Fox Valley Rising Stars 2018
The final round of Soirée Lyrique’s Fox Valley Rising Stars 2018 Vocal Competition took place during Fest on the Fox, presented by the Northern Kane County Chamber of Commerce on July 14 at Carpenter Park in Carpentersville.
The winners are as follow:
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| Blake Buczkiewicz Huntley - 14 1st Prize - $150 (donated by Amy Hodgson of Cary & Murna & Bruce Hansemann of Elgin) |
Berkeley Borkert West Dundee - 13 2nd Prize - $50 (donated by Janet Asdel of Elgin) |
Mary Calabria Darien - 15 3rd Prize - $25 (donated by Rosemary & Art Schroeder of St. Charles) |
Catherine Colbert Bartlett - 13 3rd Prize - $25 (donated by Rosemary & Art Schroeder of St. Charles) |
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| Blake Buczkiewicz Huntley - 14 1st Prize - $100 (donated by Gwendolyn Rowe Gage of Elgin) |
Berkeley Borkert West Dundee - 13 2nd Prize - $50 (donated by Rosemary & Art Schroeder of St. Charles) |
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| Division II (Emerging Artists) | |||||
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| Heather Miller Wheaton 1st Prize - $200 (donated by Kathy Matthews of St. Charles & Karen & Ed Schock of Elgin) |
Valerie Meachum Elgin 2nd Prize - $100 (donated by Kathryn Canny of Elgin) |
Joan Bagulos Hoffman Estates 3rd Prize - $50 (donated by Susan Dennis of Bartlett) |
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| Nini Marchese Lisle 1st Prize - $300 (donated by Lois Myers-Bauer of Elgin) |
Kelsey Welch Chicago 2nd Prize - $100 (donated by Jeff & Tami Buczkiewicz of Huntley) |
Nicholas Metzger Elgin 3rd Prize - $50 (donated by Susan Dennis of Bartlett) |
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The Vocal Competition was sponsored by the Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation in memory of Stu Ainsworth.
