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Previous Winners

2010 SFAS Winner - Brittany Thomas

2010 Searching for a Star Competition results!

2010 Elementary Division (ages 8 – 10)
1st Place - Olivia Sanborn (Rowlett)
2nd Place - Katie Schonenkase (Parker)
3rd Place - Katie Patton (St. Paul)

Honorable Mention AlyssaBottlinger (Murphy) and Roni Ramos (Murphy)

2010 Middle Division (ages 11 – 13):
1st Place - Bianca Loren (Frisco)
2nd Place - Yaminah Lewis (Wylie)
3rd Place - Meagan McLaughlin (Wylie)

Honorable Mentions - Clay Mobley (Wylie) and Laura Turner (Quinlan)

2010 Senior Division (ages 14 – 17):
1st Place - Brittany Thomas (Garland)
2nd Place - Mandolin Wiessner (Rowlett)
3rd Place - Skylar Addicks (Wylie)

Honorable Mentions - Amber Bottlinger (Murphy) and Gaven Edmonds (Sachse)

Brittany recieves $500 Scholarship for her school’s fine arts department

Left to Right – Garland Mayor, Ronald Jones, Euphania Thomas (Brittany’s mother), Brittany Thomas, Rob Draper (Naaman Forest, Choir Director) and Rob Hunter – Founder Search for a Star Foundation

2009 Searching for a Star Competition results!

SFAS 2009 Winner D'Moreya Woods

D’Moreya Woods (Frisco) – Overall Winner
Sarah Olson (Celeste)
Cory Feuerbacher (Wylie)
Rachel Gatewood (McKinney)
Clay Mobley (Wylie)
Malley Morales (Dallas)

In the senior class the finals produced stellar performances by the two top singers, D’Moreya Woods and Sarah Olson. At the end of the night out of a possible 34 points they were within .45 of a point of each other! Sarah scored her highest points singing Celine Dion’s version of “At Last” while D’Moreya scored highest on the founder’s choice song “I’m Yours” byJason Mraz. After the votes were tallied the over-all winner was D’Moreya Woods!

First up was the 2008 SFAS winner, Taylor Beckham whose song “Like as Star” brought a hush over the large crowd. After singing Taylor and her parents took the stage where they were presented flowers and given accolades for the promotion of SFAS during the 2008 year. Taylor carried the torch well last season and through Tree Sound Studios and RMG Records in Atlanta she became the 2008 poster girl at the National Convention for the Girl Scouts of America.

Jonathan Pilgrim was the winner of our first competition. He has tremendous talent and a beautiful voice ! He is a versatile singer; with the ability to sing all styles of music including pop, country, R&B as well as Opera! He is also a songwriter! Below are some of Jonathan’s accomplishments after Searching for a Star:
. 2008 Promotion and Record deal Tree Leaf Studios Atlanta GA.
. Baylor University Music Major
. Vocal Instructor – Midway High School …SW Waco TX.
. Lead Role in “Marriage of Figaro” opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Jonathan will be Judging in this year’s SFAS Competition!