A Special Thank You to the Nebraska State Fair,
Our Sponsor & Host for Six Years!
Our Sponsor & Host for Six Years!
 |
 |
The Results Are In!
It was an exciting afternoon at the Galaxy of Stars Talent Search for our Finalists! We appreciate all of you who came to support and enjoy our contestants, the featured performances of our past Galaxy of Stars winners and the showcase of the Top Three Songwriters original songs. - Wynne |
 |
OVERALL CASH AWARDS
|
AGE DIVISION CASH AWARDS
|
SONGWRITING CASH AWARDS
Presented by
Nebraska State Fair & Vision Productions, Inc.
 Dee Lichtenberger - Laser Art Design - Callaway   Wynne Adams - Executive Producer - Nashville A grateful thank you to the judges, auditors and entertainers who freely give of their time and effort to the Galaxy of Stars program.
|
   JUDGES - Jamie Roberts, Tomy Mattson & Amy Keiser  JUDGES -Frain Wilson, Peggy Malzacher & Kelly Terrell  JUDGES' CHAIRMAN Marci Walker & AUDITORS Amanda Baxter & Wanda Westphalen Galaxy of Stars
|
 Kristina Craig, Katie Edwards, Deanna Floe and Todd Kramer, Entertainer & Stage Manager  Katie Edwards - Omaha  Deanna Floe & Dance Team - Lincoln |
 Don 'Shuggy' Mittan - Beatrice  Kristina Craig Peforming with Greg Giovannetti - Murfreesboro, TN |
AWARDS
WINNERS OF THE 2010 TALENT SEARCH
|
Shining Star: Highest Scoring Contestant in Star Quality,
"The Shine Factor" Out of All Age Divisions Superstar: Voted Overall Best Performance by All Contestants Out of all Age Divisions |
Age Division Winners
1st Place - Mariclaire and Merrilee Prill Dance - "Evacuate The Dance Floor" Holdrege 2nd Place - Kathleen Juhl Vocal - "Swiss Cowboy Country" Shelton 3rd Place - Andrea Hoffman Dance - "Singing In The Rain" Gordon |
 COMETS - 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE |
1st Place - Mollie Shevlin and Joel Ostdiek Vocal - "Come Home" Columbus 2nd Place - James Yu Buettner Instrumental - Solfeggietto-Bach, Sonata in C Major-Mozart Grand Island 3rd Place - Katie Marie Goesch Vocal - "Down In Mississippi And Up To No Good" Grand Island |
 SHOOTING STARS - 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE |
|
|
|
1st Place - Amanda Winter Vocal- "Whatver You Say" Hastings 2nd Place - Kyle J. Corr Vocal - "Me and Mrs. Jones" Hebron 3rd Place - Nathan Miller Vocal - "God Bless The USA" Grand Island |
 NOVAS - 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE |
Amanda Winter, Kyle J. Coor, Nathan Miller and Keith Long
|
Dance Scholarship Highest Scoring Dance - All Ages Winner TORI WADMAN "Show Me Heaven" Omaha |
 |
Recording Session Winners
Highest Scoring Vocal or Instrumental - 1st & 2nd Place & Highest Scoring Songwriter - 1st & 2nd Place
1st-Amanda Winter-Vocal 2nd-Kyle J. Corr-Vocal 1st-Amy Dunn-Songwriter 2nd-Royce Swain-Songwriter
DURING THE AWARDS CEREMONY
A special presentation to Wynne from James Yu Buettner
INTERVIEWS
 Josh Mackey - News Director KOGA/KMCX Radio - Ogallala |
   |
 Ginger ten Bensel, Reporter - KHAS TV - Hastings  NTV Good Life Host - Leslie Means (2nd from Left) |
 Katie Edwards and Wynne |
2010 PRESS RELEASES
|
|
||||||
MEETING BEFORE THE START OF THE COMPETITION
BEFORE THE FINALS . . . MEETING FOR PARENTS & FINALISTS
2010 Finalists Performances
COMETS (12 & Under)
Mariclaire & Merrilee Prill - Holdredge
 Kathleen Juhl - Shelton |
 Andrea Hoffman - Gordon |
 Josh Mackey - MC - KOGA Radio, Ogallala |
SHOOTING STARS(13 TO 18)
Trio + David: Rachel Stevens, Amy Dunn, David vonBehren, Colton Martin - Falls City
Weightless - Jacob Pavelik, Nick Nagengast, Alex Hollman, Dakota Burgenhoff - Bloomfield
 Trey Hunnicutt - Aurora  Hannah Jane Robbins - Elm Creek  Brekkan Rae Martinosky - Paxton |
 Lianna & the M&Ms - Mariclaire, Lianna, Merrilee Prill - Holdrege  Chari Mikkelson & Luke More - Hebron  Alex Fegley - Grand Island |
 Bailey Bond - Clarkson  Katie Marie Goesch - Grand Island  Tori Wadman - Omaha |
 Elle Benes - Lincoln  James Yu Buettner - Grand Island |
 John Schnoor - Hildreth  Mollie Shevlin & Joel Ostdiek - Columbus |
 Lianna Prill - Holdrege |
NOVAS (19 & Over)
 Amanda Winter - Hastings  Kristina Brandl - Humphrey  Kyle J. Corr - Hebron |
 Nathan Miller - Grand Island  Keith Long - Oxford |
 Risa Mann - Burwell  Sara Brown - Friend |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
Kyle J. Corr, shown above, competed in the Nova Age Division.
Contestant Pictures on Insert Pages of Six Page
Galaxy of Stars Talent Search Finals Program Courtesy of John Becker, Owner of Copycat Printing, Kearney, Nebraska. Design layout by Kacee Geiger.  |
|
|
 |