Ballard School of Performing Arts and the 2009 Wylie Arts Festival!

Winter weather did not slow down attendance at the Wylie Arts Festival held Saturday December 5, 2009 in historic downtown Wylie.

The Ballard School of Performing Arts sponsored singers and dancers for the stage.   Ballard School also hosted an indoor Art Show featuring student artwork from the Wylie ISD school district. Students got to vote for their top picks...here are the results: 1st Place - Kassandra Garcia,  2nd Place - Hailey King and 3rd Place - Erika Garcia each of these 3 will recieve 25.00 from Searching for a Star Foundation! 

   
                                        Wylie ISD Student Art

            2009 Searching for a Star Performers!
                                     
                                           Photo by: Rob Hunter

Several Searching for a Star performers sang holiday songs as well as popular favorites!   Featured singers were the 2008 Searching for a Star winner, Taylor Beckham (not pictured) and the 2009 winner, DMoyea Woods.  Also turning in wonderful performances were Skylar Addicks (Not pictured), Johnmichael Garcia, Carissa Thatcher, Yaminah Lewis and Brittany Thomas.  Searching for a Star founder Rob Hunter was pleased at the performances of his stars.

To introduce another program coming to the Ballard School, Tracey Foster, Director of Drama Kids International, demonstrated that there is an actor is inside us all.  Tracey invited volunteers from the audience to join her on stage, and in a few minutes they became actors right before our eyes!

Marisa Kuers, Director of the Dance Studio directed her dancers who performed twice to the appreciation and applause of the crowd. 

                         Performers in The Parade!
                            

Thanks to the Wylie ISD Fine Arts Department for for the opportunity to host the student art walk!

Don’t miss your opportunity to participate!  Registration for the 4th Annual Searching for a Star Competition, auditions will begin January 15, 2010.  Come by The Ballard School at 130 North Ballard, in downtown Wylie, or visit www.searchingforastar.org   for more information.