PCCA Graduates!

Do you have news of great accomplishments in your arts area? Please send us your good news with your headshot, short bio and graduation year to: vasallom@pcsb.org

“Star Bites” from PCCA

• If you went to the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center to see the National Tour of the David Parsons Dance Company challenging gravity then you have seen a PCCA Dance graduate - Henry Jackson

• If you have been to Dallas, Texas to see the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in performance you have seen a PCCA Music Graduate - James Nichols, French Horn

• If you have seen the National Tour of the Broadway musical "Cats" then you have seen the performance of a PCCA Musical Theatre graduate - Shanna Ursua

• If you have been to see the Disney On Ice World Tour of "Beauty and the Beast" and admired the many specialized costumes you have seen the work a PCCA Technical Theatre graduate - Alicia Skelton

• If you have been to Dillards to view the Givenchy Jewelry collection then you have seen the artwork of a PCCA Visual Arts graduate - Amanda Beatty

• If you have been to New York City to see the Broadway production of "Hairspray" -specifically the lead role of Tracy Turnblatt - you may have seen the work of a PCCA Musical Theatre graduate - Michelle Dowdy

• If you have sat amazed at the intricate foot work and amazing arial leaps of the Mosiyev Dance Company of Russia in performance at Ruth Eckerd Hall, then you have seen aPCCA Dance graduate - Carmela Gallace

• If you had been to the LaScala Opera House in Milan, Italy to enjoy an opera performance you may have heard the vocalizations of a PCCA Music graduate -Jeannai Ratcliff

• If you saw the movie "Pearl Harbor" in movie theaters or on Cable, then you saw a PCCA Performance Theatre graduate - Tim McGhee

• If you have been to Disney World's Magic Kingdom and enjoyed all the character costumes, like Snow White, Cinderella, Captain Hook, and many more, you have seen the costuming work of a PCCA Technical Theatre graduate - Cindy Rockwell

•  If you have been to Manhattan and spent time in SOHO visiting the many Professional Art Galleries, there's a good change you have seen the artwork of a PCCA Visual Arts graduate - Eric Gehring

• If you have seen the Pepsi commercial aired on national TV, a street party with a very high energy couple dancing on roof of a car then you have seen a PCCA Dance graduate - Michael Allen

• If you have been to Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and also in Los Angeles, to see the Rockettes perform then you have seen the performance of a PCCA Musical Theatre graduate - Kelly King

•  If you were part of the standing ovation at Ruth Eckerd Hall for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance then you may have seen the performance a PCCA Dance graduate - Briana Reed

• If you saw a performance of the Alvin Ailey II Dance Troop, Ailey's Junior company, then you may have seen the performance of PCCA Dance graduate - Ephraim Sykes

• If you have seen the San Francisco Ballet perform Romeo and Juliet, or gone to Belgium and seen the Maurice Belart Dance Ensemble, then you have seen the performances of a PCCA Dance graduate - Erik Wagner

•  If you have seen the off Broadway productions of "Rent" and "Tony & Tina's Wedding" ,then you have seen the acting performances of a PCCA Performance Theatre graduate - Ryan McGuigan

• If you have been to the International Mall in Tampa and marveled at the many wonderful displays, created by a Baltimore Design firm, then you may have seen the work of a PCCA Visual Arts graduate - Alli Jengvieng

• If you have been to see Wesley Snipes most recent blockbuster movie, then you have seen the movie acting debut of a PCCA Performance Theatre graduate - Anthony Fuller

• If you have been to New York and seen the Merce Cunningham Company, Ballet Hispanico, or the Martha Graham company, you may have seen a PCCA Dance Graduate - Shila Tirabassi

• If you go to the University of South Florida to study classical guitar and Jazz guitar, your university instructor will be a PCCA Music graduate - LaRue Nickerson

• If you have seen the New York City Off Broadway production of "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" - specifically the lead role of Willie Wonka, then you have seen the talents of a PCCA Performance Theatre graduate - David Sinclair

• If you have been to see the energetic new movie, "Stomp The Yard" about competitive collegiate stepping, then you have seen the smooth stylings of a PCCA Theatre graduate - Justin Hires

• If you were fortunate to be in Paris, France at the time when Menotti's "The Consul" was being performed at the Paris Opera House you have seen the lighting design of a PCCA Technical Theatre graduate - Barry Steele

• If you have been to New York City to see one of the hottest shows on Broadway "The Lion King" -specifically the lead role of Simba - you may have seen the work of a PCCA Musical Theatre graduate - Marque Lynche

• If you have been to Palm Harbor University High School, and the new Gibbs High School, Pinellas County's newest High School, you have seen the some of the architectural design work of a PCCA Visual Arts graduate - Paul Palmer
• If you were in Washington DC, at the White House, to see the firstPresidental Scholar in the Arts, in the history of the Pinellas County Schools, receive his medallion from President Bush, followed by his performance on stage at the Kennedy Center you have seen a PCCA Music graduate - Kevin Rivard, currently in performance with the Florida Orchestra.
• If you have attended a performance or visited an art gallery of an organization sponsored by the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, you have seen the work of a PCCA Visual Artist - Mara Latorre.