“Spotlight on Talent,” a regional performing arts competition in its 35th year, has announced winners from its March 10 competition at the Center for the Arts in Wesley Chapel.
The competition, presented by the Heritage Arts Center Association, involved 140 finalists, competing for more than $5,000 in trophies, ribbons and cash prizes.
Victoria Neukom was the winner of the $1,000 Pasco Heritage Scholarship.
Winners in various categories are:
ACT I, the younger students:
Category 1
- First: Vincent Pham, piano
- Second, tie: Emory Rudolph, jazz dance
Keaton Ward, musical theater
- Fourth: Samuel Wu, piano
- Fifth: Alynza McBride, ballet dance
Category 2
- First: Kasey Lang, piano
- Second: Jasmine Crew, lyrical dance
- Third: Brooklynn Ryan, vocal
- Fourth: Madison Fouche, lyrical dance
Category 3
- First: Lilyana Gargano, jazz dance
- Second: Taylor Kriisa, tap dance
- Third: Michaela Mezzei, contemporary dance
- Fourth: Sailor Wade, lyrical dance
- Fifth: Faith Phaller, ballet dance
Groups
- First: Showbiz, musical theater
- Second: Songbirds, musical theater, Bianca Horodecki and Gabrielle Smedley
ACT II, the older students:
Category 1
- First: Flavio Eduardo Carreno-Olivo, piano
- Second: Julianna Mazza, pointe dance
- Third: Victoria Conn, jazz dance
- Fourth: Gracie Scaglione, contemporary dance
- Fifth: Agnes Hernandez, piano
- Sixth: Andrew Eskut, piano
Category 2
- First: Zachary D’Onofrio, jazz vocal
- Second: Shelby Surratt, musical theater
- Third: Maria Hernandez, piano
- Fourth: Georgia Piersall, vocal
- Fifth: Dorothy Ferguson, vocal and piano
Category 3
- First: Victoria Neukom, contemporary dance
- Second: Haley Sanders, musical theater
- Third: Hannah Knight, original vocal and guitar
- Fourth: Kamryn Belloise, musical theater
- Fifth: Kiersten Herman, musical theater
Groups
- First: Showstoppers, musical theater
- Second: Star Company, lyrical dance
For more information, call (352) 567-1720, or visit www.HeritageArts.org.
Published March 21, 2018
