The 2008 Overture Awards Scholarship Competition – the largest locally run arts scholarship competition in the country and presented by Cincinnati Arts Association – will have its finals on Sunday, after being postponed a month due to snow emergency.
The Overtures, for grades 9-12, award a $2,500 scholarship to winners in each of six arts categories. Finalists win a $500 scholarship.
Standing ovation to the four young women competing in the theater finals:
· Carly Shaina Cantor, Cincinnati Country Day School, Gr. 12, Musical Theater
· Olivia Donnelly, The Music House Inc, Gr. 10, Musical Theater
· Laura Friedman, Sycamore HS, Gr. 12, Drama
· Kathleen Johannigman, Wyoming HS, Gr. 12, Musical Theater
Other categories are Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Visual Art and Vocal Music. The finals, with the award ceremony immediately following, is at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Aronoff’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. A post-competition reception follows.
Jackie Demaline
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