and the title “Best New Act in Country Music.”

Harper competed against Jarett James and Kylie Mac Saturday, July 25 at the Santa Clarita Concerts in the Park and emerged victorious.

This is not the first time Harper will be competing at the State level competition. She made it all the way to the National finals at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee two years ago where she came in second place.

If Harper wins at the State level competition, she will go to the Western Regional finals in Oregon later in the fall.

The winner from the Western Regional finals will then go to the national championship at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.

Contestants will be one of five national finalists competing for the grand prize of $100,000 and the title “Best New Act in Country Music.”

About Suzanne Harper

Suzanne Harper competed in the Country Showdown two years ago and made it all the way to the finals at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee where she came in second place.

Harper is from San Diego and was born and raised there as well. San Diego is about two and a half hours south of Santa Clarita.

Other than the Country Showdown, Harper also performed with Sugarland in front of about 15,000 people.

Harper opened for Journey in Provo, Utah in front of approximately 50,000 people on July 4, 2015 as well.

Suzanne Harper plays guitar and sings and also has a full band which include her husband, Ross Harper who plays the banjo and the mandolin, her brother-in-law John Harper who is the drummer, her son Eric Bird who plays the electric guitar and Marsha Staub who is the bass player.

Past participants include Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Lambert, Billy Ray Cyrus, LeAnn Rimes, Sara Evans, Gretchen Wilson & hundreds more. The Country Showdown helped jumpstart their dreams.

The 2015 KHTS Country Showdown local competition is sponsored by Reeves Complete Auto Service and Keyboard Galleria Music Center.