By The Paper staff
WABASH COUNTY, Ind. – Fifty-one Wabash County students were recognized Tuesday, May 16, for their participating in the 2017 Symphony in Color.
The Wabash unit of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association (ISOA) recognized the students who entered drawings in the state competition. During the reception, which took place in the Honeywell Center’s Legacy Hall, each student was honored with a ribbon and certificate.
Twelve of these local students were honored with special recognition from the state level, which only 100 youth across Indiana received.
Metro North Elementary second graders Alivia Cole and Allison Edmond, Sharp Creek Elementary School fifth grader Hailey Krom and Metro North first grade student Hope Troyer were recognized as gold ribbon winners. Their artwork was exhibited in the Oval Promenade of the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis and they were invited to an awards tea ceremony in the Hilbert Circle Theatre earlier this spring.
At the Wabash awards ceremony, the four youth received their artwork matted and framed.
Six local youth were also honored as finalists in the state competition. Their artwork was also displayed in the Indiana State Museum along with the gold ribbon winners.
The finalists included Sharp Creek students Ashlynn Arney, Ella Haupert, Emma Warnock, Hannah Wilson; Wabash Middle School students Brooke Wagner and Kaylee Wagner.
Wabash home schooled student Emaline Cordes and Metro North first grader Maylee Sizemore were recognized with honorable mention status.
The local ISOA board thanked art teachers and instructors Charly Dye, Katy Gray, Alicia Gullotti, Lynee Keffaber, Lisa Monroe, Jo Nordman, Annie Shilling, Erica Tyson and Karen Eilts-Walter for working with their students to prepare art projects for the competition.
Tuesday’s reception was partially funded by a grant from the Honeywell Foundation.