February 1999

High School Honor Choir joins UW-Green Bay festival celebrating British music

GREEN BAY - "Musica Britannica" is the theme of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay choral festival featuring guest conductor and organist Rowland Blackley on Thursday, March 11, at the Weidner Center. The concert at 7:30 p.m. highlights a High School Honor Choir made up of students from 13 area schools, in addition to the University's Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Women's Chorus.

Blackley is director of choral activities at Ashland University in Ohio, and his teaching experience includes music at all levels, from elementary school through graduate students. He has a strong interest in British choral music. Blackley is a graduate of Concordia College, New York, and received a Master of Music degree from Kent State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado. An accomplished organist, Blackley earned the Associateship certificate of the American Guild of Organists and is Dean of the North-Central Ohio chapter.

Blackley will rehearse the Honor Choir during the day-long festival for high school students, and, in the evening performance, he will conduct and provide some of the organ accompaniment.

The program showcases a wide time span in English music, from composers who worked in the 16th century to contemporary, living composers. The Honor Choir program shows the range, including "Ave Verum Corpus," by William Byrd, born in the mid-1500s, to "Make a Joyful Noise," by William Mathias, a Welsh composer born in 1934. The University's select Vocal Ensemble will perform 16th, 17th, 19th, and 20th century compositions.

Works by Henry Purcell, who lived in the last half of the 17th century, will be presented by both the Women's Chorus and by the Concert Choir. George Frideric Handel also is represented twice: by the Woman's Chorus, and by the combined choirs, who will perform "Zadok the Priest," an anthem composed for the coronation of England's George II. UW-Green Bay faculty member Arthur Cohrs will be the organ accompanist for "Zadok" and for several other selections.

The University's Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir are directed by William Witwer. Judy O'Grady is director of the Women's Chorus. Ellen Hanchek is piano accompanist for the Women's Chorus.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. The number for tickets is 920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

High schools participating in the UW-Green Bay Honor Choir (with choral director listed):

Ashwaubenon High School, Teresa Schroepfer; Bay Port High School, David Pufall; Gillett High School, Kathryn Brown; Green Bay Preble High School, Susan McAllister; Green Bay Southwest High School, Dean Luethi; Green Bay West High School, John Raleigh; Hortonville High School, Shelley Nulton; Kimberly High School, Pat Poppe; Oconto Falls High School, Amy Thiel; Reedsville High School, Ellen Pierce; Seymour High School, Amy Bucheger; Sevastopol High School, Karen Stangel; Suring High School, Micki Carlson.

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the Neville Public Museum of Brown County will celebrate the start of a new educational partnership with a public reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Neville.

The program begins with a brief signing ceremony followed by a reception and an opportunity for private tours.

The partnership agreement formalizes the Neville's and UW-Green Bay's sharing of resources, collections and programming efforts. It also encourages the placement of University students as Museum interns.

"Our partnership is not a new venture; rather, it takes a long-standing relationship to a new level," said UW-Green Bay Provost Howard Cohen. "Our creative sharing of resources, programs and activities will mean new and exciting opportunities for students and patrons in Northeast Wisconsin."

In the past, the Neville and the University have collaborated on occasion on projects such as in-service training for Brown County teachers, discovery workshops for young people, and collection development. Planners say the new agreement will expand these opportunities.

"The staff and I are very excited about this new educational partnership," said Ann Koski, Neville Public Museum director. "While we have cooperated in numerous activities over the past years, the formalization of our relationship lays the groundwork for greater things to come. We each have different strengths, exhibited in the different types of programs we offer to the public. Now, we can combine our resources on a much broader scale to provide opportunities to students and to the general public that we cannot do alone." Three UW-Green Bay students are currently serving as Neville interns, working on projects that might still be sitting on storage shelves without their help. Elaine Gehl is organizing the tintype collection (a series of photos, mostly portraits, on metal plates). Lena Negley works in the History Department, preparing artifacts for the upcoming FIRE! Exhibit. Mark Jung is working in the Collections Department on the Lefebvre Photo Collection stock albums.

