Sue Jones
Barstow College
(760) 252-2411, ext. 7350 (work)
(760) 953-6940 (mobile)
sjones@barstow.edu
Posted: January 31, 2006
BARSTOW – Now in its 21st year, the 2005-06 Desert Heritage Writing Contest for fiction, nonfiction and poetry is seeking entries from Barstow-area students. The deadline is Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. via the Internet or hand-delivery to the Barstow Community College President’s Office, 2700 Barstow Rd. in Barstow.
Entries must not exceed 10 pages. No research papers (with or without footnotes) will be accepted. The work must be original, deriving from the student’s own imagination or experience.
Entries may be submitted electronically via the Internet at http://www.bcconline.biz/dhwc. Students should create their work in a word processing program, then copy and paste it into the textbox on the contest Web page.
Each year hundreds of students participate, some more than once, as they can enter up to nine times with three entries per category. They are competing for Grand Prizes and first to fifth place for each writing category at four grade levels: fifth-sixth, seventh-eighth, high school and college, which includes Barstow Community College and four-year institutions in the BCC District. Certificates are awarded to all who place.
Packets of letters to principals and teachers, and entry forms for students were hand-delivered to two dozen schools in the Barstow Community College District by contest organizers.
The Desert Heritage Writing Contest awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 22, at 2 p.m. in the Barstow Community College Norman Smith Center.
The judges for this year’s contest include, Dale Jensen, Sean Connelly, Penny Shreve, Mark Cauble, Amy Ross, Mark Bellnap, Carol Jensen, J. W. Edwin Spear, Richard Reeb, John Stacy, Mary McCarthy, and Cliff Walker. Other contest committee members are Tammy McCarthy, Barbara Rose, Betsy Sazo, Heather Porter, Lillian Justice, Linda Wyman-DeWald, Linda Stein, Rhonda Sheffield, Sandy Halsey, and Sue Jones.
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POSTED: January 9, 2006
BARSTOW – The Barstow Community College Performing Arts Department will host auditions for its spring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, “Cinderella” on Jan. 17 and 18 at 6 p.m. in the college’s Norman Smith Center. Men and women and children age seven and older are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare a song, preferably from musical theatre, and bring the sheet music with you. An accompanist will be provided. If you prefer to use music from disc, a CD player will be available. The director asks that there be no a capella performances. There will also be a short dance audition, so dress appropriately and be prepared to move.
Those chosen for the cast of “Cinderella” will be asked to register for the drama production class at the college.
If you’d like to help with behind-the-scenes tasks like set design, lights, and costumes, register for the drama production class, and report to the first rehearsal on Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.
The production will be directed by theatre arts instructor, Amy Ross. For more information, call Ross at (760) 252-2411, ext. 7243.
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