Snappily dressed performers emulated Billie Holiday?s sultry croon at a competition honoring the late “Lady Day.”

Ten competitors belted out Holiday?s jazz and blues songs to a crowd of more than 200 during the 17th Annual Baltimore Billie Holiday Vocal Competition on Sunday at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall during Baltimore?s Artscape festival.

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