MCC and The Alden Award Fine Arts Scholarships to Local Students

Twelve local high school students received scholarships for successfully competing in the 2012 James C. Macdonald Fine Arts Scholarship Competition, sponsored by the McLean Community Center (MCC) and the Alden Theatre, located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.

MCC Governing Board Chair Kevin Dent and Performing Arts Director Sarah Schallern presented the awards at the final competition-performance, which was held on Thursday, May 24, in the Alden Theatre.

The James C. Macdonald Fine Arts Scholarship Competition encourages artistic achievement and promotes study in the arts by high school students who reside or attend school in the McLean district (Small Tax District 1A, Dranesville District). Scholarship prizes of $1,200 are awarded to students placing first in each of four categories: Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. Second-place winners are awarded $800 and third-place winners win $400. This year’s competition did not include the Dance category, as there was not the required number of qualified competitors in that category.

This year’s winners were:

Vocal Music
First Place Jack Flatley, Vocal Music
Junior, Langley High School

Second Place Danielle Wertz, Vocal Music
Senior, McLean High School

Third Place Larissa Converti, Vocal Music
Sophomore, Potomac School

Instrumental Music
First Place Ryo Kaneko, Piano
Junior, McLean High School

Second Place Michelle Park, Piano
Senior, Langley High School

Third Place Jennifer Wang, Piano
Freshman, McLean High School
Visual Arts
First Place Hyeong Guen Song, Visual Arts
Junior, The Heights School

Second Place Seung Yoon Lee, Visual Arts
Senior, Langley High School

Third Place Ivy Lim, Visual Arts
Sophomore, Langley High School
Theatre
First Place Chris Paul, Theatre
Junior, Langley High School

Second Place BrIan Patterson, Theatre
Senior, Langley High School

Third Place Rachel Mayman, Theatre
Sophomore, Langley High School

The judges for the competition were: Anthony Brock, Peggy Feerick and Rebecca Kaman (Visual Arts), Seyon Lee, Wendy J. Conte and Jim Scopeletis (Music), Dana McLeod, Melissa Richardson, Jim Scopeletis and Tracey Stephens (Theatre). For more information, call the Alden Theatre at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711.