{"id":93215,"date":"2019-06-27T22:41:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T22:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-heading-to-durango\/"},"modified":"2019-06-27T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T22:41:45","slug":"voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-heading-to-durango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-heading-to-durango\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Voice\u2019 winner Chevel Shepherd heading to Durango"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=80b129b7-d899-4c7c-b4de-e64d7b38aee2&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Chevel Shepherd performs Dec. 17, 2018, during Season 15 of the NBC show \u201cThe Voice\u201d in Universal City, Calif.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Chevel Shepherd performs Dec. 17, 2018, during Season 15 of the NBC show \u201cThe Voice\u201d in Universal City, Calif.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Trae Patton\/NBC via AP, file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>When Farmington high school student Chevel Shepherd won Season 15 of the television singing competition show \u201cThe Voice,\u201d she won the grand prize of $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Music Group.<\/p>\n<p>And, she said back in December, her life was already beginning to change, including beginning to record an album.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/85WXSmegXsM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like it went by quick,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople (are) just noticing me and stuff. It\u2019s been crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ride doesn\u2019t appear to be slowing down for the teen, who, according to her website, has a pretty full dance card for the summer, including a stop in Durango.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd will perform Aug. 9 at \u201cFriday at the Fair,\u201d an annual concert that takes place during the La Plata County Fair. Opening for Shepherd will be Six Dollar String Band.<\/p>\n<p>Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. Six-Dollar String Band will perform at 7 p.m. and Shepherd will take the stage at 8.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8P-OIQ25HFo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tickets for the show are now on sale. Reserved seats are $35 and general admission tickets are $25 and are available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/durangoconcerts.tix.com\/Event.aspx?EventCode=1142362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shorturl.at\/btGLZ<\/a>, by phone at 747-7657 and in person at the Durango Welcome Center,  802 Main Ave. General admission tickets will also be available for cash purchase at the main office at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the show, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durangoconcerts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.durangoconcerts.com<\/a>. For more information about Shepherd, visit her website at <a href=\"https:\/\/chevelshepherd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chevelshepherd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:katie@durangoherald.com\">katie@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tickets on sale now for her performance at La Plata County Fair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6252,6117,5737,6251,5736,6044,5735,5741],"tags":[938,1167,28,2109,559,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-93215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music","category-exclude-homepage-video-news","category-headlines","category-la-plata-county-fair","category-local-news","category-music-news","category-news","category-newsletter","tag-country-music","tag-exclude-homepage-video","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-fair","tag-music","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93215"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=93215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}