Scholarship
for the Arts
Since 1991,
Festival in the Park has awarded and funded over $107,000 in arts
scholarships to area students
2008 Scholarship Application Entry Deadline is April 2, 2008
2008 Forms
(PDF):
Scholarship Application • Criteria • Letter
to Educators
 In 2008, Festival in the Park is again offering
its annual scholarship awards to graduating high school seniors
and college freshman. Full time
students planning to major in visual or performing arts (music,
dance,
theater, sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, etc.); whose
parent's
permanent residence is within a 100-mile radius of Roanoke; who
have been
accepted, or expect to be accepted into post-secondary training
prior to the
2008 fall semester may apply.
This year, EventZone and Festival in the Park
are offering:
- $750 John Will Creasy Memorial Grant funded
by Roanoke Festival in the Park
- $500 A. W. "Skip" Brown, Edward
Jones & Co.
Scholarship
- $250 EventZone Grant.
The awards will be made directly to the institutions that the
recipients
attend, to be applied to tuition, housing, books, or supplies.
Formal presentation of the scholarship awards will be made during
Festival's
grand finale on Sunday, May 26th, 2008; however, official notification
to
the winners will be made by May 15th. The winners of Visual Arts
(paintings,
photography, sculptures) will be allowed to participate at no charge
in the
Fine Arts and Crafts Show during the Memorial Day weekend of May
24 - 26,
2008.
Wanted:
Silent
Auction Items For
Scholarship
For the Arts Fundraiser!
We're
looking for Silent Auction items for the Scholarship for the Arts
Silent Auction fund raiser. If you'd like to make a tax-deductible
donation of an item or gift certificate to Festival in the Park
we'd greatly appreciate it - these can be large or small and the
item or service can be
almost anything of value. In 2008 the Scholarship for the Arts
Silent
Auction will be held at the Star City Beach Music Party on March
29, 2008. Call or email Carol Williams with donations or questions:
540 342-2640 x 249
Thanks to all teachers and counselors who help spread the word
about our scholarship!
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE 2007 FESTIVAL IN THE PARK SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:
Brittany Covington
Rachel Freeman
Ursala Dilley
What schools have had winners?
In the Valley:
Salem 11
Cave Spring 8
Northside 4
William Fleming 4
Patrick Henry 4
William Byrd 3
Roanoke Catholic 2
Hollins University 2
Glenvar 2
Hidden Valley 2
Lord Botetourt 1
Home School 1
New River Valley:
Christiansburg 3
Blacksburg 3
Others:
Franklin County 3
Jefferson Forrest 3
Staunton River 3
George Wythe 2
James River 2
Auburn (Rhiner) 1
Heritage 1
Fort Defiance 1 |
PAST
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Brittany Covington
Rachel Freeman
Ursala Dilley
Rebecca Garland
Michelle Madison
Miriam Piilonen
Matthew Stephens
Christine Permentere
Michele Morris Wiley
C. Domeon Lester
Kimberly R. Eubank
Robert Doherty
Amy Bowles
Terri Edillon
Darci Hart
Jason Fizer
Carrie Hundley
Richard C. Beal, Jr.
Jennifer Stokes
Brooke Latham
Joannna Sisk
Aaron Hudson
Ryan Mahone
Erica Hodgin
Yvette Coronado
Aaron Crigkelderhouse
Jennifer Davis
Adam Johnson
Brie Getteson
Sarah Fenty
Kinsey Holder
Allison Flores
Vanessa L. Fassie
Lonny Bradford
Mary Stewart Atwell
Creceda LaMaire
Sherri Robinette
Abe Orden
Sean Trent
Timothy Nelson
Emily Finton
Courtney Via
Stephen Brown
Nora Morris
Thomas Simmons
Runal Kireet Mehta
Ashley Renee Hall
William Smith
Havilah Liederbach
Erika Metz
Natalie Fassie
Willie Caldwell
Joshua Grisetti
Sarah Ward
Rebecca Ross McDermott
Aaron Dalton
Jessica Lawson
Lindsay Hall
Ruben Williams
Andrea Stroud
Megan Smith
Charlotte Noelle Kelly
Wallace Easter, III
Kevin Beasley
Jordan McArthur
Natalie Deck
Natalie Cook
Frieda B. Masters
Madolyn Smeltzer
Josh Flores
Alexandra Davis
Sera Tabb
Jenny Lewis
Meg Graninger
Erin Willett |
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