TW_06.14.10_Edition.pdf - St. John Tradewinds News

Tyler Stephen Paige Clarke
Kainoa Metcalf Marissa Muilenburg
Tiareh Schaub Kaitlyn Cummings
John Ovcina John Spinale
By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds
Eight budding musicians and
dancers battled nerves and overcame
fears during the professional
auditions for the coveted Ruth
“Sis” Frank Merit Scholarships at
St. John School of the Arts on Sunday
afternoon, June 6.
Established in honor of SJSA’s
founder, Sis Frank, the scholarships
are based on talent, not financial
need, explained the school’s
executive director Jan Kinder.
“Recipients of the merit scholarship
are those students recognized
for their talent and awarded scholarships
based on that talent and not
financial need,” said Kinder.
Each SJSA student faced a panel
of three judges as they performed
their musical or movement selection.
It was Tyler Stephen’s fourth
time trying out for the merit scholarship
and his performance wowed
the judges, who sent the 13-yearold
pianist home with the platinum
scholarship.
“I try not to worry about it,”
Stephen said about the stress of
auditions. “This is my fourth time,
so I guess I’m getting used to it.”
Paige Clarke, who has been
tickling the ivories for three years,
took advantage of her first merit
scholarship audition to take home
the gold award.
“My teacher told me to try out
so I did,” said 11-year-old Clarke.
Also awarded gold honors were
Kainoa Metcalfe, 13, who has
been playing piano for three years;
Tiareh Schaub, 13, who has been
dancing for seven years; and Marissa
Muilenbug, 10, who has been
playing piano for six years.
Metcalfe wanted to win the
scholarship in order to improve his
playing.
“I think it would be fun to win
the scholarship because it would
be a good way to get better at piano,”
he said.
Schaub, who plays piano in addition
to dancing, looked at the
chance to win a merit scholarship
as a privilege, she explained.
“It’s such a privilege to be able
to share your passion with the
community,” said Schaub. “I think
it’s scary to audition, but I use a
mental picture of myself doing
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Talented St. John Youngsters Vie for
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well to calm down.”
Muilenburg was not letting her
nerves get the better of her either.
“This is my first time auditioning,
but it’s not too scary,” said
Muilenburg. “I’m a little nervous,
but I’ll be okay.”
Kaitlyn Cummings, an 11-yearold
who has been dancing for
eight years, and 11-year-old John
Ovcina, who has played piano for
five and half years so far, both took
home silver scholarships. John
Spinale, 12, who just started playing
piano three months ago, took
home the bronze scholarship.
Cummings hoped to take home
a scholarship to help out her family
and continue to pursue her passion.
“We’re building a house, so the
scholarship would be nice,” said
Cummings, who choreographed
her own dance piece for the judges.
“I love dancing and want to be
able to keep doing this. Dancing
gets my adrenaline flowing and I
just think it’s really fun.”
Ovinca has been playing piano
for almost half of his life and
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