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www.SanTanSun.com Seton Catholic Prep Sentinels Music notes – Popular rock musical “Godspell” opens Feb. 7 at Seton Prep, and is the first Seton production directed by English Department Chairwoman Bridget O’Neill, who has years of experience directing shows in New York. The show is unusual because it has a very large cast for a high school production—nearly 40 actors and crew—and 18 actors are all on stage for almost the entire production, providing the actors with a tremendous amount of experience. Austin Weigel, who plays Jesus, is following a 40-day modified Jewish fast to emulate Jesus’ 40 days in the desert. —Amy Wolff
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Sister Cities seeks young artists, authors from Chandler The city of Chandler’s Sister City affiliate, Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities (CTSC) representing the “twinning” between Chandler and Tullamore, Ireland, invites Chandler youth between the ages of 13 and 18 years of age to participate in the fifth annual Young Artists and Authors Showcase. The 2013 Art and Author Showcase yielded a National Grand Prize Winner for Poetry, Rachel Beglin, a student at Hamilton High School, and a National Art Finalist, Elizabeth Hopwood, a student at Seton Catholic Preparatory High School. The showcase theme for 2014 is “Connect globally. Thrive locally.” Sister City relationships foster partnerships within the community and between international cities, counties and states. Young Artist entries must be no larger than 24 by 36 inches, including matting, and
only 2-dimensional art is accepted. Water color, oils, pastels, pen and ink, charcoal, photography, 2-dimensional mixed media, as well as computer-generated art are all acceptable media. Entries must be submitted by Mon., March 3. Young Authors—essayists and poets— are encouraged to creatively express the theme. Essays are not to exceed 500 words, and poetry is not to exceed 25 lines. All entries must be typed in English. Winners will be required to submit a digital copy. Judges will evaluate on theme interpretation, composition and grammar. A reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fri., March 21, at Vision Gallery in downtown Chandler to celebrate Chandler’s young authors and artists. One piece of artwork, one poem and one essay from the Chandler entries will be submitted to Sister Cities International
where the National Finalists are chosen. Grand Prize Winners at the National Level will receive $1,000 from Sister Cities International. Underwriting for the 2014 Art and Author Showcase is made possible through a grant received from the Chandler Special Events Committee and the Chandler Cultural Foundation. For further information and entry submittal for Young Artists and Authors, please contact Barb Olivieri, CTSC Education Committee chairwoman, at chandler_tullamore_education@yahoo. com or at 480-347-8293. Entry guidelines and forms may be found at chandlerirish.org. For information on Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities’ activities, information and membership and information about Tullamore, Ireland, visit chandlerirish.org.
Kids: Win $15 gift card from Changing Hands Bookstore Students who either live in Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek or surrounding areas or who attend area schools can win $15 gift cards from Changing Hands Bookstore, thanks to a partnership between the bookseller and the SanTan Sun News. This ongoing, monthly promotion awards a $15 Changing Hands gift card to every youth whose article, story, poem, essay, editorial, book review, photo or illustration is chosen to be printed in the
SanTan Sun Kids Opportunity section, while supplies last. The Kids Opportunity section is printed in the Youth Section of the first paper of the month, each month. The best news is that even though only one to three submissions are printed per month, all good submissions are held in a file to be printed in future issues. So if an entry doesn’t win this month, it could win next month— or even the month after that.
To enter, visit SanTanSun.com, click on Youth and then on Student Writer Permission Slip to download a submission-permission slip. Complete the form and have a parent sign it so the paper has permission to print the entry and the author or artist’s byline. Then, email the submissionpermission slip and writing or artwork to news@SanTanSun. com as a Word file, if writing, or JPEG, if art, or pasted into the email.
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