Chicago’s Senior Idol Winner, 2008: Flash Fiction for Friday Fictioneers

~ Psychic-Medium-Author Ronda Del Boccio

Chicago’s Senior Idol Winner, 2008

Hello and welcome to another flash fiction story, where in exactly 100 words, I’ll pull you into a story. This one’s for Friday Fictioneers 15 January 2021.

Flash Fiction

The Photo Writing Prompt

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson

Photo description for my blind and visually impaired readers: This is a stage, dimly lit, with sound equipment on it.

The Inspiration

This story is based on the September, 2008 Chicago Senior Idol competition, which my amazing dad won in the vocal category

The Story: Chicago’s Senior Idol Winner, 2008

Ron strode onto the stage to take his position at the microphone in the Chicago Senior Idol competition. Several hundred audience members, including his competition and judges, applauded.

Decades ago, he emceed at Mangum Chateau seven nights a week. His daughter grew up backstage and inherited his gift of improvisational humor. Now, he imagined her amongst the crowd, sending him love, wishing for him to win.

While singing “Unchained Melody,” he sent happiness and good will to everyone. He threw himself into his performance, adding expansive gestures and well-honed showmanship to his performance.

He became that year’s Chicago Senior Idol.

Thanks for reading!

Cheers to your #BLISSfulLife!!

Ronda Del Boccio

Award-winning author, photographer, and artist

About Ronda Del Boccio

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Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best-selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her from doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda’s books on Amazon at Amazon..com/author/rondadelboccio.

Published by Psychic-Medium-Author Ronda Del Boccio

Ronda Del Boccio is a blind psychic, medium and author living in rural Missouri with her gorgeous golden retriever Leader Dog Diva. While she cannot see the visual world as others do, she sees what most do not. She is the award-winning and Amazon bestselling author of They All Died Smiling (Reluctant Demon Hunter #1), The Peace Seed: Personal and Global Transformation through Storytelling, The Story of Impact, and I’ll Push You Steer: The Definitive Guide to Stumbling Through Life with Blinders On. Her short stories, poems and articles appear in over two dozen anthologies across four continents. She has also won awards for her singing, teaching, cooking, and translation of a medieval cookbook. As you can tell, her interests are diverse. Anything she wants to do or experience, she makes happen. Receive free stories, including the Forbidden Chapter of her latest novel, at https://InnerGuidanceOnDemand.com/freestories

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