Arts Alive! A Celebration of the Arts PROGRAM
DEL COUCH President, Del Couch Music Education Foundation, to receive the Kelly Woodland Community Arts Education Award.
HELEN DOLBEC Retired Dance Educator, School District of Manatee County and Coordinator, Yes We Can DANCE" Festival, to receive the LINDA BOONE DANCE EDUCATION AWARD.
ELLIOTT FALCIONE Director, Manatee County Convention and Visitors Bureau, to receive the VERNON DESEAR ARTS CHAMPION AWARD.
FELD ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Worldwide leader in producing and presenting live touring family entertainment experiences that bring people together and uplift the human spirit, to receive the HERBIE ROSE ARTS INNOVATION AWARD.
DR. KAREN HOLBROOK Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, to receive the Dr. Larry Thompson Arts Education Advancement Award.
SHERRY MATTOS Retired Music Educator, School District of Manatee County, to receive DALE JENSEN MUSIC EDUCATION AWARD.
PATRICIA ROSS Retired Theatre Educator, Manatee School for the Arts and Lakewood Ranch High School, to receive the DR. SHERRY LAWRENCE THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD
SHARON SCARBROUGH Principal, Braden River High School, to receive the DUDLEY LEIGH ARTS LEADERSHIP AWARD.
PETER PINNOCK Professional Dancer and graduate of Manatee School for the Arts. Peter currently lives in LA and travels the world dancing with some of the biggest names in modern entertainment.
DEBBIE SPENCER Art Teacher at Blackburn and Tillman Elementary Schools to receive the Barbara Turner-Grace Visual Art Education Award. Presented posthumously.
Rowlett Middle Academy Jazz Combo Victoria Helton, Director
Elementary Honor Choir Nicole Messner, Director
Southeast Seminole Cinema Jason Schiessl, Director
Braden River High School Musical Theatre Ricardo Robinson-Shinall, Director
Lakewood Ranch High School Drumline Ron Lambert, Director
Manatee High School Sugar Cane Dancers Tess Chawi / Angela Babroski, Directors