"The projects that these students are working on require a certain level of skill," said Koski. "It is not only a great benefit to us, but if they go on to work in museum-related professions, they've already demonstrated significant experience in the field."

Negley has received hands-on experience in both research and restoration for the upcoming FIRE! exhibit, which showcases the history of the Green Bay Fire Department and the heroism of its firefighters dating back to 1854.

"I've had great exposure to the different positions and responsibilities within the Museum," said Negley. "The insight I've gained through the internship to the potential job market has been invaluable to my education."

Koski will serve as master of ceremonies for the event which includes remarks by Brown County Executive Nancy Nusbaum and UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mark L. Perkins. The signing of the agreement will take place at about 4:45, followed by the behind-the-scenes private tour of the exhibit workshop area, research library and collections.

UW-Green Bay student Kristin Sponcia will entertain guests on the Neville's baby grand piano. A reception with hors d'oeuvres is included in the evening's events. The public is welcome to attend with an R.S.V.P. preferred. Call Jan Snyder at 920-465-2082.

GREEN BAY - Future teachers of young children will spend their junior and senior college years learning in the settings where children learn in a new Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Students will be based at the new Encompass Child Care Center to be located in the On Broadway redevelopment district and they'll also get "hands on" learning in Green Bay Area Public Schools and the district's English-as-a-Second-Language, Title I, Head Start, and Early Childhood/Kindergarten classrooms.

Assistant Prof. Patricia Ragan, Early Childhood Program director and faculty member in UW-Green Bay's professional program in Education, won a $166,406 grant to support the start of the program. The grant comes from the U. S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).

Partners with UW-Green Bay in developing the program are Encompass Child Care, Inc., the Green Bay Area Public School District, the Green Bay Head Start Program, and the Fort Howard/Jefferson Neighborhood Family Resource Center. Ragan says her research has uncovered no other program for future early childhood teachers with so many community links, including childcare facilities, schools, parents, and community organizations.

Encompass Child Care, Inc., on Feb. 9 launched a $1.6-million capital campaign to build a new child care facility on Kellogg Street, between Broadway and Chestnut, to replace its Lois Mahoney Center located in a former church on South Ashland Avenue. The 18,000-square foot, two-story structure is being planned to accommodate UW-Green Bay's new program for teachers. Rose Dobkowski, executive director of Encompass Child Care, Inc., is co-chair with Ragan of the UW-Green Bay Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Program advisory board.

The new program for teachers replaces the traditional model - college classroom followed by practice teaching - with one aimed at preparing teachers to work in "real" communities with children and parents who are diverse in many ways, says Ragan. Once students complete freshman and sophomore level requirements at UW-Green Bay, their learning will be primarily in the community. "One thing that led to this program was student dissatisfaction in not having a 'real life' environment in which to apply the knowledge from their courses," explains Ragan.

In the new program, future teachers will learn from early childhood professionals and parents as well as from UW-Green Bay faculty. They'll work with a master teacher at the Encompass center. The prospective teachers will be evaluated on competencies - what they know and what they can do. Courses will be offered via the Internet, so students can do much of the work away from the UW-Green Bay campus.

Thirty-two students - double the number who usually start the early childhood sequence - are enrolled this semester in the first Internet course. The full program gets under way in fall 1999 when the students move their "home base" to the Encompass center. Ragan says students will be able to complete the new Early Childhood Program in four semesters and two summers of their junior and senior years.

A minor in Early Childhood Education currently is a requirement for Department of Public Instruction licensure to teach at pre-kindergarten level. According to Ragan, the new Early Childhood Program will put UW-Green Bay students in good position for changes that are anticipated in Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction licensure requirements.

"Our Early Childhood Program responds to the national call for teacher preparation reform and the national need for quality early childhood programs to meet the needs for services for families with young children," she says. Ragan adds that the successful bid for federal FIPSE funds "is evidence of growing national interest in children's early years."

