Articles filed under Suburban Talents

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  Suburbia’s Got Talent: Shawn Michael Hutchings Apr 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  In 1994, Shawn Hutchings was 23 years old and trying to find and define himself when he penned the song "Sometimes." He calls it a "state of questioning." Seventeen years later, the Lake Zurich music school owner says the song still speaks to him.
  

   
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  Suburbia’s Got Talent: Anton Ostrovskiy Apr 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  Young singer Anton Osktrovskiy, from Naperville performs an Alleluia by Mozart at this year's Naperville's Got Talent show.
  

   
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  Suburbia’s got talent: Fox Valley Repertory Apr 3, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fox Valley Repertory continues its second season reliving the summer of 1960 set to Neil Sedaka's hits with the musical "Breaking Up is Hard to Do." Directed by Fox Valley Rep veteran and multi-JEFF Award-winning choreographer and director Kevin Bellie, performances will take place now thru May 20 at the Pheasant Run Resort main stage in St. Charles.
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Seth Paine studentsMar 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  Seth Paine Elemenary School 4th and 5th graders in Lake Zurich are presenting the play Honk Jr. earlier this month at the Lake Zurich High School Performing Arts Center.
  

   
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  Suburban bottle band very popular Mar 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  The St. Luke's Bottle Band has played on national television as well as throughout the suburbs, but did you know it's been around since 1979? The band is affiliated with St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Park Ridge and performs a new show there every other year. "A lot of our members enjoy the opportunity to do something really goofy," said Paul Phillips, who founded the band 33 years ago.
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Church's Monks ChoirMar 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  Gary United Methodist Church's Monks Choir presents the Hallejulia Choir from Handel's Messiah at the church's talent show.
  

   
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  Suburbia's got talent: Geneva High School senior James Bartusek Mar 6, 2012 12:00 AM
  On Feb. 15, Geneva High School senior saxophonist James Bartusek was the winner of the 18-22 year-old age category in the Union League Jazz Improvisation Competition in Chicago. He also received a $1,500 cash prize. James was also the lead alto saxophonist at the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Music Festival (Honors Combo - Jazz Division) in Peoria in January.
  

   
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  Suburbia's got Talent: Songwriter Terry BreenFeb 28, 2012 12:00 AM
  He's a Mundelein-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and composer. She's a local artist and photographer. Now, Terry Breen and Bonnie Aldrich have combined their talents into a YouTube video making the rounds.
  

   
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  Suburbia’s Got Talent: St. Viator student Feb 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights played the “Sound of Music” to a sold-out house every night for six performances earlier in February, a fitting response to the effort put in by nearly 200 students — with 160 cast members divided into alternate casts, 20 musicians in the orchestra and another 20 providing technical support. In this video clip, the Mother Abbess, played by Jenny Lim, sings the stirring, “Climb Every Mountain.” Lim shared the role with Maddy Kelly in alternate performances. “The Sound of Music” was St. Viator’s 46th annual musical.
  

   

• Suburbia's Got Talent: Fremd band gears up for jazz Feb 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  Roberto Diaz shot this video of the Fremd High School Jazz Lab Band performing "Holy Habanero" at the Northshore Jazz Festival on January 21, 2012. The festival, in its 35th year, was held at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview. The next big jazz event is Jazz in the Meadows, held Feb. 25 at Rolling Meadows High School.
  

   
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  Suburbia’s Got Talent: Wheaton Warrenville South’s show choir Feb 7, 2012 12:00 AM
  Wheaton Warrenville South's show choir, The Classics, competed in last year's FAME national championships in Indianapolis and came away with several big awards.
  

   
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  Suburbia's got talent: Student performs ‘Born This Way' Jan 30, 2012 12:00 AM
  Colin Bokowy, a sophormore at Jacobs High School in Algonquin, takes a star turn with his soulful performance of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" at the district's staff rally at the Sears Centre.
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Hawthorn Dist. 73's Eagle Chorus Jan 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Eagle Chorus made up of 48 Hawthorn Elementary District 73 students in Vernon Hills is flying high these days. The fifth-graders from Townline Elementary and the Hawthorn School of Dual Language in Vernon Hills took a global approach to music last month when they performed their “December Round the World.”
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Jennifer Cha Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  Up and coming violin virtuoso Jennifer Cha is a 14-year-old sophomore at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. This past summer she was featured on WFMT radio's Introductions and From the Top programs.
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Thank you for MarklundJan 3, 2012 12:00 AM
  Volunteering at the Bloomingdale facility since early 2009, Bob Collins recently expressed his appreciation to the Marklund employees for all they do by writing and producing a blues-styled song and music video called, “Marklund is the Place.”
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Grayslake winter musicalDec 27, 2011 12:00 AM
  Grayslake Middle School presented “Guys and Dolls” as this year's winter musical production.
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Geneva High School's lip dubDec 20, 2011 12:00 AM
  More than 500 Geneva High School students joined forces to produce the Vikings Lip Dub, a single-take video showcasing the high school's student body and extracurricular activities. It features GHS students lip-synching to Kenny Loggins' "Footloose."
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Lake Park H. students' rap videoDec 13, 2011 12:00 AM
  For homecoming, Lake Park High School students Helen Gilley, Caitlin Valazquez, Amanda Bergeron, and Katie Perry decided to produce a rap video and enter it in the school's annual King Of The Couch contest.
  

   
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  Suburbia's got talent: Harper College Jazz Lab Band Dec 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  You can catch the Harper College Jazz Lab Band, here performing McCoy Tyner's “Groove Waltz”, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Performing Arts Center on the Palatine campus. The Lab Band, directed by Ken Spurr, is run as a small jazz combo that performs a standard professional jazz repertoire. Got video of a talent you want to share? Upload the video to YouTube and send the link to talent@dailyherald.com.
  

   
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  Suburbia's Got Talent: Round Lake Area Park District Community Theater Nov 29, 2011 12:00 AM
  Suburbia's got talent video from the Round Lake Area Park District Community Theater's presentation of the "Floating Princess."