Hit Idol

Shay Spalding helps Alyssa Schwab with her hair in the basement of the Historic Ironwood Theatre before Friday evening's seventh annual HIT Idol performance. They both were set to perform solos. Spalding, a senior in Hurley, said she's sung in the show every year. Schwab, an Ironwood and Northern Michigan University graduate, was a winner a few years ago. The HIT Idol two-day event continues tonight as former American Idol contestant Tristan McIntosh headlines a show set for 7.