GREEN BAY - The life of a pioneer Green Bay woman is portrayed in "Elizabeth Baird Remembers Life in Early Wisconsin," at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The performance in the Christie Theater on the lower level of the University Union is open to the public. There is no admission charge, but donations are encouraged.

Elizabeth Baird was a 14-year-old bride in 1824 when she came from her home at Mackinac to the frontier settlement of Green Bay- then called Astor - with her husband, Henry Baird, a lawyer ten years her senior. Baird's life has so interested educator/actress/musician Beverly Smith that Smith has spent hours in researching and preparing the one-woman portrayal of Baird's life from 1824 to 1874.

Smith's performance, sponsored by the Friends of the Cofrin Library, opens Women's History Month at UW-Green Bay. The U. S. Congress in 1987 designated March as Women's History Month.

"Traditional records often reveal little about women and their lives, concerns and feelings," says Debra Anderson, director of the UW-Green Bay Library's Special Collections and Area Research Center, which houses Baird's papers. "The only way we can get women's history to come alive is through original words such as those in Elizabeth Baird's diaries and letters."

Elizabeth Baird lived until 1890, and her life spanned Wisconsin's history from the time it was a territory largely unpopulated by Europeans to prosperous statehood.

Smith says she became interested in Baird's life because Baird overcame obstacles. She was ill-prepared for life on the frontier, notes Smith, who describes Baird as "a spoiled child." Servants had done the work in her family's household. Baird had the additional disadvantage of neither speaking nor reading English.

But her husband was ambitious - he served in territorial offices and later as mayor of Green Bay - and Elizabeth rose to the challenge. She overcame loneliness, lack of skills, and language differences to run a well-ordered household, be a gracious hostess to dignitaries from far and wide, and help her husband in his work.

Perhaps best of all for Smith, Baird became an observer and a literate recorder of the events around her. "Ninety percent of the words I use in the performance are her words," says Smith. "There's very little of me in it."

Smith says she got interested in Baird several years ago when preparing for "Voices from the Hill," a dramatic re-enactment of personalities from the region's past performed by Evergreen Players. That led her to Baird's papers in the UW-Green Bay Library and she expanded her portrayal of Baird to a one-person show.

Smith, who retired last spring after 21 years as a reading specialist with East De Pere Schools, is a long-time participant in Evergreen Theater. She also has done one-person portrayals of Grandma Moses and Susan B. Anthony. In addition to her bachelor's degree from Goshen College and a Master's in Reading from UW-Oshkosh, she has studied speech and theater at Indiana University and Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts.

Copies of The Memoirs of Elizabeth T. Baird, published in 1998 by the Heritage Hill Foundation, will be for sale at the UW-Green Bay performance at a reduced price. The book is a compilation of articles by Baird that appeared in 1886 and 1887 in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

GREEN BAY - Work by 67 artists from across Wisconsin goes on exhibit Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Lawton Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The exhibit is the Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors statewide membership juried exhibition, and it opens with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. at the gallery in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Watercolors, paintings in oil and acrylic, drawings in pastel and graphite, three-dimensional works in stone, clay, and metal, prints made by traditional methods and laser printer, photographs, fibers, and mixed media pieces are included. The juror was Arthur Thrall, professor emeritus at Lawrence University.

The exhibit continues through Saturday, April 3. The gallery will be closed from March 13 through 23 for the University's spring break. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Artists exhibiting include:

Appleton-Steve Ballard, Charlotte Darling-Diehl, Joan Geenen, Charles Mitchell, Betty M. Proper. Campbellsport-David Klein. Chilton-Mark David Gray. Cottage Grove-Jean Ruchti. De Pere-Ned M. Cain, Virginia Janssen, Marilyn Stasiak. Fox Point-Donna Elliott.

