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By WILMA NORTON, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published August 13, 2003
AMERICAN IDOL LIVE!: Tour features winner Ruben Studdard, along with runner-up Clay Aiken and other finalists from recent television competition. 7:30 p.m., St. Pete Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. $26.75-$46.75. (813) 301-2500 or Ticketmaster.
THE FLORIDIANS: Opening of production of six new plays and songs about uniquely Floridian subjects by American Stage and LiveArts Peninsula Foundation. Series of three evenings includes all works. Tonight's series: Harry T. Moore: The Most Hated Man in Florida by Larry Parr, Johnny Brown by Doug Cooney and songs by Steve Blackwell and Bonnie Whitehurst. 7:30 p.m., American Stage, 211 Third St. S, St. Petersburg. (727) 823-7529. $18 per show, $50 for series of 3.
THE GOSPEL MUSIC WORKSHOP OF AMERICA'S ANNUAL CONVENTION: National convention comes to Tampa with about 20,000 attendees. Some events are open to the public, including: 6:45 p.m.-midnight nightly, Musical service with Bishop Larry Trotter/Sweet Holy Spirit, Gospo Centric/B-Rite. Tampa Convention Center east hall, 333 S Franklin St. Tickets $10 at GMWA booth. 11 p.m.-1 a.m., GMWA Youth Forum with GMWA Youth Choirs, Catch 2, Sheri Demby. Convention center ballroom. Offering taken.
BAKA BEYOND: With Cold Joon. 8 p.m., Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $15. (813) 977-6474.
SCARS OF TOMORROW: With Devil Inside, Cannae, I, Archer and the Curse. 9 p.m., Orpheum, 1902 Avenida Republica de Cuba, Tampa. $6-$7. (813) 248-9500.
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