Norton Auditorium will house country singer and actress Jana Kramer Aug. 25 starting at 8 p.m.

“Jana is country, but she’s got a bit of pop in her sound,” said senior Shelby Stephens.

Kramer sounds similar to Sara Evans who also sings country-pop, said senior Ben McNeal.

Kramer has had four songs featured on the TV series “One Tree Hill,” according to Celebrity Talent International. Kramer also acted in the show for almost three years.

McNeal, Stephens and senior Haley Webster are promoters for this concert. Stephens said promoting this concert is their project for their class ENT 492, Singing River Records.

The Singing River Records class allows students to submit a proposal for an independent project, said Bob Garfrerick, department chair of Entertainment Industry. McNeal, Stephens and Webster decided to become show promoters for theirs.

“What we wanted to do was at least one big show and one small show,” Webster said. “So, we decided to be ambitious and do the big show first.”

Webster said Kramer worked well with the dates the students had available.

“She was in our budget,” Stephens said. “Everything just fell into place.”

Country singer Jarred Pierce, who has an “old country sound,” is the opening act, Stephens said.

“I think (the show is) great,” Garfrerick said. “It’s a fairly big show. She does not come cheap, and this is going be as good of a show as anything that’s in Norton any given year. My thoughts are that this is going to be a good show.”

McNeal said he hopes people have a good time at the concert.

“I hope people enjoy this show and any of the others we will promote,” he said. “It’s going to be an awesome show.”

Stephens said she gained a new appreciation of concerts after working on this one.

“There was a lot of work put into it,” Stephens said. “It mainly came from trying to find artists and align the dates for our venue, and getting it all figured out was kind of hard. There’s a lot of stuff that goes into it that you don’t even realize while you’re at the concert.”

Webster said while they are excited to work on other shows, the planning can be stressful.

“It’s been so great,” she said. “Everything that has happened, good or bad, we have learned from it. When a large promotion company does something like this, they delegate shows like this to 50 different people who have their own specific task. So, it’s really unique that we get to have a hand in every part of the process.”

Those who are interested can buy the tickets for $30 online or at the door. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.