Green Bay-Sally M. Berner, John Fix, June Kashnig, Lori Jae Reich, Roberta Scherrer, Terry H. Stanley, Lorraine Swain, Martina J. White. Greenville-Steve Yankowski. Hortonville-Jeff Le Mieux. Iola-Carolyn Rosenberger. Kaukauna-Lee Mothes. Kewaunee-George Wussow. Lake Mills-Martha Liebenow.

Madison-Sarah Aslakson, Bernard P. Barwick, Connie Miller, John Miller, Karen E. Muench, Audrey Lundquist Paesel, Ann Stretton, Lee Weiss, Rita Yanny. McFarland-Anne-Marie Quackenbush. Mequon-Diane Arenberg. Middleton-Doug Haynes.

Milwaukee-Sally Gauger Jensen, Thea Kovac, George A. Ronsholdt, Fred Stein. Mineral Point-Jamie Ross. Monona-Patricia Scullion, Trudi Theisen. Neenah-Angelika Kade, Karen S. Myhre, Camille Van Lanen. New Franken-Norbert H. Kox. Oconomowoc-Phyllis Donovan De Meyer.

Pewaukee-Karen Olsen. Plymouth-Joan Kohn. Port Washington-Shirley S. Gruen. Racine-Nancy J. Greenebaum, Maggie Lukow, Margaret Suchland. Slinger-Carol Grant. Stevens Point-David L. Smith. Suamico-Steven Haas.

Theresa-Nancy Lamers. Waukesha-Kathy Moss-Reeves, Charles F. Wickler. Waupaca-Brenda Wenberg. Wauwatosa-Colette Odya Smith. West Bend-Jeff Jahn. Whitefish Bay-Marianne Huebner. Whitewater-Albert Benedict.

GREEN BAY - Nancy Kaufman, dean of professional studies and outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has been appointed to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Professional Standards Council. The Council advises and makes recommendations to the DPI on all matters of teacher education and licensing.

Kaufman joined UW-Green Bay as an interim dean in February 1995 and became dean in July 1996. She previously had served in UW System administration in Madison, and is the former head of the School of Education at UW-Stevens Point.

GREEN BAY - Gilbert and Sullivan's hit operetta, Pirates of Penzance, comes to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay University Theatre at 7:30 p.m. each evening, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Feb. 26-28, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 4-6.

The comic vehicle for fair maidens, soft-hearted pirates, easily-unnerved police, a bluff major-general, an addled nursemaid, and a pair of young lovers is presented by UW-Green Bay's Theater and Music departments.

Guest performer Keith Anderson portrays the apprentice pirate whose first look at a maiden of his own age results in love, and Angela Weber is Mabel, the light of his life. Anderson, who makes his home in New York, appeared at the Weidner Center in a national tour of The Secret Garden, and at Peninsula Players in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Weber is a senior music performance major from Oostburg, who has performed at UW-Green Bay in Menotti's The Telephone and the children's opera, Little Red Riding Hood, among other productions.

Andrew Tolksdorf, Green Bay, a teacher at Baird Elementary School, portrays Major-General Stanley, father to a bevy of fair maidens. The nursemaid who inadvertantly apprentices her charge to pirates is played by Amanda E. Moschea, Whitefish Bay. The senior music education major is the recipient of the University's first Paul D. Ziemer Memorial Voice Scholarship.

Other major roles include 1998 UW-Green Bay alumnus Andrew J. Weber as the Sergeant of Police, and sophomore theater major Steve Marzolf as the Pirate King. Weber, a Shorewood native, was active in vocal ensembles and choral activities at UW-Green Bay and is a substitute teacher in the Green Bay School district. Marzolf, Green Bay, performed in last year's musical, Godspell, and most recently was seen in The Rimers of Eldritch.

John Mariano of the theater faculty directs the production, and Sarah Meredith of the music faculty is musical director. Choreography is by faculty member Eugenia Erdman. Sara Salentine, Luxemburg, and Kristin Sponcia, Brookfield, are the piano accompanists. Both pianists are music majors emphasizing jazz studies.

