First Annual Stay Gold Creative & Art Contest Finalists

 Sponsored by State Farm Insurance

We thank all those entered and

Congratulate these finalists

ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

First Place Finalist - Nadia Jones of South Hills Middle School - 7th Grade, 12 years old

    Excerpt - "To young people today, to "stay gold" could, and in most cases does, mean to be a child while you can.

Second Place Finalist - Katie Bravo of South Hills Middle School, 7th Grade, 13 years old

    Excerpt - "For young people to stay gold today means to enjoy life as it comes day by day.

POETRY CONTEST WINNERS  

First Place Finalists - Katie Flood - "The Golden Way" and 

Paulina Palsdottir - "The Human Heart"

ART CONTEST WINNERS   

First Place Finalist - Jeff Reed, Funeral diarama

Second Place Finalist - Tina Mangola - Staying Gold mobile

MIXED MEDIA (Art and poetry combined)

First Place Finalist - Tara Savage - "Life is Gold"  - black & white collage

Second Place Finalist - Darah Braneton - "Staying Gold" - sparkly photo collage

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Finalists will receive the following awards on the evening of Saturday, April 21 at the Stay Gold Saturday Night Event

All Finalists received season passes to Prime Stage.

Second Place finalists also received gift certificates from Borders Books and Music

First Place finalists also received certificates for art classes at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and will be reading their entries on WYEP's Saturday Light Brigade Program.

Their work will be displayed in our lobby during the run of the show.

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With this annual event, Prime Stage hopes to:

Provide an outlet for creative expression for the region's young people

Encourage the reading of a great book, and a way to respond to its ideas

Expose and engage young people in the experience of live theatre

Provide a megaphone for teens with positive voices to reach other teens

Join in the spirit of National Poetry Month