2011 Over-All Winner…

2011 Elementary Division (ages 8 – 10)
1st Place - Olivia Sanborn  (Rowlett)
2nd Place - Bethany Bass (Rowlett)
3rd Place - Kinsey Carlson (Murphy)

 2011 Middle Division (ages 11 – 13):
1st Place - Clay  Mobley (Wylie)
2nd Place - Yaminah Lewis  (Wylie)
3rd Place - Pricilla Garcia  (Wylie)

2011 Senior Division (ages 14 – 17):
1st Place - Alexsis Self (Wylie)
2nd Place - Marcel Baptiste (Wylie)
3rd Place - Jordan Green (Wylie)

It was another exciting year for Searching for a Star…Year 5 proved to be a banner year for Wylie Performers!Wylie ISD students made it a clean sweep in this year’s “Searching for a Star” contest.  With each student’s win comes one for Wylie ISD via the Wylie ISD Education Foundation (WEF) as well.  A total of $1,150 was awarded to the contest winner’s campus fine arts programs.  First place winner Clay Mobley won $750 for McMillan Junior High.  Second place winner, Alexis Self raked in $250 for Wylie East High School and third place winner Yaminah Lewis won $150 for Harrison Intermediate.  The annual event, sponsored by the Ballard School for the Performing Arts, serves as a showcase for young talent from across the Metroplex. 
 Singers compete in three categories: elementary (ages 8 through 10), middle (11 – 14), and senior (15 – 21). Three contestants in each group advance to finals and the chance to become the overall winner.     



Left to Right:  Rob Hunter, Founder and President of Searching for a Star Foundation; Betty Stephens, President of Wylie ISD Education Foundation;  Mike Whitcomb, Vice President of Programs WEF; Jordan Adams, Executive Director WEF;  winner Alexis Self; Alecia Rains, Alexis’ mother; Verna Self, Alexis’ grandmother; Mike Lipe, Wylie ISD Director of Fine Arts; and Andrea Farnham, Theatre Director at WEHS.
 

Left to Right:  Back row – Mike Whitcomb, VP of Programs WEF; Betty Stephens, President of WEF; Daniel Taylor, Band Director at Harrison Intermediate; and Claire Heath, Choir Director at Harrison.
Left to Right: Front row – Rob Hunter, Founder and President of Searching for a Star Foundation; Jordan Adams, Jordan Adams, Executive Director WEF; Lawrence Johnson, Yaminah’s stepfather; winner Yaminah Lewis; Tikisha Johnson, Yaminah’s mother and Mike Lipe, WISD Director of Fine Arts. 

Left to Right: Betty Stephens, President of WEF; Rob Hunter, Founder and President of Searching for a Star Foundation; Mike Whitcomb, VP of Programs WEF; Jordan Adams, Executive Director WEF; Kim Mobley, Clay’s mother; winner Clay Mobley; Jeff Mobley, Clay’s father; Rebecca Phelps, McMillan Junior High theatre teacher; Booklyn Monnat, McMillan Junior High visual arts teacher; Jon Peters, McMillan Junior High Principal and Lisa Fitts, McMillan Junior High band teacher.

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 2010 Searching for a Star Competition results!
Brittany Thomas – 2010 SFAS Winner!

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 

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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!

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2008 Searching for a Star Competition results!

Taylor Beckman (Sachse) – Overall Winner
Elliot Richie (Wylie)
Lexi Knight (Wylie)
Mandolin Wiessner(Garland)
Kelly Kennedy (Sachse)
Ashley Lee (Collyeville)
Evan Richie (Wylie)
Dexter Woods (Wylie)    
Ashley Carter (Rockwall)

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.

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2007  Searching for a Star Competition results!