For me, it was the BEST finals that we’ve ever had. The talent was fantastic. The song selections were wonderful. Out of the 10 finalists we only graduate 3, so we get to hear 7 again, and several are Sophmores with one Freshman. I want to thank all ten for providing Culture Shapers and myself [...]
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After a year of semi-finals, it comes down to ONE GUY & NINE GALS……….. 1-Libby Jasper, Sophomore at HSPVA will sing: “Live Out Loud” from A Little Princess and “Let Me Be Your Star” from Smash. 2-Kristen DelBosque, Senior at Klein will sing: With You and Here I Am 3-Raegan Roberts, a home-schooled Sophmore will [...]
Jenni Rebecca Stephenson is a graduate of the University of Houston, receiving her bachelors of music from the Moore’s School of Music, majoring in vocal performance, with a minor in theatre. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing at UH. Ms. Rebecca is co-founder of Nova Arts Project, a nonprofit theatre company [...]
We will have ten students sing two songs each for a prize purse of $3,350. The order of Performance will not be set until April 11th. Here are the performers who have selected their songs thus far- 1st place = $1,500 2nd place = $1,000 3rd place = $500 4th-10th place $50 per person Brooke [...]
On April 18th, ten performers who have competed throughout the year will get their chance for some serious money. In the finals we have: 1 Freshman, 4 Sophmore, 2 Junior, and 3 Senior. Cy-Fair ISD leads the way with four entries. More details will be forth coming; however, the our 10 finalists are- 1-Jessie Brownie, [...]
The last two people to advance to the FINALS are: 1-Jessie Brownie, a home-schooled Sophmore (1st place and $500) 2-Lindsay Vrana, a Junior at Cy-Creek (2nd place and $300) Not advancing to the finals but third place and $200 was Erica Marks, a Sophmore at Austin High. We will be posting the FINALISTS in three [...]
The order of appearance will be- 1-Emmanuel Coraza, Senior at Klein will sing, I’m Alive! 2-Noah McClain, Home-Schooled Freshman will sing, Now 3-Austin Jacobs, Home-Schooled Senior will sing, Larger Than Lif 4-Caleb Sepulveda, Junior at Cy-Fair will sing, Corner of the Sky 5-True Hernandez, Senior at Jersey Village will sing- Quiet 6-Christie Boriack, A home-schooled [...]
Congratulations to all of the contestants. It was a great night. 1st place ($500) Chidima Ubah, Junior at Klein 2nd place ($300) Phoebe Adams, Freshman at Cy-Woods 3rd place ($200) Jessie Brownie, Home-Schooled Sophmore The top two move to the FINALS in April and 3rd place can try again in March. The last Semi-Final will [...]
Here is the order of appearance. 1-Alana Strong, Junior at Cy-Fair will sing- Bride’s Lament 2-Caleb Sepulveda, Junior at Cy-Fair will sing- Corner Of The Sky 3-Lindsey Vrana, Junior at Cy-Creek will sing- There’s A Fine, Fine Line 4-Presley Phillips, Senior at Waller will sing- Anyway 5-Phoebe Adams, Freshman at Cy-Woods will sing- Mama Who [...]
#1-Raegan Roberts $500 (A Home Schooled Sophomore) #2-Libby Jasper $300 (Sophomore at HSPVA) #3-Julia Cole $200 (Senior at Klein) The top two automatically transfer to the April FINALS. Amazing job by two Sophomores and a Senior. Congratulations to all. The Next Semi Final is in February. Watch for the sign up period- NEXT YEAR (2012)
The order of appearance for Dec. 7th is posted below. Remember, no back up music in your song selection. 1-Matt Buzonas Senior At Klein Collins will sing- Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You 2-Morgan Critchlow Junior at Cy-Ranch will sing- Skyscraper 3-Savannah Minnery Junior Home-Schooled will sing- The Fire Within Me 4-Raegan Roberts Sophmore [...]
The 2nd Semi Final had some awesome competition, and I mean AWESOME. Walking away with $500 and 1st place was Brooke Humphrey (Senior at Cy-Woods). Second place and $300 went to Kristen DelBosque (Senior at Klein). Both of them now advance to the FINALS. Third place, and $200, went to Erica Marks (Sophmore at Austin), [...]
Open to the public-FREE! Bring your family & friends as they account for 30% of the judging process. 1-Mark Jammal Junior at Cy-Fair will sing- How Glory Goes 2-Kristen DelBosque Senior at Klein will sing- Your Daddy’s Son 3-Asia Kreitz Freshman at Cy-Ranch will sing- Think Of Me 4-Erica Marks Sophmore at Austin will sing- [...]
Kaitlyn Knippers (Soph at Cy Ranch) won $500 and first place. Drew Brandon Jones (Senior at HSPVA) won $300 and second place. Both now move on to the Finals in April. Alana Strong (Junior at Cy Fair) won $200 and came in third. Congrats to all. The 2nd semi final is in November and you [...]
The order of appearance for the first semi-final on September 28th is as follows: 1-Alana Strong, Junior at Cy-Fair will sing, “Ireland” 2-Cherith Ramsey, Senior at Dulles will sing, “Mercy” 3-Kaitlyn Knippers, Soph at Cy-Ranch will sing, “I Who Have Nothing” 4-Drew Brandon Jones, Senior at HSPVA will sing, “My Way” 5-Caleb Sepulveda, Junior at [...]
