RAMI scholarship winners recognized at April 30 awards show

April 24th, 2009 at 11:27am Georgette Braun

Two seniors who’ll graduate from local high schools this spring will be recognized as 2009 Gary S. Wilmer Memorial Scholarship recipients Thursday, April 30, at the 18th Annual Rockford Area Music Industry Awards Ceremony at the Tebala Shrine Temple in Rockford:

Colleen Bartimoccia of Boylan Catholic High School will attend Augustana College in Rock Island, majoring in music education. She wants to teach at the college level. She’s a member of the Jazz Choir and Jazz Band at school and has performed at Starlight Theatre in Rockford. She received $2,000.

Katie Colletta of Hononegah High School in Rockton will attend Millikin University in Decatur,  pursing a degree in musical theater. She has performed in several local theater group productions, including those at New American Theater, and with Mendelssohn’s Broadway Bound. She received $1,000. The scholarships are administered by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.

Along with the scholarship awards, musicians in various genres will be named winners at the RAMI ceremony, which starts at 7 p.m. at 7910 Newburg Road, Rockford. Tickets cost $7, $5 in advance. Performers include the 2009 RAMI Youth Charity Jam winner Britches and Hose, Miles Nielsen, Juelane and Gid-E-Yup, Jodi Beach, Jinger Christal and Holland Zander, New Royal Travelers, Revolucion De Amor, X51 and The Merkins.

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