Hickory Rotary Club's First Annual Rotarian Idol
was held March 13, 2010.
Here are our Winners:
1st Place winner - Carol Ann Hartman
2nd Place winner - Stephanie Morgan
3rd Place winner - Tresa Neal, and
Honorable Mention - Mark Bodnar
2010 Rotarian Idol Finalists:
Mark Bodnar, Devon Burch, Robby Clater, Augusta Dekemper, Brooke Deleary, Lauren Deleary, Robin Dillingham, Madeline Finley, Mikaela Fleming, Leah Greene, Mike Hall, Courtney Hardy, Carol Anne Hartman, Tammera S. Hill, Kimberly Hopkins-Hood, Daeshun T. Hunt, Emily Johnson, Chadrick Lackey, Tim Lewis, James Maxson, Stephanie Morgan, Meredith Mull, Tresa D. Neal, Joshua Presnell, Sara Ramseur, Robert Reynolds, Viki Ryan, Mary Grace Sheets, Alex Swanson, Sara Wimmer
The first place winner was awarded $2,500, second place $1,000, third place $500.
Thank you to our Major Sponsors:
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Catawba Valley Medical Center
BrainWorks Learning Center
Frye Regional Medical Center
Alex Lee, Inc.
Charter Communications
Special Thanks to the people of Catawba County for coming out to Rotarian Idol !
Hickory Rotary Club's first annual Rotarian Idol singing competition was held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. inside P. E. Monroe Auditorium, on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory. Auditions were held Thursday, February 4th at 7 p.m. and Saturday, February 6th at 3 p.m., at the SALT Block Auditorium in Hickory. John Rambo, Executive Director of Hickory Community Theatre, chaired the audition process, which narrowed the field to thirty finalists.
Hickory Rotary Club hopes to raise $60,000 for Catawba County education through the competition. Hickory Rotary Club is the oldest service club in the area, chartered in 1921. The club participates in the global initiatives of Rotary International, including Polio Plus, the world-wide effort to eradicate polio. Locally, the club focuses on education. Two four-year Service Above Self scholarships are awarded to Hickory High School seniors each year. Hickory Rotary Club also honors a Teacher of the Year from each of the Hickory City Schools with an award and honorarium. Our members are active in the tutoring program at Southwest Elementary School in Hickory. The club also makes grants to schools in the Hickory system.
Watch this space for information on the 2011 Rotarian Idol competition...