Mayor Coleman’s Neighborhood Pride program started the Neighborhood Pride Talent Search to outreach to talented Middle School aged students and provide them with opportunities to get more involved with their neighborhood and the Columbus Arts community at large.
In each of the six Pride areas, a servicing Columbus Public Middle School will select up to six students from either their talent show or classrooms in the following categories:
- Instrumental Music
- Vocal Music
- Dance
- Acting
- Comedy (stand-up)
- Poetry / Spoken Word
The selected students will be required to agree to work with their community for service hours. In exchange, Neighborhood Pride Partners in the Columbus arts community offers classes, seminars, and mentoring opportunities to the students. In December, the students will represent their school and neighborhood at an event at the King Arts Complex for the Neighborhood Pride Holiday Gathering.
2007 Pride Partners recruited for Talent Showcase:BalletMet 2006, 2007
Columbus Museum of Art 2006, 2007
Columbus Performing Arts Center 2006, 2007
Central Ohio Storytellers Association 2006, 2007
Columbus Symphony Orchestra 2006, 2007
Denise Daley 2006, 2007
Denison University 2007
Greater Columbus Arts Council 2007
High Jinks 2006, 2007
King Arts Complex 2006, 2007
Music in the Air 2006, 2007
Russ Merritt, Artist 2006, 2007
Patricia Fairman, OSU Music Student 2006, 2007
Toastmasters 2007
Vaudvillities 2007
Wexner Center for the Arts 2007
WOSU @ COSI 2007
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