2018 Participants
Kimberly Marquez
California
City: Bakersfield
College Preference: UC Irvine or CSU Long Beach
Career Goals:
Talent: Ballet Variation (Variation from Paquita, by Petipa)
Elizabeth Dutch
Georgia
City: Calhoun
College Preference: Florida State Univ. or Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Career Goals: Perform on Broadway
Talent: Vocal Performance (Forget About the Boy, by From the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Elena Rippeon
Maryland
City: Westminster
College Preference: Duke, Johns Hopkins, or Auburn University
Career Goals: Neural Engineering
Talent: Clarinet (Weber Concertino, by Carl Maria von Weber)
Melanie Taylor
Michigan
City: Birmingham
College Preference: Columbia University
Career Goals: Attorney
Talent: Original Poetry (The Gracefully Erased, by Melanie Taylor)
Gianna Rucki
Minnesota
City: Lakeville
College Preference: Arizona State University
Career Goals: Business Administration and Political Science
Talent: Vocal Presentation (You've Got A Friend, by Carole King)
Abigail Musser
Mississippi
City: Starkville
College Preference: Georgia Institute of Technology
Career Goals: Environmental Engineer
Talent: Violin (Csardas, by V. Monti (edited by Richard Czerwonky))
Simeon Saub
Nebraska
City: Omaha
College Preference: University of Missouri Kansas City
Career Goals: Professional ballet dancer
Talent: Contemporary Pointe Dance (Athena Goddess of War, by Mary Lorraine Miller)
Leah Humble
Tennessee
City: Sevierville
College Preference: University of Alabama
Career Goals: Cultural analysis
Talent: Tap Dance (Great Balls of Fire, by Jerry Lee Lewis)
