{"id":27405,"date":"2019-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/university-choirs-to-host-tarleton-showcase-talent-competition\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T01:09:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T01:09:25","slug":"university-choirs-to-host-tarleton-showcase-talent-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/university-choirs-to-host-tarleton-showcase-talent-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"University choirs to host Tarleton Showcase talent competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 22, 2019<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;The first-ever Tarleton Showcase competition, hosted by and featuring university choirs, is set for 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 4, in the theater of the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.<\/p>\n<p>The event is general admission, and tickets are $5.<\/p>\n<p>Judges for the talent show portion of the evening are Col. Kenny Weldon (USAF, Ret.), Commandant of Tarleton&rsquo;s Corps of Cadets, and Arielle Sword, choral director for Stephenville High School.<\/p>\n<p>Audience members also will help select winners.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to students competing for prizes, the Texan Troubadours will sing &ldquo;Run to You&rdquo; by Pentatonix and &ldquo;City of Stars&rdquo; from the movie &ldquo;La La Land;&rdquo; the Select Women&rsquo;s Ensemble will sing &ldquo;Storm Comin&rsquo;&rdquo; by The Wailin&lsquo; Jennys; the Texan Gentlemen will sing the Irish folk song &ldquo;Dulaman,&rdquo; and perhaps a little doo-wop; and the Chamber Choir rounds out the evening with a selection from the musical&nbsp;&ldquo;Dear Evan Hanson<em>.<\/em>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton,&nbsp;founding&nbsp;member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today&rsquo;s scholars into tomorrow&rsquo;s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first-ever Tarleton Showcase competition, hosted by and featuring university choirs, is set for 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 4, in the theater of the Clyde H. 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