Young artist winners named at gala

COURTESY PHOTO Sabrina Gruber of Riverdale High School, Overall Event Winner

The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre hosted the Young Artists Awards Gala on Sunday March 2, featuring 22 student performances. More than $20,000 in savings bonds and other prizes were awarded.

The Young Artists Awards program is a not for profit, performing arts audition, performance, education and scholarship program for local students ages 8-21.

Sabrina Gruber, a Riverdale High School senior, was named the Overall Event Winner for her performance of Chopin's Scherzo No. 3 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 39. A silent auction featuring the artwork of pediatric oncology patients was also held, benefiting the Children's Hospital.

More information is available at www. youngartistsawards.org.
DANCE
Ages 8-14
Ariel Reichenbach, Oasis Charter Middle
School, Age Category Winner
Sierra Espie, Homeschooled
Ages 15-21
Bianca Russell, Lehigh Senior High School,
Age Category Winner
Taylor Ryan, South Fort Myers High School,

COURTESY PHOTO Allison Rakowski of Bishop Verot High School competing in Classical Voice

Overall Category Winner
DRAMA
Ages 13-16
Erica Natal, North Fort Myers High School
Grace Lewis, Bishop Verot High School, Age
Category Winner
Ages 17-21
Chanda Barnes, Cypress Lake High School,
Age Category Winner
Dana Angeloro, FGCU, Overall Category
Winner
CONTEMPORARY VOICE/
MUSICAL THEATRE
Ages 8-12
Taylor Nemetz, Trafalgar Middle School,
Age Category Winner
Halie Boling, Cypress Lake Middle School
Ages 13-16
Grace Lewis, Bishop Verot High School
Jaclyn Neidenthal, St. Andrew Catholic

School, Age Category Winner, Overall Category
Winner
Ages 17-21
Katherine Abbott, FGCU
Carla Martinez, Edison College, Age Category
Winner
CLASSICAL VOICE
Ages 13-16
Allison Rakowski, Bishop Verot High School,
Age Category Winner
Isabella LeVan, Gulf Middle School

COURTESY PHOTO Category Winners Jaclyn Neidenthal (Contemporary Voice), Brittany Mills (Classical Voice), Sabrina Gruber (Instrumental Music), Chanda Barnes (Drama), and Bianca Russell (Dance) with Steve Personette of EMBARQ, the event's title sponsor

Ages 17-21
Brittany Mills, North Fort Myers High
School, Age Category Winner, Overall Category
Winner
Dana Angeloro, FGCU
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Ages 13-16
Caroline Barclift, Fort Myers High School,
Age Category Winner
Madeleine Traverse, St. Francis Xavier
Ages 17-21
Stephen Apple, Venice High School
Sabrina Gruber, Riverdale High School, Age Category Winner, Overall Category Winner, Overall Event Winner

COURTESY PHOTO Brittany Mills of North Fort Myers High School performing in Classical Voice