Many in Honeoye Falls were glued to their television sets Wednesday night to see one of their own. Jonathan Stills, a bus driver for the Honeoye Falls-Lima School District, had gone to Orlando, Florida to audition for American Idol.

A large group of Stills’ friends got together at the firehouse to watch him sing on national television.

"For being such a small town it's just really exciting,” said Meaghan McGory. “Everyone's just in a tizzy, we're all excited."

Jonathan has been a member of the Honeoye Falls Volunteer Fire Department for nearly four years. His fellow firefighters say he has a great voice and sings at different events.

Having one of their neighbors on American Idol has become the talk of the town.

"Everyone around town has been speaking about Jonathan now that it's out, now that Idol's out on the street,” said Joe Germanto, a lieutenant with the fire department. “Everyone knows that Jonathan's a great singer and everywhere you go someone's talking about Jonathan."

They watched other performers, some good and others not so much, get air time during the hour-long show, but they only saw quick glimpses of Stills and didn't get to hear him sing.

"It was disappointing, but at least we got a little clip at the end so we know he's moving on,” explained firefighter Brandon Mustardo. “None of us have really talked to him because I guess we can't. We're hoping for the best for him and we'll be supporting him the entire way."

Jonathan has been cleared from work through March and that is a strong indication that he's still in contention.

The firefighters say they will get together again next week hoping this time Jonathan will make the show.

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