2011-2012
Betty Buckely Awards Nominations Announced!
Casa Manana announced that Micah Lutz has been nominated for a 2012 Betty Buckley Award in the category of Best Male Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Nicely-Nicely in the CCA Spring Musical production of Guys and Dolls. The Buckley Awards recognize excellence in high school musical theater. The program, sponsored by Casa Mañana, is named in honor of Fort Worth native Betty Buckley who has had a distinguished career on Broadway and in television. Micah and his fellow nominees will be honored at a Tony-like ceremony to be held at the Casa Mañana Theater on Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m.
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CCA Chorale at State Vocal Meet
The TAPPS State Vocal Meet results have been made official: CCA Chorale takes the Runner Up spot for 3A, which earned 8 points for CCA TAPPS overall! Twenty-three schools participated in the 3A category. Across all 5 divisions (1A-5A), 68 school participated and only 3 schools outscored us. All four of our CCA soloists also scored Ones. We are very proud of Chorale's musical growth and their dedication to excellence as singers and students.
To put it in perspective, 23 schools participated in the 3A category. Although both our CCA mixed and women made sweepstakes — and all four soloists scored Ones — we still ended up in second place. Scoring is cumulative based on numbers of entries per school. The winning 3A school didn't make "Ones" on stage, but they did well in SR and had many soloists/ensembles participate and earn superior ratings.
Enjoy one of our Chorale pieces this year, Take, O Take Those Lips Away (Shakespeare text set by Emma Lou Diemer).
TAPPS State Art Competition
Congratulations to the following students who participated at the State level in the TAPPS Arts competition:
Carlee Green, 2nd in ceramics
MASON RUMULY, 3RD PAINTING
Caroline Chatham, 4th painting
Tori Butcher, 5th Applied design
Anna Delph, 5th Fashion design
Carter Westmoreland, 6th mixed media 3d, HM computer rendered art
Patrick Griggs, HM illustration
ACSI ART COMPETITION
Congratulations to the following students who represented CCA in this year’s ACSI Art Competition. We are so proud of all your hard work!
1st Grade
Audrey Axton - good
Emma Butler - excellent
Elijah Harvell - excellent
2nd Grade
Luka Ducic - superior and gold
Allison Sargent - superior
Hooper O'Neal - superior and gold
3rd Grade
Clay Chapman - superior and silver
Devin Bryant - excellent
4th Grade
Maycee Ballesteros - superior and gold
Kiley Kjellstrom - excellent
Dylan Ball - superior and silver
Frances Brown - superior
5th Grade
Tristin Boots - superior and gold
Hannah Nichols - excellent
Avery Portillo - superior and silver
6th Grade
Donny Snyder - superior and silver
Macy Urbanosky - excellent
Hannah Yanowitch - excellent
Ashley Jenkins - superior and gold
Alan Maldonado - superior and gold
7th Grade
Ryan Jennings - excellent
Whitney Lewis - good
Riley Farrell - excellent
Elizabeth Bullard - superior and silver
Madison Marten - superior and silver
8th Grade
Michaela Dowen - excellent
Trey Adkins - superior and gold
Shelby Southers - excellent
Stacy Frazer - superior and silver
Hannah Gooden - superior and silver
9th Grade
Daisy Rodgers - superior and bronze
Maddie Wofford - superior and gold
10th Grade
Gavin Martin - superior and silver
Claire Chatham - superior and silver
Katie McIntosh- good
Sarah Holmbeck- excellent
Candace Brooks- excellent
11th Grade
Austin Troup - superior
Ryan Taunton - superior and gold
2012 Regional ACSI Speech Meet
CCA students recently competed in the 2012 Regional ACSI Speech Meet against 8 other schools. CCA students took home 26 of the 60 medals awarded, more than any other school!
We are so proud of these students!
