Festival Scholarship for Arts
Since 1991, Festival in the Park has awarded and funded over $114,000 in arts scholarships to area students
2010 Scholarship Application Entry Deadline is April 2, 2010
2010 Forms (PDF):
Scholarship Application • Letter to Educators
 In 2010, Festival in the Park will again be offering its annual scholarship awards to graduating high school seniors. Full time students planning to minor or 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 2010 fall semester may apply.
The one-year awards being offered for 2010 will likely be:
• 1st place Music – $500 John Will Creasy Memorial –Festival In the Park
• 1st place Performing Arts – $500 A. W. (Skip) Brown, Edward Jones Scholarship
• 1st place Visual Arts – $500 – EventZone Scholarship
• 2nd place Music – $250 2nd place Performing Arts – $250
• 2nd place Visual Arts- $250
• One or Two Special Honorable mention awards of $250 any category
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 the 2010 Festival in the Park. The winners of Visual Arts (paintings, photography, sculptures) will be allowed to participate at no charge in the three-day Fine Arts and Crafts Show during the Memorial Day weekend of May 28 – 31, 2010.
In 2010 there are two very fun and exciting ways that we raise funds for the Scholarship for the Arts Program:
Silent Auction at the Kroger Cabin Fever Series
April 16, 2010
If you’d like to donate a tax deductible item for this Silent Auction (no matter how large or small) – email: 
2nd Annual Derby Day Gala
May 1, 2010
Thanks to all teachers and counselors who help spread the word
about our scholarship!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2010 FESTIVAL IN THE PARK SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:
Angela Huang, Cave Spring High School – 2nd Place Visual Art Scholarship (Will be attending Virginia Tech)
Gwendolyn Sewell, Christiansburg High School – 2nd Place Visual Art Scholarship (Will be attending Virginia Tech)
Mariah Davis, Salem High School – 2nd Place Visual Art Scholarship
Marcie Hancock, Salem High School- 1st Place John Will Creasy Memorial Scholarship , Visual Art (Will be attending Savannah College of Art and Design)
Abigail Bagliani, Roanoke Catholic School- 1st place Festival in the Park and EventZone Scholarship for Performing Arts (Will be attending Wake Forest University)
Minjin Chung, Blacksburg High School - 2nd Place Music Scholarship (Will be attending University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign)
Emily Eyestone, Blacksburg High School – 1st Place A.W “Skip” Brown, Edward Jones Scholarship
What schools have had winners?
In the Valley:
Salem 15
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 3
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
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PAST SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Chris Barker
Dylan Renee Summers
Alexandria Smith
Ana Morales
Nigel Huckle
Jessica Wang
Amanda Lowery
Matthew Lipscomb
Cara Jennings
Lauren Benjamin
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
Brittany Covington
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