“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.
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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
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