2007 STATE WINNERS

Congratulations to the excellent entries from USA WEEKEND's 2007 competition listed below by state.

They each earned Honorable Mention honors as a
2007 USA WEEKEND Showstopper!

ALABAMA

Grease
Auburn High School, Auburn
Submitted by: Starla Spencer, parent

ARIZONA

Camelot
Desert Christian High School, Tucson
Submitted by: Darryl Shipp, parent

ARKANSAS

All Shook Up
Bentonville High School, Bentonville
Submitted by: Brooke Morrell-Smith, teacher

CALIFORNIA

Fiddler on the Roof
Oaks Christian High School, Westlake Village
Submitted by: Rosalind Allen Enciso, teacher

Photo by Jann Hendry

COLORADO

Les Misérables
Ponderosa High School, Parker
Submitted by: Kim Moore, teacher

CONNECTICUT

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden
Submitted by: Mary Jane Smith, teacher

DELAWARE

Grease
Milford Senior High School, Milford
Submitted by: Carole Carpenter, teacher

FLORIDA

Damn Yankees
Eau Gallie High School, Melbourne
Submitted by: Sarah Munday, teacher

GEORGIA

Anything Goes
Augusta Preparatory Day School, Martinez
Submitted by: Jamie McAteer, teacher

HAWAII

Fame the Musical
Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts, Honolulu
Submitted by: Linda Johnson, director

IDAHO

Aladdin
Riverstone International School, Boise
Submitted by: Jim Chu, parent

ILLINOIS

Urinetown
Lake Zurich High School, Lake Zurich
Submitted by: Kathy Koll, producer

Photo by Paul R. Kurek

INDIANA

High School Musical
New Albany High School, New Albany
Submitted by: David Longest

IOWA

Anything Goes
Muscatine High School, Muscatine
Submitted by: Jeffrey Heid, teacher

KANSAS

Guys and Dolls
Salina High School South, Salina
Submitted by: Amy Kraus, student

KENTUCKY

Jekyll & Hyde
Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah
Submitted by: Marcy Hammons, student

Paducah Sun photo

LOUISIANA

Oliver!
Evangel Christian Academy, Shreveport
Submitted by: Cynthia Whitaker, teacher

Photo by Richard Horn

MARYLAND

True Colors — The '80s Musical (original production)
Glenelg High School, Glenelg
Submitted by: Greg Leader

Photo by Joey Pulone

MASSACHUSETTS

Notes on Love (original production)
Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth
Submitted by: Luke Wrobel, teacher

MICHIGAN

Chicago
DeWitt High School, DeWitt
Submitted by: Megan Winans, student

MINNESOTA

Jekyll & Hyde
St. Francis High School, St. Francis
Submitted by: Barbara Hynes-Tomczyk, teacher

MISSISSIPPI

Beauty and the Beast
Amory High School, Amory
Submitted by: Peggy Holmes, teacher

Photo by Teresa Griffith

MISSOURI

Anything Goes
Parkview High School, Springfield
Submitted by: David Krudwig, teacher

MONTANA

Seussical the Musical
Havre High School, Havre
Submitted by: Karla Hellegaard, student

NEBRASKA

Beauty and the Beast
Lincoln Southwest High School, Lincoln
Submitted by: Bob Henrichs, teacher

NEVADA

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas
Submitted by: Sarah Page, student

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Urinetown
Oyster River High School, Durham
Submitted by: Trudy Brown, parent

NEW JERSEY

Guys and Dolls
Bishop George Ahr High School, Edison
Submitted by: Jeffrey Wolfthal

NEW MEXICO

Fiddler on the Roof
Clovis High School, Clovis
Submitted by: Peggy Brady, teacher

NEW YORK

Crazy for You
St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School, West Islip
Submitted by: Jeanine Ecklund, director, and Walter Lace, teacher

NORTH CAROLINA

Beauty and the Beast
Gaston Day School, Gastonia
Submitted by: Holly Mason, teacher

OHIO

The Secret Garden
Sycamore High School, Cincinnati
Submitted by: Josh Goldman, student

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma!
Jenks High School, Jenks
Submitted by: Larry Downey, teacher, and Judy Davis, parent

OREGON

Into the Woods
Gresham High School, Gresham
Submitted by: Kelanie Johnston, student

PENNSYLVANIA

I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night
Somerset Area High School, Somerset
Submitted by: Elizabeth Svonavec, director

Photo by Steve Ray

RHODE ISLAND

High School Musical
Rhode Island School for the Deaf, Providence
Submitted by: Dana Janik, teacher

SOUTH CAROLINA

Singin' in the Rain
St. Joseph's Catholic School, Greenville
Submitted by: Barbara McGrath, teacher

TENNESSEE

Beauty and the Beast
St. Cecilia Academy, Nashville
Submitted by: Alex McNamara, student

TEXAS

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound
Submitted by: Keli Wilson, teacher

UTAH

Titanic
Layton High School, Layton
Submitted by: Janai Ott

VERMONT

Seussical the Musical
Mount Anthony Union High School, Bennington
Submitted by: Debbie Cutler, parent

VIRGINIA

Thoroughly Modern Millie
South County Secondary School, Lorton
Submitted by: Bill O'Connor, parent

WASHINGTON

Les Misérables
Wenatchee High School, Wenatchee
Submitted by: Laura Williams, parent and producer