A recent canceled flight turned into planes, trains and automobiles, as Columbia Records artist Joanna Smith tried to get to a performance in Huntington, N.Y., at country-radio station WJVC last Thursday..

Songster Smith managed to arrive with minutes to spare, but the harried trip left her with very little time to do her hair. Enter fellow rising star singer/songwriter Lauren Alaina of American Idol fame, who stepped in to help by curling Smith's hair before either had to hit the stage.

This week, post-celebrity hairstyling, Smith is headed home to South Georgia to spend Christmas with her family.

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