Encore! and the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Award Scholarships to Company Members

Texas, USA: August 18, 2003: Encore!, an evening celebrating individual performance in the arts produced by the company of TEXAS LEGACIES in association with the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation, showed off the many talents of company members at the Branding Iron Theatre on Wednesday, August 6.

Cast, crew, and customer service representatives joined forces to bring to Canyon an evening of music, dance, and monologues that captured the audience and gave artists a chance to share their talents outside of the Pioneer Amphitheatre in Palo Duro Canyon.

In addition, ten scholarships were awarded to company members with the help of local donors.

"It was amazing to see the generosity of this community in their contributions to the Encore scholarship program," Producer Rob Waller said. "Because of their support, ten TEXAS LEGACIES company members now have the opportunity to finance the next step in their careers as they pursue their art."

Those winning scholarships include Assistant Box Office Manager Robyn Hopson, a psychology major at West Texas A&M University, who received the Raymond Raillard Memorial Scholarship, Mindy Vita, a technician for TEXAS LEGACIES, who received the L.P. "Pete" Gilvin Memorial Scholarship to continue studying Technical Theatre at Point Park College, Michelle Timmons, who played Maylene in this summer's production and is a dance major at Texas Christian University won the Elise Keely Carlton Memorial Scholarship, Carmen and David Rodriquez, who played Maria and Jorge Hinojosa, were the joint recipients of the Margaret Harper Memorial Scholarship, and Frank Nieto, a senior technical theatre major at West Texas A&M University and TEXAS LEGACIES Assistant Master Electrician, received the Branding Iron Theatre Scholarship.

Other scholarships were awarded to Bobby Gregg, who played Double Bass, Luke Leonard, who played Butch in this summer's production, Joseph Ciresi, who portrayed Dusty Wheeler, Crystal Jeffers, who played Young Maryann, and Jennifer Yirak, a customer service representative.