NFAA or YOUNG ARTS News

Congratulations to these Outstanding Booker T. Washington Students!
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YoungArts honors some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors in the arts. Over 8,000 students register for youngARTS each year. Up to 150 students are selected as youngARTS Finalists. Other recognition categories include Merit Awards and Honorable Mentions.

The Finalists are brought to Miami for youngARTS Week in January, an all-expense-paid week of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, enrichment programs, and final adjudications.

YoungArts also nominates 50 of the youngARTS Finalists to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars to become Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Twenty of those nominees are then selected as Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

BTWHSPVA has had a number of students selected as Finalists each year.

2010 YOUNG ARTS PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS IN THE ARTS:

Austin Goodwin, Choreography
Ida Saki, Modern Dance

YOUNG ARTS FINALISTS

Victoria Caffey, Jazz Dance
Mia Antoinette Crowe, Acting

MERIT AWARD WINNERS:

Joshua Bailey, DANCE/World Dance Forms/African
Shonjia, DANCE/World Dance Forms/African
Chloe Wells, DANCE/World Dance Forms/Spanish
Katy Wood, PHOTOGRAPHY
D'Andre Horn, VOICE/Popular Voice

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD WINNERS

Katherine Bernet, DANCE/TAP


L-R: Victoria Caffey, Austin Goodwin, Ida Saki, Mia Crowe


2009 YOUNG ARTS Finalists

Of the finalists below, seniors Olivia Harris and Jennifer Criss advanced to become candidates for Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

BTWHSPVA is proud to announce that six seniors have qualified as finalists in the Young Arts Competition (NFAA). These students will go to Miami to compete with other Arts students from around the nation to become candidates for a 'Presidential Scholar'.

JENIFFER CRISS - African Dance
MEGHAN FLUKER - Jazz Dance
FREDERICK THOMAS - African Dance
VANISHA GOULD - Jazz Vocal
OLIVIA HARRIS - Musical Theater
JAZZMEIA HORN - Jazz Vocal


2008 YOUNG ARTS Finalists

To see a full list of 2008 winners from Texas High Schools click here

Finalists:

Alysha Deslorieux * Musical Theater
Judge Rucker * Visual Arts, 3-D
Abbey Adkins * Modern Dance
Isoke Brown * West African Dance

Honorable Mention:

Haley Carter * West African Dance
Weaver Rhodes * Modern Dance
Annie Such * Film/Video
Jordan Pettay * Jazz-Saxophone
Alysha Deslouieux * Popular Voice
Kelton Blackshear * Popular Voice
Daryl Meador * Photography
ShaVunda Horsley * Theater
Dilan Walpola * Visual Arts
Ryan Bock * Visual Arts

Merit Awards:

McKenna Birmingham * Modern Dance
Ebony Cunningham * Modern Dance
Alex Halbert * Visual Arts
Tessa Langle * West African Dance
Annie Such * Writing, Play or Script for Film/Video
Brady Wolshansky * Visual Arts

2007 YOUNG ARTS or NFAA Results

Three BTWHS students - Seniors Brittanie Brown, Asher Frankfurt, and Jay Jackson were chosen for the highest honor of Presidential Scholar, which is given to only 20 students in the country. Booker T. had the highest number of Presidential Scholars from any one school. Presidential Scholars and their teachers will be honored in June in Washington, D.C.

NFAA Winners

Presidential Scholar Winners

Brittanie Brown * Modern Dance
Jay Jackson * Dance Choreography
Asher Frankfurt * Writing Play or Script

Finalists

Brittanie Brown * Modern Dance
Jay Jackson * Dance Choreography
Adryan Moorefield * African Dance
Asher Frankfurt * Writing Play or Script

Honorable Mentions

Clarynda Nimmons * Modern Dance
Ebony Rodriguez * World Dance African
Mark Meadows * Jazz Keyboard
Paul Barron * Visual Arts

Merit Awards

Jasmine Flowers * World Dance African
Ellen Hoffman * World Dance Folklorico
Jehbreal Jackson * Modern Dance
Cecil Moore * Modern Dance
Jay Henning * Non-Fiction Writing
Chase Arrington * Film & Video Production
Forrest McClain * Film & Video Production

Also see www.nfaa.org

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