Rotary Club Of Boca Raton Presents The 8th Annual Future Stars Performing Arts Competition: The Opening Event For Festival Of The Arts: Boca 2011

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BOCA RATON, FL (January, 5, 2011)--The Rotary Club of Boca Raton’s 8^th Annual Future Stars Performing Arts Competition (www.rotaryfuturestars.com) will kick off the Festival of the Arts BOCA 2011 for the third year as the Festival’s opening event (www.festivaloftheartsboca.org) on Friday night, March 4, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Count De Hoernle Amphitheater at Mizner Park with an inspiring talent showcase of Palm Beach and Broward county middle and high school vocal and dance performance artists. The program will feature more than 30 performances, ranging from solo and group vocal to solo and group dance presentations with 100 performers “taking the stage” to compete to become "2011 Future Stars" winners.  

Sponsored, presented, produced and manage by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton, “Future Stars” is South Florida's premier middle and high school vocal and dance performing arts competition, not a talent show. Past winners include artists now attending "The Juilliard" and other prestigious music and dance degree programs at prestigious universities, including Vanderbilt and University of Florida. All event proceeds raised support the Rotary Club of Boca Raton’s "Changing Lives & Building Futures" Scholarship Programs in education scholarships to local high school students.

“We are pleased to once again provide South Florida’s talented young artists with the opportunity to perform in a professional setting, with a “state of the art” sound system and a purpose built amphitheater, and it is due to the support of so many in our community that we are able to continue our mission,” noted Rick Taylor, originator of the Rotary Club Future Stars Program and Event Producer. The event is presented by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton in conjunction with Flossy Keesely; Ziegfield Girls of Florida, Inc.; Ocean Properties, Ltd.; Sun Capital Partners; Celebrity Cruises; Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Boca Raton Magazine; HSBC Bank; Miami Systems, Inc.; General Contractors; All Star Engraving; Multi-Image Group; Mummaw & Associates, Inc.; Kaye Communications, Inc. and other community partners.

The 2011 Future Stars program will include performances by the following:

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOCAL 

Danielle Francois,                     Boynton Beach             Bak Middle School

Emma McAvoy                        Boca Raton                   Bak Middle School

Elizabeth Schwartz                   Weston                         Falcon Cove Middle School

Lizzie Sider                              Boca Raton                  Pinecrest School

Vanessa E. Simpson                 Margate                        Home Schooled

Maggie Wilkinson                     Boca Raton                   A.D. Henderson Middle School

HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL

Erin Boyle                                Boca Raton                   Boca High School

Christina Caperna                    Jupiter                          Coram Deo Academy

Kendra Fulmer                         Boca Raton                   Saint Andrews School

Nicole Granet                           Boca Raton                  Spanish River High School

Sara Grant                                Boca Raton                   Broward Virtual School

McKenzie O'Connor                 Ocean Ridge                 Dreyfoos HSOA

Rachel Pecaro                           Boynton Beach             Spanish River High School

Georgia Sackler                        Boca Raton                   Dreyfoos HSOA

Megan Saslow                          Boca Raton                   Boca Christian

Jake  Sherbondy                       Boca Raton                   Home Schooled

Marquis Sklenar                        Coral Springs                Stoneman Douglas High School

Madison Spear                          Boca Raton                   West Boca High School

Lila Stallone                             Boca Raton                   Spanish River High School

VOCAL GROUPS

Spanish River Splash                Boca Raton                   Spanish River High School

DANCE SOLOISTS

Ali Castro                                 Boca Raton                   Dreyfoos HSOA

Rachel Donev                           Boca Raton                   Dreyfoos HSOA

Lital Gelman                            Weston                         Cypress Bay High School

Tara Langdon                          Palm Beach                  Dreyfoos HSOA

Vicki Marinucci                        Royal Palm Beach         Dreyfoos HSOA

Brooke Naylor                          Jupiter                          Dreyfoos HSOA

Sarah Ponczek                          Parkland                      Stoneman Douglas High School

Rotary Club member s Rick Taylor serves as Future Stars Executive Producer and Mike Berkman serves as its executive director supported club committee members including Jon Burford, Tracy Fogarty, Mitch Fogel, Dennis Frisch, Deborah Freudenberg, Doug Giordano, Camille Giuliasano-Pelaez, Trevor Headley, Yaacov Heller, Diane Hileman, John Hurland,  Alan Kaye, Jon Kaye, Flossy Keesely, Mary Kelly, Robert Klein, Donn Londeree, Mike Massarella, John Mollica, Doug Mummaw, Steve Pomeranz, Jeremy Pound, William Riddick, Neil Saffer, Greg Snyder, Julie Vianale and Rick Zimmer.

For more than 54 years The Rotary of Boca Raton has been is dedicated to “Changing Lives and Building Futures”.  Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: www.rotaryclubbocaraton.com and visit www.rotaryfuturestars.com , www.facebook.com/futurestarsboca and follow www.twitter/futurestarsboca.