1st Grade
Jenna Williamson- Superior, Gold Medal
Zane Sheffield- Superior Silver Medal
Jack Dostert- SuperiorSilver Medal
William Ward- Superior
Cory Tarkington- Excellent
2nd Grade
Annie Voss- Superior, Gold Medal
Olivia Tito- Superior, Gold Medal
Kayleigh Frank- Superior, Silver Medal
Ransom Shipp- Excellent
Evan Owens- Excellent
Grayson Washburn- Excellent
3rd Grade
Julia Ritchie- Superior, Gold Medal
Morgan Zipperlen- Superior, Gold Medal
Benjamin Smith- Superior, Silver Medal
Kyleigh Fickey- Superior
Max Bumgardner- Superior
Kassidy Rumuly- Superior
Daniel Calabrese- Excellent
Colin Hatcher- Excellent
Clay Chapman- Good
4th Grade
Maycee Ballesteros- Superior, Gold Medal
Emily Saladino- Superior, Gold Medal
Lindsay Tito- Superior, Gold Medal
Allison Ward- Superior, Silver Medal
David Hudgins- Excellent
Hailey Hazen- Excellent
5th Grade
Carly Spain- Superio, Gold Medal
Riley Simpson- Superior, Gold Medal
Natalie Eastabrook- Superior, Silver Medal
Avery Portillo- Excellent
Blake Cunningham- Excellent
Mally McHenry- Excellent
Ryan Gabriel- Excellent
Emma Bumgardner- Excellent
6th Grade
Kaylee Baker- Superior, Gold Medal
Will Parr- Superior, Gold Medal
Ethan Owens- Superior, Gold Medal
Audrey Diaz- Superior- Silver Medal
Christian Lowack- Superior, Silver Medal
Major Dykes- Superior, Silver Medal
Emily Myers- Superior, Silver Medal
Nicole Berg- Superior- Bronze Medal
Brack Hurst- Superior, Bronze Medal
Donny Snyder- Superior, Bronze Medal
Grant Solley- Excellent
2012 CCA Vocal Solo Contest
Congratulations to the 2012 CCA Vocal Solo Contest participants! The event was open to members of CBC and Bel Canto. Participants performed their memorized songs for contest judge, Grapevine High School Choral Director, Pat Antinone. The majority of singers earned Division 1 "Excellent" ratings and Mark Vdovychenko was named "Outstanding Soloist".
TPSMEA High School Honor Orchestra
Congratulations to freshman Morgan Bandy who was selected as 2nd chair in the cello section and 8th grader Cameron Bandy who was selected as 5th chair in the viola section of the Texas Private School Music Educators Association High School Honor Orchestra! The brothers will perform in February in the TPSMEA Honor Orchestra Concert.
All-State Choir (January 26 - 28, San Marcos)
We are very proud of our Texas Private School Music Educators Association All-Region/All-State Choir Members. They had lots of tough competition this year!
Four vocalists will represent CCA in San Marcos, January 26-28, 2012. Pictured here from L to R are Sophomore Colton Hess, Senior Christina Capili, Junior Sarah Allen, and Sophomore Micah Lutz. These four students were chosen from among nearly 1,000 singers from private schools across Texas. Hess and Capili have earned spots in the All State Choir for the last two years
All-Region Mixed Choir (January 6 - 7, Dallas)
Sarah Allen
Christina Capili
Walker Embrey
Colton Hess
Micah Lutz
Reagan McDoniel
All-Region Treble Choir (January 6 - 7, Dallas)
Hannah Allen
Shelbie Embrey
2010-2011
- Walker Embrey, Colton Hess, and Jacob Taunton were selected for the 2011 TPSMEA All-State choir.
- Recent graduate Jessica Peterson along with senior Samantha Schneider and freshman Alex Speed appeared in Artisan Center Theater's summer production of "Les Miserables."
- Freshman Colton Hess appeared recently as Toby in the Ohlook Performing Arts Center production of "Sweeney Todd."
- Senior singer/actress Jessica Peterson was accepted to
Anderson University - CCA Rhetoric School Art Students placed 6th in the 2010 TAPPS State Art Meet in Austin. Individual winners were as follows: Lauren Altimont- 2nd place in Fashion Design; Kinsey Squires- 2nd place Pottery; Anna Shurtleff- 2nd place in Photography; Katherine Meadows- 3rd place in Pottery; Shae Bayless- 4th place in Pottery; Grant Hudson- Honorable Mention for Photography and Senior Portfolio.
- Kings Kids, Early Logic School choir, received a 1-Superior rating at the 2010 ACSI Music Festival.
- Grammar School winners at the ACSI 2010 District Speech meet are: Gold Medals went to: Collin Hatcher, Melodee Liles, Parker Wilson, Carly Spain, Emily Myers, Rebecca Moore, Alaina Arce, Hannah Delmar, and Hannah Burt; Silver Medals went to: Joshua Gabriel, Preston Lynn, Julia Ritchie, Allison Ward, Kaylee Baker, Mackenzie Stewart, Curt Popkin, Annie Berg, Tory Peek, Michaela Dowen, Meagan Eastabrook, and Meagan Fisher; Bronze medals went to: Grace Barfknecht, Lindsay Tito, Kate Mitchell, Emma Snyder, Maddy Liles, and Hannah Gooden.
- 7th grade cellist Morgan Bandy won second place in the Junior Sonata division of the Dallas Music Teachers Association Symphonic competition. His brother, Cameron Bandy, a sixth grader and a violist, won sixth place in the Junior Sonata division.
- Rhetoric school Art students won First Place overall in the 2010 TAPPS District Art Meet.
- 2nd grader Gracie Blackburn was named to the Texas Girls Choir.
- Sophomore Christina Capili was named to the 2010 TPSMEA All-State choir.
- Christina Capili, Josh Dailey, and Randy Roberts were selected for the 2010 TPSMEA All-Region choir.
