DES MOINES, Iowa — Three talented acts from the Senior division have advanced to the Championship round in Bill Riley's 65th annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search. The finalists, aged 13-21, will showcase their skills again on August 17.

Emma Davis, a 19-year-old from Fort Dodge, will perform a vocal solo. Claire Southard, 17, and Andre Johnson, 18, both from Des Moines, will present a contemporary acro dance duet. David Michael Negley, 20, from Winterset, will perform a musical theatre vocal solo.

In the Sprout division, champions have already been crowned. Lucy Lis, 7, from Waterloo, won with a vocal solo. Julianne Kline, 12, from Clive, impressed with a baton solo, and Marianne Rose Scott, 12, from Johnston, excelled in a piano solo.

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