Faculty member Jeff Entwistle is both scene and lighting designer. Guest costume designer is Shifra Werch, Chicago, who has been resident costume designer for Green Bay's Pamiro Opera Company for several years.

Theater Technical Director R. Michael Ingraham is stage manager and freshman Julie Hopkins, Oak Creek, is the assistant stage manager. Hopkins was sound designer for The Rimers of Eldritch. Senior Jason Lienhard, New London, recipient of a meritorious achievement award from the American College Theater Festival for his sound design for Machinal, is technical director.

Pirates had its premiere performance in 1879 in New York, and quickly became a hit. The musical made waves in New York again in 1980 when it was staged in Central Park with Linda Ronstadt as the female romantic lead.

The UW-Green Bay production is an American College Theater Festival Associate Entry.

Tickets are $15 in advance/$17.50 at the door for adults; $12 in advance/$15 at the door for seniors and students; and $7.50 for UW-Green Bay students only. The number for tickets is 920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS. One-quarter of ticket proceeds support theater scholarships and are tax deductible.

Background on personnel for The Pirates of Penzance at UW-Green Bay:

Angela Weber, Oostburg, is Mabel, the object of a young pirate's affections. She has sung in two UW-Green Bay opera productions, Little Red Riding Hood, and Menotti's The Telephone, as well as appearing in A Christmas Carol and Dark of the Moon. She is a music performance major emphasizing voice.

Andrew Tolksdorf, Green Bay, portrays Major-General Stanley. A teacher at Baird Elementary in Green Bay, he performed in a UW-Green Bay production of The Fantasticks and in Pamiro Opera Company' s La Traviata. Tolksdorf previously taught music in the Marinette Public Schools and was active in Theatre on the Bay.

Amanda E. Moschea, Whitefish Bay, is Ruth, the nursemaid. The music education major is the recipient of the University's first Paul D. Ziemer Memorial Voice Scholarship. In 1997-98 she was named "Outstanding Vocal Ensemble Member" and she competed in the International Dvorak Voice competition in the Czech Republic. She has performed in UW-Green Bay children's opera productions and in A Christmas Carol.

Steve Marzolf, Green Bay, is the Pirate King. A sophomore theater major, he was in Private Eyes and The Rimers of Eldritch during fall semester and in last year's production of Godspell.

Andrew J. Weber, Green Bay, is the Sergeant of Police. A 1998 UW-Green Bay graduate, he performed in Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, and Concert Choir, and played pit keyboard in several theater productions. He is a Green Bay School District substitute teacher.

Christopher Hibbard, De Pere, portrays Samuel. A junior emphasizing musical theater, Hibbard has had roles in The Rimers of Eldrich, Godspell, and Immigrant Voices.

• Major-General Stanley's daughters include:

Jill M. Eggers, Highland, is Kate, and also is the understudy for the nursemaid. The Rimers of Eldritch and Godspell are among her performance credits, and she also performs and choreographs for Danceworks. She is a recipient of UW-Green Bay scholarships in both theater and music. Eggers competed in the International Dvorak Voice competition in the Czech Republic. She is an applied music major.

Amanda Rhines, Lansing, Mich., is Edith. The December 1998 graduate majored in music, emphasizing music history, and completed a minor in Humanistic Studies. She performed with Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir, and also played violin with the Green Bay Civic Symphony.

Katrina R. Czys, Cottage Grove. She is a freshman making her first appearance at UW-Green Bay, but has a list of stage credits in other venues.

Jennifer Gumz, Dorchester. The senior majoring in music education sang in the recent production of the children's opera, The Wizard and the Shepardess.

Mary E. Hart, Colby. She previously sang in the UW-Green Bay production of The Old Maid and the Thief. She is a senior studying music and education.

Cassidy Heim, Green Bay. She has five years of show choir and high school musical experience and recently was first runner-up in the 1998 Miss Green Bay Pageant. The freshman music education major is making her first UW-Green Bay stage appearance.

