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PHOTO GALLERY: The Players End of Year Showcase


  • By Mallory Gnaegy
  • | 4:00 a.m. June 1, 2014
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PHOTO GALLERY: The Players End of Year Showcase
Hope Averill, 12, gets her hair done before she performs a solo dance
Hope Averill, 12, gets her hair done before she performs a solo dance
Gianna Mattison and Melanie Monroe
Gianna Mattison and Melanie Monroe
Sage Leiber, 10, studied Jazz 2
Sage Leiber, 10, studied Jazz 2
Avria Kuntz, 12, and Lacey Rinaca, 11, help each other apply stage makeup. Kuntz studied Lyric 1 and hip hop and Rinaca studied youth and teen singing
Avria Kuntz, 12, and Lacey Rinaca, 11, help each other apply stage makeup. Kuntz studied Lyric 1 and hip hop and Rinaca studied youth and teen singing
Nicole Jolly, 11, and Kyla Ronhovde, 13, studied ballet.
Nicole Jolly, 11, and Kyla Ronhovde, 13, studied ballet.
Jean Johnson and Sena Arlandson were the most seasoned among their classmates (as young as 9 years old) Both have been tapping for almost as many years as their classmates have been alive!
Jean Johnson and Sena Arlandson were the most seasoned among their classmates (as young as 9 years old) Both have been tapping for almost as many years as their classmates have been alive!
Briana Bozzie, 9, and Annabelle Cappon, 10, get ready before the show
Briana Bozzie, 9, and Annabelle Cappon, 10, get ready before the show
Julie Monkley helps her daughter Ashlynn Monkley, 8, get ready to perform what she learned in acting class and youth singing.
Julie Monkley helps her daughter Ashlynn Monkley, 8, get ready to perform what she learned in acting class and youth singing.
Mileey Monroe
Mileey Monroe
Tanner Holman, Emma Riahi, Lily Donoghue, Samantha Perry, and Nicholas Winkelmeyer
Tanner Holman, Emma Riahi, Lily Donoghue, Samantha Perry, and Nicholas Winkelmeyer
Aden Rodriguez, 5, and Kayla Christensen, 5.
Aden Rodriguez, 5, and Kayla Christensen, 5.
Gryffin Wilkens-Plumley,10, Austin Bonacuse,10, Zoe White, 11, Ihea Malin, 9, Rylee Martin, 10, Melissa Erresuris,11, Ryan Modjeski, 10 perform scenes from Snow White
Gryffin Wilkens-Plumley,10, Austin Bonacuse,10, Zoe White, 11, Ihea Malin, 9, Rylee Martin, 10, Melissa Erresuris,11, Ryan Modjeski, 10 perform scenes from Snow White
Briana Bozzie, Alyssa Miller, Jean Johnson, Avalon Jupsun, and Lily Herndon perform what they learned in their tap class
Briana Bozzie, Alyssa Miller, Jean Johnson, Avalon Jupsun, and Lily Herndon perform what they learned in their tap class

 

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