The Seventh Annual Showcase of the Stars benefiting the Whitfield Education Foundation will be Saturday at the elementary school at 2 p.m., and middle school and high school at 6 p.m. All shows are at the Wink Theatre, 115 West Crawford Street in Dalton.
Everyone who buys a ticket to the Whitfield Education Foundation’s Seventh Annual Showcase of the Stars gets a seat in the judge’s chair.
Every $7 ticket sold grants the buyer one vote in the outcome of the annual talent competition. The show should satisfy everyone with performances including vocals, banjo, piano, violin, and guitar.
While ticket sales benefit the Foundation’s Innovative Teaching Grants in Whitfield County Schools, anyone is welcome to compete. In fact, students from the Calhoun, Dalton, Murray and Whitfield public school systems will compete Saturday at the historic Wink Theater in Dalton.
Elementary students take the stage at 2 p.m. followed by middle and high school students at 6 p.m. The audience will choose first, second, and third place winners in each of the three categories. A cash award of $300 goes to first place, $200 to second place and $100 to third place.
Judges will also bestow a Judge’s Choice Award trophy to one act from age division.
Those who attend the elementary show get the bonus of performances by the Antioch and New Hope elementary school choruses.
Advance ticket sales are available through the Foundation, which can be reached by phone at 706 217-6757 or by e-mail at wef@whitfield.k12.ga.us. Tickets will also go on sale at the Wink Theater box office one hour before each show.