Molly Mix, Windom, Minn. Mix is a freshman who made her UW-Green Bay debut in Private Eyes last fall. She received a theater scholarship to come to UW-Green Bay, and is emphasizing studies in musical theater.

Christine R. Naze, Luxemburg. She previously performed in A Christmas Carol. The senior is majoring in music education.

Sallie Puckett, De Pere. Puckett has been accepted to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York, and will begin study there in July. She previously appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, Godspell, and Picnic.

Nola Schwingle, Oak Creek. The junior majoring in theater and English with a secondary education minor, has a list of UW-Green Bay performing credits, most recently, The Rimers of Eldritch.

Andrea K. Wiltzius, Kohler. She is active in music performance, including Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, Hand Drumming Ensemble, and Concert Choir. Wilzius is a sophomore music major.

• Portraying dual roles as police officers and pirates are:

Kevin J. Flogel, Green Bay. A 1992 UW-Green Bay graduate, Flogel teaches music at Marinette Middle School. He has a long list of performance credits in UW-Green Bay musicals, including last year's Godspell, and performed with Danceworks.

Josh Robers, Sheboygan Falls. The sophomore had a major role in The Rimers of Eldritch, and has performed in several other UW-Green Bay productions. He was a Miss Wisconsin Pageant dancer and appeared in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Ohio Northern University.

• Pirates are:

Ryan Ackerman, Campbellsport. He previously appeared in The Wizard and the Shepardess. Ackerman is a junior music major emphasizing vocal performance.

Gregor Cox, Kaukauna. The sophomore made his UW-Green Bay debut in The Rimers of Eldritch. Cox is majoring in history and has minors in secondary education and theater. He received a Kaukauna Community Players Scholarship.

Micheal Herman, Wisconsin Rapids. Herman was nominated to participate in the regional American College Theater Festival Irene Ryan Competition in January for three separate roles that he had portrayed over the previous year. The junior was last seen on the UW-Green Bay stage in The Rimers of Eldritch.

Jason Krentz, Montello. He is making his first appearance on the UW-Green Bay stage. Krentz is a sophomore majoring in music education.

Eric Lindahl, Stetsonville. The freshman was in The Rimers of Eldritch in December. He is majoring in English and minoring in education and theater.

• Police officers are portrayed by:

Aaron Dubinski, Hubertus. The freshman is making his first UW-Green Bay stage appearance. He was active with Hartford Players while in high school.

Emily Evanoff, Plymouth. The junior was nominated to participate in the Irene Ryan Competition at the regional American College Theater Festival in January for her role in The Rimers of Eldritch. Evanoff's theater credits include Picnic and Immigrant Voices.

Angela F. Hudzinski, Lake Delton. This is the sophomore's first UW-Green Bay production, but she has credits in other venues, including supplying the voice of the hippo in the Noah's Ark water animal show. She is majoring in psychology and Human Development.

Scott Rasmussen, Oshkosh. He is making his performance debut at UW-Green Bay, but was active in many theater and musical theater productions at Lourdes High School. Rasmussen is a freshman emphasizing theater performance.

Adam J. Schmitt, Glendale. This is his first UW-Green Bay production. Schmitt is a freshman emphasizing jazz studies.

David Viste, Green Bay. This is his first UW-Green Bay production. His previous theater experience includes playing in the pit band for musicals. The freshman is majoring in music and minoring in secondary education.

Tracy Winkelman, Hartford. She is a freshman Human Biology major making her first appearance on the UW-Green Bay stage. She was active in high school theater and was in a production of Cabaret featured as the showcase performance at the 1997 State Theater Festival.

• Piano accompanists are:

Sara Salentine, Luxemburg. She currently performs with Jazz Ensemble I, the New Music Ensemble, and Jazz Combos. Salentine, a junior music major emphasizing jazz studies, has been an accompanist for campus choral groups.

