Marquee
& Winfield Arts and Humanities Council Organizing Virtual Talent Show for
Cowley County
Marquee
Performing Arts Center, working together with the Winfield Arts and Humanities
Council (WAHC), is organizing an online talent show set to take place in March.
Called Marquee Mirror: A Virtual Talent Show for Cowley County, the online
competition will feature videos and photos of entries, and will allow viewers
to vote for their favorite entries in visual and performing arts. Area
businesses have contributed cash & prizes for the competition, which will
feature categories for adults and youth (18 and below).
The
competition’s web page will go live March 1, and
entries will be due by 11:59pm on Friday, March 19. Voting will then take place
throughout the next week, and close at 11:59pm on Friday, March 26. Winners
will be announced on March 27 at 8:00pm. While there is no entry fee, voters
will be asked to contribute $1 a vote, with proceeds going to support the
Marquee and WAHC. Complete rules, entry forms, and list of prizes may be found
at the Marquee website, at marqueepac.org/marqueemirror.
Marquee
Board President Roger Moon: “We expect that visual arts, which may include
painting, sculpture, photography, as well as crafts like cross stitch and
quilting, will be represented primarily by photos submitted via an online form.
Performing arts, such as instrumental music, vocal music, dance, and acting,
will be captured via uploaded videos.”
“While there
is a fee to vote, we do not see this event primarily as a fundraiser, which is
why the cost of voting is set so low. The Marquee has organized live talent
shows in the past, and they have generally been very popular. We thought that
this was a way we could reach out to the community, and folks could get
involved in something that showcases the talent and resources of our community
at a time when getting together to watch a talent show is impossible. And I
must say that area businesses were so very supportive when we approached them
with the idea.”
More
than $800 has been pledged as cash and prizes for the competition, with the
following area businesses contributing: Biederman’s Bistro, Bob’s Liquor, C&B
Liquor, College Hill Coffee, Eagle’s Nest, The Emporium, Field to Fabric,
Gallery 1001, Gold’s Nutrition, Graves Drug, Ken & Jan Hathaway, Health
Center Pharmacy, Home Lumber & Supply, Jarrett & Norton CPAs, Lucky
Star, El Maguey, Sonic, Timber Creek Floral, Trunk N Treasure, WB Meats, Walnut
Valley Dental, & Walnut Valley Festival.
The
mission of the Marquee Performing Arts Center is to create a dynamic cultural
hub in the heart of downtown Winfield for social, artistic, educational, and
business gatherings by restoring and transforming the historic Winfield Fox
Theater into a state-of-the-art facility that connects and serves the people of
Winfield and South-Central Kansas. The Winfield Arts & Humanities Council
works to provide the public with programs and events centered around the arts.
This includes providing new art each month in the WAHC galleries, organizing
Winfield's annual Art in the Park juried arts and crafts show, and organizing
the Kansas Voices contest for writers living in Kansas.
