The Steve Silver Foundation And Beach Blanket Babylon Announce 2018 Scholarship Finalists!

Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced today the nine Bay Area high school seniors selected as finalists for The Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon "Scholarship for the Arts."

Each of the finalists will perform live in front of family, friends and a panel of celebrity judges on Monday, June 4. One winner in each category-singing, dancing, and acting-will be presented with a $15,000 check to be used towards their college education. The nine high school senior finalists who will perform are:

ACTING
Julian O'Byrne - Novato High School, Novato
Nina Point Dujour - Marin Oaks High School, Novato
Christopher Wheeler - Heritage High School, Brentwood

DANCING
Joshua Ponton - Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland
Conrad Rocha - Acalanes High School, Lafayette
Kelly Warren - Menlo Atherton High School, Atherton

SINGING
Stephanie Chee - Adrian C. Wilcox High School, Santa Clara
Barbara De Veaux-Griffith - Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland
Julianna Garber - The Nueva School, San Mateo

"The talent of this year's high school seniors is outstanding. It wasn't easy picking the nine finalists," said Schuman Silver. "Our celebrity panel of judges has their work cut out for them on June 4. It's going to be another great night!"

The celebrity panel of judges scheduled to appear include: choreographer Val Caniparoli, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, American political satirist Will Durst, composer and philanthropist Gordon Getty, famed opera composer Jake Heggie, SFJAZZ Center's Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Chief of Civic Engagement Jonathan Moscone, American Conservatory Theater's Artistic Director Carey Perloff, San Francisco Opera's General Director Matthew Shilvock, KCBS AM & FM's Jan Wahl, jazz, cabaret singer Paula West, singer-songwriter, actress, and original member of The Go Go's Jane Wiedlin. Master of Ceremonies for the evening is radio legend, Don Bleu.

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