Recipients: Music - Dylan Martinez (Rancho Santa Margarita; Communication/Speech: Nicole Friedman (San Clemente; Cinema/Television/Radio (CTVR) Kimberly Crawford (San Juan Capistrano, Ryan Johnson (Aliso Viejo) ; Theatre Arts: Atefeh Mahdi (Aliso Viejo), Alexandrea McDermott (San Juan Capistrano); Dance: Andrea Braga (Mission Viejo), Spencer Jensen (Laguna Niguel); Photography: Lanae Garant (Mission Viejo); Dance/Theatre: Sean Darley (Irvine)
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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – The Angels for the Arts organization
at Saddleback College will present its 2016 Student Success Showcase featuring
an awards ceremony and performances from Angels for the Arts scholarship
recipients and recognizing students completing degrees or transferring.
The student-recipient performance and award ceremony takes place
on Tuesday, May 17th at
7:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre. Ten students will each be presented a
scholarship in the amount of $1,000 for their accomplishments in the arts at
Saddleback College. Admission is free and open to the public.
Recipients:
Music:
Dylan Martinez (Rancho Santa Margarita) is a vocal student who has been involved in
nearly every choir performance since 2012. He performed in major works, opera, A Feast of Lights, benefit
concerts, and many solos throughout the years as a tenor. He is currently in
his fourth semester in the applied music program for voice. According to Dylan,
his time at Saddleback has been well spent with many great achievements
personally, musically, and academically to his credit.
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| (left to right) Spencer Jensen, Andrea Braga, Lanae Garant, Kimberly Crawford, Sean Darley, Photographer: Marisa Lowey-Ball |
Communication/Speech:
Nicole Friedman (San Clemente) has been
on the speech and debate forensic team for just four months and in that short
time span, she found a place of challenge and acceptance. In just a few
tournaments, she went from third place to finalist to being selected to attend
Hell Froze Over, a prestigious four-year level competition and is in a Reader’s
Theatre cast. Recently, she earned awards at State and Phi Ro Phi with her
team. With this scholarship, she will be able to focus on her studies in order
to transfer to a four-year university.
Cinema/Television/Radio
(CTVR)
Kimberly Crawford (San Juan Capistrano) has experience in
marketing and advertising and is currently pursuing studies in radio,
television, and film. This scholarship is allowing her to acquire the necessary
equipment to drive her career to new heights by creating quality media geared
to cultivate self-awareness.
Ryan Johnson (Aliso Viejo) is a
hard-working student running the
internet radio station OC Rock Radio and hosting a specialty hip hop show
called Thirstin with The RKJ
Man. According to Ryan this
job has helped him develop his skills and personality in his study. In his hip
hop show he features a segment called What’s
Up Saddleback where he
discusses local events on campus.
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(front row) Nicole Friedman, Alexandrea McDermott (back row) Atefeh Madi, Dylan Martinez
Not Pictured: Ryan Johnson.; Photographer: Marisa Lowey-Ball
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Theatre Arts:
Atefeh Mahdi (Aliso Viejo) is an
actress working hard to develop consistency. She was a Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival nominee and spearheaded the fundraising efforts
towards the Hawaii festival this year. After earning a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley
and attending law school, she is now pursuing acting and singing at Saddleback
College. She is committed to her training at Saddleback and the scholarship
would help relieve financial pressure.
Alexandrea McDermott (San Juan Capistrano) is a musical theatre
student who starred in Saddleback’s recent production of She Loves Me. She has been a student
at Saddleback for two years, which she cites as being the most instrumental
years of her educational career so far. According to Alex, she has grown as an
artist and her growth in the theatre and music departments has been
transformational.
Dance:
Andrea
Braga (Mission Viejo) is a
dance student who has been given many great opportunities at Saddleback to
dance in every dance production and interdisciplinary performing opportunities
in the past two years. She was a dancer in two Happening/Unhappening shows, which combined, jazz, dance,
speech, art, and theatre. She also performed in The Armed Man with the Saddleback choirs, and Sequences and Spirals. This
semester she was given the opportunity to choreograph her own piece which was
performed at Dance Collective 2016.
Spencer Jensen (Laguna Niguel) is a
talented dancer who has just been accepted to CSU Long Beach to continue his
dance studies. After his first dance class at Saddleback, he knew immediately
that he wanted to pursue dance further. Dance has allowed him to grow in his
community and for the past three years he has volunteered for the Dance
Discovery Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides outreach programs
to educate the community in the arts. He sees himself continuing to be active
in dance and education.
Photography:
Lanae Garant (Mission Viejo) is a
photography student who attained experience and interest in fashion photography
while shooting for dance and theatre productions in the McKinney Theatre.
Photographing stage performances has taught her how to work in an environment
with minimal lighting. She loves fashion and everything that goes with it—the
different fabrics, textures, and colors. Because of her studies at Saddleback,
she is able to pursue a career in her passion, which is fashion photography.
Dance/Theatre:
Sean Darley (Irvine) is a
theatre and dance student, whose artistic skills merge his interests in both
dance and musical theatre at Saddleback College. His passion for the arts has
been encouraged by his family and friends for years. This is his first year at
Saddleback, and he has already been in one play, one musical, and the spring
dance show. Both disciplines have taught him dedication, perseverance,
discipline, and teamwork. Receiving the scholarship has given him the
opportunity to advance his training and skills in dance and musical theatre.
The Angels for the Arts is a
fundraising and support organization for the Performing and Visual Arts at
Saddleback College. Angel members donate their time and talent to raise
funds and assist with a variety of arts events on the campus. The group
is led by a volunteer advisory board of directors. Angel members believe in the
importance of offering a full spectrum of arts to the community, with the
college as the focal point. These events bring together Orange County
residents from all walks of life, for the purpose of enlightenment,
entertainment, and inspiration. The Angels also provide support for
scholarships for students in Visual & Performing Arts, MainStage Kids
productions, master classes with professional artists, hospitality for guest
artist performers and crew, and enhancements for arts patrons, such as the
tram, and the annual Big Band Swing Thing fundraiser.
Located in Mission Viejo,
Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the
greater south Orange County community. Having served more than 500,000
students since 1968, Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate
programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational
goals. For more information, please visit www.saddleback.edu and for Fine Arts information, please
visitwww.saddleback.edu/arts.
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