Kristin Sponcia, Brookfield. She performs with Jazz Ensemble I and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and has performed with UW-Green Bay combos and in Concert Choir. A senior music major emphasizing jazz studies, she also composes, and performs in the community with the River City Six and in solo piano engagements.

• Technical staff include:

Julie Hopkins, Oak Creek, assistant stage manager. A freshman, Hopkins was sound designer for The Rimers of Eldritch and served as assistant stage manager for Private Eyes. She is a technical theater major.

Jason S. Lienhard, New London, technical director. The senior theater major received a meritorious achievement award for sound design for Machinal from the American College Theater Festival and has a long list of technical theater credits at UW-Green Bay. He was lighting designer for Pamiro Opera Company's production of La Boheme.

GREEN BAY - New York-based singer/actor Keith Anderson, who'll play the romantic lead in the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay production of Pirates of Penzance, is making a return trip to Northeast Wisconsin.

Anderson performed at the Weidner Center during a six-month stint with a national tour of The Secret Garden, and a few years ago, spent time at Peninsula Players at Fish Creek, for a run of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. "An idyllic summer," he recalls.

Anderson will portray a young apprentice pirate who falls in love with the first fair maiden he meets in the production of Pirates at 7:30 p.m. each evening Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-28, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 4-6 in University Theater on the UW-Green Bay campus. The role is Anderson's first in a Gilbert and Sullivan work.

Anderson studied voice in the classically-oriented music program at Northwestern University, but, though he can sing it, says he doesn't feel his voice is best suited to opera. "My voice is more pop-y," explains Anderson. "Musical theater has been my mainstay." He has done a variety of other work ranging from commercial jingles to cabaret.

Anderson most recently appeared in Forever Plaid at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Penn., and in Where's Charley? for the inaugural season of the Words and Music series at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Anderson says his UW-Green Bay appearance is his first in a university production since his own college days and the experience caused him to momentarily revert to a student mind-set. "When I got off the plane in Green Bay, knowing I was on my way to the first sing-through, I got butterflies," he notes.

GREEN BAY - Gilbert and Sullivan is nothing new for the guest costume designer for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay production of Pirates of Penzance. Shifra Werch, who makes her home in Chicago, has designed costumes - at least once - for every Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.

Pirates will be presented at 7:30 p.m. each evening, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-28, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 4-6 in University Theatre on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Werch has designed more than 150 professional productions, including more than 50 operas. She has been resident costume designer for Pamiro Opera Company in Green Bay for several years.

Though she says her "first love" is live theater, Werch also has worked in film and television, including episodes of "Miami Vice." Her work for live stage this season includes designing the U. S. premiere of Larry Kramer's Just Say No, and Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night.

Werch is resident designer for Pegasus Theatre in Chicago. She also directs and is artistic director of LeOpera Picola in Chicago, mounting Falstaff and Don Pasquale this season.

GREEN BAY - Tou Ger Xiong, a young Southeast Asian rapper, will perform at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in the Phoenix Room of the University Union.

Xiong, a 1996 graduate of Carleton College (Minn.), mixes rap and humor to convey a serious message about valuing diversity. He is well known throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, where he has dedicated his work to teaching children to appreciate cultural differences.

As a senior political science major in 1996, Xiong received an Undergraduate Public Service Fellowship, granting him $15,000 to implement his passion on a practical level. Xiong used the fellowship to create an educational video blending Hmong history, folklore, culture, music and oral histories.

Born in Laos in 1973, Xiong fled with his family in 1975, spending four years in a Thai refugee camp before making their way to Minnesota. Growing up in St. Paul, and balancing American and Hmong cultures was difficult. And it is the same challenge that Hmong children face today, according to Xiong.

"At home, they are not Hmong enough. At school they are not American enough," he said.

He encourages teens to "realize their Hmong heritage, their bilingualism and their ability to move between cultures as valuable assets."

