(Dodge City, KS) (westernkansasnews.com)

American Idol auditions are  underway today at Wright Park in Dodge City.  The American Idol Season-12 Bus Tour is currently underway .

This is the first ever small-town bus tour by American Idol producers.  The bus is touring the south and Midwest in August.  Idol hopefuls can get more information online from the show’s website or on Facebook.  Southwest Kansas singers wishing to audition must be a U.S. citizen between the ages of 15 and 28.