. Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The Region News
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Trevor Brothers, Sports Editor
JH Wrestling five competed at IESA State at NIU
Students Take The Plunge Into Decatur Lake For
A Good Cause
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b The above five Junior High
Wrestlers qualified for the
IESA State Tournament this
past weekend on the campus
of Northern Illinois University
• in Dekalb, IL. After State
~Competition the following 'are
llhe results: Brody Norman took
12nd Place at 70 lbs., Andrew
~¢¢ike at 85 lbs. did not place,
@lason Clem at 90 lbs. did not
tplace, Lukas Eagle at 95 lbs. did
not place, Gus Wheeler at 100
~lbs. placed 5th.
0 Head Coach Dan Butler's
,Comments on State and on the
"overall Jianior High Braves
ntioch Continued
From Page 1
s Following the service, those
~ttending :were invited to stay
'~or lunch and family activities.
[There were a variety of games
'letup including bowling, penny
Season: "I am proud of our
wrestlers and their efforts this
season.We finished the season as
a team with an 11-7 record and
finished in tournaments 7th, 4th
(twice), and 6th. We finished
Regionals and Sectionals each as
a team at 3rd place. We started
this season with ~0 kids and
finished with 35, I don't want any
kids that come out for the sport to
quit. We did not obtain our team
goals in reference to Our dual
record, tournament finishes, and
winning Regional and Sectional.
do a better job getting across
to our l~ids the importance of
academics, discipline, winning,
off season, and a team State
Title! What I am most proud
of is this group came to practice
These 7 formed team MTZ JFL Brrrrraves and raised $1505.00 for Special Olympics.
Front is Jordan Morlan, Renan Marshall, Kameron Evans, Ryder Marshall and Colton
Robinson. Back row is Chad Fyke and Brian Hoffman. submitted photo.
and worked their butts off. I Millikin
hope they learned a few things
student musicians
Millikin University's SchooI
of Music will present the 12th
annual Hollis Prize Competition
Recital on Saturday, March 22
at 7:30 p.m. in Kaeuper Hall,
each receive $500. This year's
recital wili be held Friday,
April 11 at 12:15 p.m. at the
Harold Washington Library
Auditorium in Chicago.
about character. Thank you for
the support from Jerry Birkey,
Randy Thacker, Mike Mose,
Ben Davis, Justin Johnson,
Steve at the Grade School, all
of the many coaches, and my
wife-Jodi." photo by Jodi Butler
features
Community College before
continuing his studies with Brian
Justison, professor of music,
and Jeremy Brunk, lecturer of
music, at Millikin University. He
As a coaching staff we need to photo.
Gardener's Day Continued From Page 4
the experience, create a mini microgreen garden to take home with
you. Finish up the morning with an opportunity to learn more about
Vegetable Gardening for Small Spaces. Which will showcase square
foot gardening, raised beds, and the ornamental value of edible
plants.
For questions or to register for this event, please call the Macon
County Extension Office at 217.877.6042 or register online at http://
Perkinson Music Center, on
Millikin's campus. The recital
will feature performances by
Millikin University,s top three
music performing students.
The event 'is free and open
to the public, no reservations
or tickets required. This
year's finalists are Adam.
Blakey (saxophone), a senior
The annual competition is
generously funded by Dr. C.
Kimm Hollis, a 1972 Millikin
graduate, and department
chair and professor of music at
Hanover College in Hanover,
Ind.
The Finalists
Adam Blakey - Saxophone
Adam BJakey has been
has won numerous percussion
awards .and competitions, taught
music/percussion at New York
summer camps, as well as to,red
nationally and internatfrnally
with his world music group,
Aztral Folk. Aside from his
personal projects, Jonathan
performs with theMillikin-
Decatur Symphony Orchestra,
"~oss, golf game and a bounce web.extension.illinois.edu/dmp/. There is a $10.00 registration music performance major
fhouse and face painting. The fee for the event which covers light snacks, wonderful speakers, from Decatur, I11., Jonathan.
'relebration also acted as a and essential information. Pre-registration is encouraged by Rodriguez(percussion),asenior
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'eampaigr~. The campaign is a :~pportunitie'sin programs and'employment: If, you need reasonable Tucspn, , Ariz., and Chelsea
t~6'~rlrt~ffeach 6ffO'ffF6 feacl~ accommoda~i0r~ to participate'in this program,¢please contact the Wright (mezzo-soprano), a
studying saxophone with Dr.
Perry Rask, Millikin professor
of music, for seven years,
beginning on a scholarship
from the Symphony Orchestra
Guild. He is a Decatur native
Latin Jazz Project, Advanced
Jazz Combo, Wind Ensemble,
and the highly acclaimed
Millikin University PercusSion
Ensemble. "~
Chelsea Wright - Mezzo-
'an average church attendance of Piatt County Extension Office at 217.762.2191.
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Noon-4 p.m.
Decatur Memorial Hospital Classrooms A, B & C
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Wellness
Center
Memorial
Hospital
senior vocal performance major
from Bloomington, I11.
The Ho!lis Prize is the highest
award that may be received by
a student instrumentalist or
vocalist within the Millikin
School of Music. The Holl(s
Prize was first awarded in
spring 2003. Millikin is one
of only a few schools in the
country to offer this type of
prestigious prize through a
music competition.
"Thanks to the generosity of
Kimm Hollis, the School of
Music is honored and privileged
to be able to feature our very
best performers competing
for the Hollis Prize," said Dr.
Stephen Widenhofer, director
of the Millikin School of Music
and professor of music. "To be
sure, all of these students are
winners by just being named as
finalists."
The winner of the Hol'lis
Prize is chosen by outside
faculty judges and receives a
$2000 award and will perform a
recital in Chicago. Runners-up
and a graduate of MacArthur
High School where he played
in the nationally acclaimed
Jazz Band I for three years.
While in high school, Adam
was also a member of the
Decatur Youth Symphony
where he was a featured
soloist on saxophone, and a
participant in various IMEA
District and All-State festivals.
At Millikin, Adam plays
lead alto saxophone in Jazz
I, and soprano saxophone in
the top saxophone quartet,
which won the Band Concerto
Competition in spring 2012.
He also played for Millikin's
OneVoice and Latin Jazz
Project. In 2013, Adam
won the Band Concerto
Competition and was named a
Presser Scholar.
Jonathan Rodriguez -
Percussion
Jonathan Rodriguez began
his classical percussion
studies in Tucson, Ariz.,
studying with Homero Ceron
for three years at Pima
Soprano
Chelsea Wright has studied
and performed classical Italian
repertoire in Such locations
as Piobbico, Italy. Her
choral experience includes a
performance at Carnegie Hfill
with the Millikin University
Choir, of which she is a third-
year member. Chelsea is also
a fourth-year member of the
Opera Workshop program at
Millikin, featured in this year's"
production of "Sour Angelica"
as the Pricipessa. After Millikin,
Chelsea plans to pursue a
graduate vocal performance
degree in Europe. She has studied
voice with Frances Daniels for
the past four years.
' Millikin's School of Music
is committed to developing
complete miasicians artistically,
technically and intellectually by
emphasizing the integration of
theory and practice with other
disciplines across the U~versity.
, For more information on
Millikin's School of Music, visit
www.millikin.edu/music.
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