Karaoke Singers Live the Dream at the Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Tamika Swisher, a 49-year-old nursing home administrator in Kankakee, Ill., was one of 16 people who qualified for the Illinois State Fair Karaoke Contest. But on the day before the event, she wasn’t sure she wanted to go. A few weeks earlier, her off-again on-again boyfriend of 11 years, Michael Faber, had…