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Hope Students Earn Honors
During Statewide Singing
Competition
Posted April 8, 2003
HOLLAND -- Hope College students earned multiple
honors during the statewide National Association of Teachers
of Singing Student Audition held on Saturday, April 5.
Approximately 180 contestants from throughout
Michigan competed in the event. The audition was held at
Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Joshua Brandenburg, a senior from Mount Vernon,
Ohio, won first place in the "Junior/Senior Musical Theater"
category.
Jennifer Boone, a freshman from Wyoming, won
second place in the "College Freshmen Women" category.
Crystal Stabenow, a senior from Mount Pleasant, placed
second in the "College Senior Men/Women" category.
Kristi Hatch, a sophomore from Pleasant Lake,
placed third among "College Sophomore Women." Alyson Payne,
a senior from Three Oaks, placed third among "College Senior
Men/Women."
Boone, Brandenburg and Payne are students of Linda
Dykstra, assistant professor of music. Hatch and Stabenow
are students of Margaret Kennedy-Dygas, professor of music.
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