Each summer, Kentucky’s most talented, creative high school students gather for three weeks to learn and grow together at the Governor’s School for the Arts.

    More than 1,300 students audition for the program each year, and about 240 are selected. The rising juniors and seniors receive in-depth instruction in one of these artistic disciplines: architecture, creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, musical theater, new media, visual art or vocal music.

    During their June 22-July 12 stay at Transylvania University, the student artists will be immersed in seminars, hands-on workshops and field trips. For more details, go to www.kentuckygsa.org/.

    Congratulations to these Fayette County participants for 2008:

From Bryan Station High School: Zoe Snider, creative writing; Anna Tussey, creative writing; Rebecca Price, instrumental music (cello).

From Henry Clay High School: Hannah Soard, architecture; Alexandra Reinke, dance (ballet); John Cowgill, drama; Andrew Riley, instrumental music (percussion).

From Lafayette High School: James Arnold, drama; Jamie Shackelford, dance (ballet); Jimmy  Betts, drama; Pooja Patil, instrumental music (piano); Mia Wirkus, instrumental music (French horn); Cory Cameron, Visual Art 1; Tyler Stahl, vocal music; Rebecca Howell, drama; Paul Sharpe, instrumental music (saxophone); Natalie Drucker, dance (ballet); Layne  McDuffie, dance (modern); Christopher Bowe, drama; Heepke Wendroth, instrumental music (piano); Sydney Steele, musical theater; Ryan Story, musical theater; Alexandra Dantchenko, new media; Adam Ross, creative writing; Blake Sugarman, drama; Mollie Greenberg, creative writing; Carolyn Parsons, drama; David Takahashi, instrumental music (viola); Reilly Richardson, musical theater.

From Paul Laurence Dunbar High: Jordan Wright, instrumental music (bass); Shuang Xu, drama; Anna Henning, instrumental music (violin); Benjamin Nosarzewski, instrumental music (violin); Cynthia Wong, architecture; Jack Fogle, architecture; Tessa Cavagnero, creative writing; Joseph Hudson, instrumental music (trombone); Mason Reeves, drama; Joseph Lindsey, drama; Shayna Hubers, vocal music.

From Tates Creek High: Whitney Hardyman, creative writing; Teran Sundy, creative writing

 

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