You can see Baya Voce on Wednesday on television as one of the cast members of this season's "The Real World: Brooklyn," MTV's hit reality series.
Or you can see the Salt Lake City native deejaying tonight at The Star Bar in Park City in a pre-Sundance Film Festival benefit party for the Park City Concerts Foundation. "In Brooklyn, we were lucky enough to pursue our dreams," said Voce. "I always wanted to D.J."
Voce was one of eight cast members in the 21st and most recent season of "The Real World," a reality series that takes eight young people from around the country and places them in the same house together for three months. The season was shot in Brooklyn between August and November last year, but the season's second episode airs tonight.
Voce and another member this season, Chet Cannon, grew up in Salt Lake City. Both auditioned for the show last year when casting directors held try-outs at Area 51, a local nightclub.
While Cannon is a devout Mormon, Voce, 21, is not. Early in the season she aspires to be a hip hop dancer, having studied at the Salt Lake Dance Center and as a member of East High's Dance Company. As the season progressed, she developed an interest in deejaying dance music, and hopes to the parlay the "once-in-a-lifetime" Real World experience into a career.
"In those four months, I grew more than I have in a long time," Voce said.
She now lives in Manhattan. "I always felt out-of-place in Utah," she said. "I completely miss the mountains, and I can't tell you how much I miss nature, but I feel more at home in New York."
"This is a homecoming for Baya," said Toby Martin, who runs the Park City Concerts Foundation, a non-profit that funds concerts year-round in Park City. Proceeds from the concert will go to the foundation. "I think a bunch of her friends from East High will be coming."
This won't be Voce's first time at Sundance, but this time she has the face and name that will get her admitted to the high-profile concerts at Harry O's and The Star Bar. "I was always the person standing outside in the snow, not getting in," she said.
When » Wednesday. Doors open at 9 p.m.
Where » The Star Bar, 268 Main St., Park City
Tickets » $10 at the door or at SmithsTix (467-8499)
Also appearing » DJ Bentley, DJ Brooklyn

