{"id":28038,"date":"2017-07-06T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T11:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=28038"},"modified":"2020-09-21T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T14:48:51","slug":"newton-woman-star-nbcs-little-big-shots-forever-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/newton-woman-star-nbcs-little-big-shots-forever-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton woman to star on NBC\u2019s \u2018Little Big Shots: Forever Young\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28039\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/littlebigshots_Eilert-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/littlebigshots_Eilert-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/littlebigshots_Eilert.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>An 88-year-old Newton woman known for her chicken-calling, spunki-ness and style will be featured on the small screen Wednesday night during NBC\u2019s \u201cLittle Big Shots: Forever Young.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_premium\">\n<p>Bonnie Swalwell Eilert, a Baxter native and a 1947 Newton High School graduate, went on one of her biggest adventures yet this past spring \u2014 she traveled to Los Angeles to film with TV host Steve Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>Eilert\u2019s hoots and hollers are not only famous to Iowans, but they are also known to Eilert\u2019s friends and family internationally. Eilert has participated in the calling contests at the Iowa State Fair for more than 45 years, where she has won a hefty amount of blue ribbons in various categories.<\/p>\n<p>When one of the producers of the newly launched show saw Eilert on social media, they reached out to the Iowa State Fair. The state fair employees then reached out to Eilert about the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I didn\u2019t have to wait to think about it,\u201d Eilert said. \u201cYes, yes, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eilert said she received a call from NBC in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 88-year-old Newton woman known for her chicken-calling, spunki-ness and style will be featured on the small screen Wednesday night during NBC\u2019s \u201cLittle Big Shots: Forever Young.\u201d Bonnie Swalwell Eilert, a Baxter native and a 1947 Newton High School graduate, went on one of her biggest adventures yet this past spring \u2014 she traveled to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/newton-woman-star-nbcs-little-big-shots-forever-young\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Newton woman to star on NBC\u2019s \u2018Little Big Shots: Forever Young\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grange-in-the-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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