September 20-26, 2007
Noted News briefs from the Front Range
Pikes Peak Arts Council award winners announced You may or may not have watched the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, but another ceremony took place earlier that day as the Pikes Peak Arts Council announced winners in its Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
The big winners were The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore, a production of the Colorado's Classical Youth Ballet, the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs; the Star Bar Players' Night and Her Stars; and the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company's Into the Woods. Each took two awards.
The coolest announcement came as The Nicotine Fits, a prominent local punk act, took home the prize for Best Popular Music (group). Other notable winners: Karen Sucharski for Best Performance Poet; Benjamin Pratt for Best Popular Music (solo); and Herman Raymond, for Best Artist. - PF
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Audra Ball Denver Ballet Guild 2006 Julianna Bicki Esther Geoffrey CS Dance Theatre scholarship 2007 Denver Ballet Guild 2007 Kim Dorland Denver Ballet Guild 2007 Sarah Kovach Esther Geoffrey CS Dance Theatre scholarship 2007 Hillary MacPhee Esther Geoffrey CS Dance Theatre scholarship 2006 & 2007 Angela Wood Esther Geoffrey CS Dance Theatre scholarship 2007 Denver Ballet Guild 2006 & 2007 Erika Yeager Esther Geoffrey CS Dance Theatre scholarship 2007 Denver Ballet Guild 2007 Many other CCYB dancers have been awarded places and scholarships to the dance summer programs of their choice. We are proud of all of our hardworking dancers!
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