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Each year, the Starlight Stars performance troupe prepares company members to pursue arts careers by honing the skills of high school performers. Last month, the 2021 troupe gathered for their annual wrap party, and Starlight awarded four participants scholarships for their exceptional work throughout the year. This year, program supporters Howard and Ro Jacobson funded … Continued
Starlight is searching for the newest class of Vincent Legacy Scholars! Established in 2006, the Vincent Legacy Scholarship program provides $2,500 for performing arts training to BIPOC youth in the Kansas City community. More than $100,000 in scholarships have been awarded since the program’s inception. To qualify for application, students in grades 6, 7 or … Continued
Starlight’s family of Vincent Legacy Scholarship recipients grew by five in mid-November when the students who participated in our 2020 series of performance workshops received a pleasant surprise – $500 scholarships to pursue additional training in the performing arts! Each of the students – now in grades 7 through 9 – originally applied in early … Continued
A wrap party in late January officially concluded the 2019 season for the Starlight Stars and Starlight Stars of Tomorrow performance troupes. Before they headed into their off-season, however, the participating middle and high school students cheered on two peers who were awarded $500 scholarships from Starlight and the programs’ donors. M’racle Bryant-Morgan, a sophomore … Continued