Photo Flash: 2013 James C. Macdonald Fine Arts Scholarship Competition Announces Winners

Fifteen high school students received scholarships for successfully competing in the 2013 James C. Macdonald Fine Arts Scholarship Competition. Sponsored by the Alden at the McLean Community Center (MCC), the final competition was held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 23. MCC Governing Board Chair Kevin Dent and Alden Director of Youth Programs Kathleen Herr presented the awards at the final competition-performance. Scroll down for a photo of some of the winners!

The James C. Macdonald Fine Arts Scholarship Competition encourages artistic achievement and promotes study in the arts by high school students who reside or attend school in the McLean district (Small Tax District 1A, Dranesville).

Scholarship prizes of $1,200 are awarded to students placing first in each of five categories: Dance, Instrumental Music, Theatre, Visual Arts and Vocal Music. Second-place winners are awarded $800 and third-place winners win $400.

This year's winners were:

Dance

First Place Kristen Wolaver, Ballet
Langley High School

Second Place Charlee Vasiliadis, Lyrical
Langley High School

Third Place Sotiria Sgovros, Ballet
Langley High School

Instrumental Music

First Place Arman Nasrinpay, Violin
McLean High School

Second Place Jennifer Wang, Piano
McLean High School

Third Place Adam Heins, Piano

Sidwell Friends School

Theatre

First Place Kathleen Welch
Langley High School

Second Place Christopher Paul
Langley High School

Third Place Rachel Mayman
Langley High School

Visual Arts

First Place Jennie Kim
Langley High School

Second Place Suhyun Yoon

Langley High School

Third Place Caroline Russell
Langley High School

Vocal Music

First Place Alexander Stone

McLean High School

Second Place Jack Flatley
Langley High School

Third Place Madeleine Chalk
Langley High School

The judges for the competition were: Melanie George, Cynthia Lin and Dana McLeod (Dance); Seyon Lee, Pamela Lassell, and Ethan Watermeier (Instrumental Music); Dana McLeod, Wendy J. Conte and Tracey Stephens (Theatre); Peggy Feerick, Rebecca Kaman and Ephraim Schum (Visual Arts); and Wendy J. Conte, Tracey Stephens and Ethan Watermeier (Vocal Music).

Photo Credit: Lisa Helfert Photography

MCC Governing Board Chair Kevin Dent (on far right) with first-place winners of the 2013 James C. Macdonald Scholarship Competition (from left) Jennie Kim (Visual Arts), Arman Nasrinpay (Instrumental Music), Kristen Wolaver (Dance), Kathleen Welch (Theatre) and Alexander Stone (Vocal Music)

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