Master acrobat Wayne Huey of Red Panda Acrobats balances his body in a horizontal position, held up with only the strength of one arm and hand during an assembly Monday afternoon for Mount Madonna School students.
Two performers from Red Panda Acrobats dazzled and amazed Mount Madonna School students Monday afternoon with feats of balance, strength, flexibility and mimicry. Students held their breath as they watched featured acrobat Wayne Huey successfully perform "The Incredible Building Blocks on Handstand" routine, or wriggled through a narrow wooden tube in the "Chinese Barrel Contortionist Act."
Red Panda Acrobats was formed in 1990 in Shanghai China; its members are professionally trained acrobats, who began developing their skills as young children in various Chinese acrobat schools. The now-San Francisco based group began performing in the U.S. in 1991, and currently travel around the world doing both private and public shows.
Jennifer Faulwetter receives award
Live Oak High School 2001 graduate Jennifer Faulwetter has received Montana State University's $500 W.G. Characklis Memorial Graduate Scholarship and the $5,000 Ferguson Graduate Student Fellowship at the Center for Biofilm Engineering Technical Conference. Faulwetter, who majored in microbiology at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, is working on her Ph.D. in microbiology at the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State in Bozeman, Mont.
The Ferguson Fellowship is administered by the Minority Health Professions Foundation.
Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras 2009 scholarship applications available
Applications for the 2009 Mushroom Mardi Gras Scholarships are available at the Mushroom Mardi Gras office at 224 Tennant Station and at Live Oak and Ann Sobrato high schools' counseling offices. Applications can also be downloaded at www.mhmushroommardigras.com.
All seniors who attend public or private high schools and reside within the geographical boundaries of the Morgan Hill Unified School District are eligible. The deadline for all applications to be returned to the Mushroom Mardi Gras office or the counseling offices at Live Oak or Sobrato is March 30.
Details: Mushroom Mardi Gras office at 779-0886
State Fair Volunteer Group offers scholarships
The Friends of the California State Fair will continue its scholarship program for the 2009-2010 academic year. California college students and graduating high school students are eligible and must submit an application by March 20.
This year, 24 scholarships totaling $27,000 will be awarded in the following areas: arts, general studies, agriculture, international studies, teaching credential programs, fair management, business, sports management, history, viticulture, oenology and culinary.
Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of personal commitment, goals established for their chosen field, leadership potential and civic accomplishments. All applicants are also eligible for the Ironstone Concours d' Elegance $5,000 outstanding candidate scholarship.
Details: Visit bigfun.org or contact Kate O'Neil at 916-263-3636 or at entryoffice@calexpo.com
Paradise Valley student collecting school supplies for Kenya
Paradise Valley Elementary School third grader Hailey Gangitano has started collecting school supplies as part of the Help Kenya Project. She will visit her peers at Paradise Valley Elementary School to ask for supplies, including pencils, pens and erasers; children's books; math and science text books; and backpacks.
Gangitano hopes to collect at least two pens, two pencils, an eraser, a book and a bag for each of the 400 students at Metuma Primary School in Kenya by June.
Details: E-mail Hailey at helpingkenya@yahoo.com. For details on the project, visit hkenyaproject.org.
Oakwood High School sophomore Samta Batra has won the Rotary Club of Morgan Hill's 2009 Youth Speech Contest. Her five-minute speech on the theme "Make Dreams Real" was delivered in competition before the club Feb. 11.
Samta is the daughter of Atul and Suman Batra of Morgan Hill. She plans to study medicine in college.
Samta won the $100 prize and earned the opportunity to advance to the semi-finals in Rotary International's Area Speech Contest. She will compete Feb. 26 with the winners of competitions sponsored by Rotary clubs in Gilroy, San Juan Bautista and Hollister.
Second place honors in the club competition went to Alex Salvador, a Live Oak High School senior, and third place to Gabriela Cinkova, a Live Oak High School sophomore.
Club speech contest chair was Dr. Benjamin Stein of Rotary Club of Morgan Hill and judging was by local members of Toastmasters International.
The purpose of the Youth Speech Contest is to help young people understand the importance of speaking effectively before a group; to expand public knowledge - especially among young people - of what Rotary is and does throughout the world; and to allow high school students the opportunity to compete for prize money that will be used to further the student's education.
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