By MIKE DUNHAM
Sydnee Waggoner: Miss Alaska prepares to head for the big pageant.
Singer Sydnee Waggoner, co-winner of the Anchorage Festival of Music young artist scholarship and current Miss Alaska, will bid adieu to local folks in advance of her departure to compete in the Miss America pageant, with a reception at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 16. The event will take place at the UAA Arts Building recital hall and will include entertainment, refreshments and an auction. Tickets are $10, and for that you'll have the chance to check out Waggoner's wardrobe and talent - which means, she'll be singing. So it's money well spent.

Bring family and friends to wish her well.