On this week’s episode, Vincent Legacy Scholarship applications are now open, “The Color Purple” announces a star-studded film cast, and “Fraggle Rock” returns to televisions. Vincent Legacy Scholarship Applications
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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
Last month, Starlight leaders, supporters and staff honored the four most recent Vincent Legacy Scholarship recipients prior to the Friday evening performance of On Your Feet!. Each student earned a $2,500 scholarship to use toward their future arts training and enjoyed dinner and a reception with their families prior to the on-stage recognition. Kalen Allen, … Continued
2014 Vincent Legacy Scholar Zachery Garner recently had the opportunity to attend a prestigious puppetry training initiative with the Jim Henson Company in Los Angeles, California. The Jim Henson Company is best known for creating the Muppets franchise, making this “a lifetime opportunity” for Zachery, who is a puppeteer and actor from the Kansas City area. Starlight is proud of this Vincent Legacy Scholar for shining in a very unique performance art. To … Continued
Calling all middle school students who love performing arts! It’s not too late to apply for Starlight’s Vincent Legacy Scholarship. Each $2,500 scholarship will provide a qualified and deserving student from metropolitan Kansas City or the surrounding area with the opportunity to pursue professional training in the performing arts. To qualify, a student in grades … Continued
Each year, Starlight invites Vincent Legacy Scholars and their families to the theatre for a holiday celebration dinner. The evening introduces the newest scholars, provides an opportunity for current scholars and alumni to share performing and life updates, and connects students and their families to Starlight staff and program donors, Greg and Rebecca Reid. This … 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
Our second Starlight Senior from the Vincent Legacy Scholarship program won her performing arts training scholarship as a seventh-grader at Arrowhead Middle School in Kansas City, Kan., in 2015. Worth noting is that she was awarded a split scholarship that she shared with her one-year-younger sister. T’KHARA JONES Senior, Sumner Academy of Arts and Science … Continued
Three members of Starlight's Vincent Legacy Scholarship family will graduate from high school in May. Since receiving their $2,500 scholarships in middle school, these young people have excelled not only in their training in the performing arts but in academic, leadership and other pursuits. We can't wait to see how they'll impact the world in … Continued
When Starlight awards middle school youth a Vincent Legacy Scholarship, the students become more than just scholarship recipients. They become a part of the Starlight family with events to attend together. On Saturday, January 4, scholars, their families, Starlight leadership, board members and staff gathered for their annual holiday celebration at the Starlight campus in … Continued
Do you know an ethnically diverse student in grades 6-8 with a passion for the stage? Encourage that aspiring young performer to explore the opportunity to grow and refine his or her skills by applying for Starlight’s 2020 Vincent Legacy Scholarship! Each need-based $2,500 Vincent Legacy Scholarship provides assistance to qualified Kansas City metro middle … Continued
When students are awarded Vincent Legacy Scholarships, they receive funds to apply toward professional training in the performing arts. They also receive opportunities to build and share their skills at Starlight and, perhaps equally important, they and their families become part of a larger Vincent Legacy family that has been growing since the program’s inception … Continued
In May, Starlight Theatre awarded four 2019 Vincent Legacy Scholarships to Kansas City middle school students with surprise presentations at their schools. Each student earned a $2,500 scholarship and, at the Sunday, Aug. 4, performance of A Bronx Tale, those talented students were honored on stage in front of Starlight’s Broadway audience. Prior to the on-stage … Continued