Camas teen to sing at Clark County Fair, release new album

For the second year, Camas teen Katelynne Cox will perform at the Clark County Fair. This time, however, she has backup.

Instead of singing with prerecorded background music, Cox, 16, will have a live drummer, guitarist and bass player, as well as three backup dancers when she performs on The Columbian Family Fun Stage at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 6.

Cox, a Mountain View High School student doing Clark College’s Running Start program, will sing songs off her first full-length album, “One Girl.” Pre-release copies will be available at the fair. The album is expected to be released late this summer.

Cox also will perform some of her older material at the fair. She’ll sing “Got a Feeling,” the single off her 2008 EP, “Unbelievable,” which was released on her independent label, KC Records. She plans to do a Blondie cover, as well.

Cox is looking forward to trying out her “One Girl” material at the fair and seeing the crowd’s reaction to her revamped show.

“It’s going to be a lot bigger of a show,” she said. “I think it’s going to have a better energy and make things more exciting for the crowd. I’m super excited about it.”