The event is free and open to the public. A reception follows the performance, which is part of the Contemporary Issues Series of lectures and performances organized by the UW-Green Bay Office of Student Life.

GREEN BAY - Dawn Spang of Green Bay, who went public with her personal struggle with eating disorders in an award-winning video, is the featured speaker in a free public program Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Her topic is "How to Help a Friend." The program begins at 7 p.m. in the Christie Theatre on the lower level of the University Union.

Spang's talk helps mark Eating Disorder Awareness Week Feb. 22 through 26. UW-Green Bay events are organized by the campus COPE (Community Outreach Prevention Educational) Programming Committee. Eating disorder screenings will be available free of charge to UW-Green Bay students through the Counseling and Health Center. Information tables will be set up in the first-floor Library alcove Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Spang, now a student at UW-Green Bay, was featured in the nationally distributed educational video "The Discovery of Dawn." The video also featured other teenage anorexia and bulimia survivors and model and actress Andie MacDowell as host. Produced by NEWIST/CESA #7 in 1996, the show earned a Midwest Emmy Award for excellence and was broadcast by state public television.

GREEN BAY - Former Green Bay resident and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Prof. Martha K. Wallach has been awarded the title of Connecticut State University Professor by the system's Board of Trustees.

A formal presentation was made Feb. 4 in Founders Hall on the campus of Central Connecticut State University, in New Britain, where Wallach is a professor of German and chairperson of the Modern Languages Department.

Wallach is the seventh distinguished scholar to be awarded the title. It was established by the system's four universities - Central, Eastern, Southern and Western - to recognize those faculty members who fulfill the highest ideals of outstanding teaching, scholarly achievement and public service.

Wallach joined the Central Connecticut faculty in 1988. She is considered a leading scholar on women writers, in particular Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob, as well as the noted German poet Heinrich Heine. She has also published on such topics as mother-daughter relationships within German literature, German films based on novels, and the image of Poles.

The CSU Board of Trustees resolution praised Dr. Wallach as "a highly distinguished scholar, writer and teacher" who has attained "extraordinary levels of achievement in research, publications, teaching and community service." The resolution also noted she had brought credit to the entire university system "through her recognition in national and international forums on German matters, her award of numerous honors and grants, and her dedicated service to the advancement of Central Connecticut State University and her students.

At UW-Green Bay, Wallach was a member of the German and Humanistic Studies faculties from 1970 through 1988. She was active in the community as a guest speaker on both Polish heritage and German language and customs; she was born in Poland, attended schools in Germany and Canada, and received her doctorate in modern German literature from the University of Washington.

GREEN BAY - Here is a chance for students to be their own Webmaster, take a step toward becoming a visionary architect for the 21st century, make their art and wear it too, or work with nationally known musicians and the finest music teachers in the region. These activities highlight the summer youth camp offerings at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

"We offer some truly unique programs," said Laura Aaron Sear, coordinator of the Summer Camps program. "Music students are able to perform on the Weidner Center stage, while biology students are in a lab working with recombinant DNA, and young artists are creating everything from handmade paper to architectural models to sophisticated block prints. It is a very exciting atmosphere."

The UW-Green Bay summer camp program has been providing high-quality instruction to high school, junior high and middle school students for several decades; the Summer Art Studio celebrates its 42nd summer this year and the music camps mark their 34th anniversary. Samples from the 1999 schedule include:

* The all-new computer camp, June 14-18, helps students entering grades 7 through 9 design their own Web page and create presentations with sound, digital images and digital video.

* "An Ice-Age Adventure in August," Aug. 1-6, is an intergenerational educational experience which will take Elderhostel participants and their grandchildren ages 8 through 10 (one child per grandparent) on a walk through time, from classroom to the field, from a buried forest to dramatic glacial formations.

* Non-traditional Jewelry and Personal Ornamentation, June 13-18, gets a "five-star fun rating, organizers say, for helping students create innovative adornment by manipulating low cost items into first-class art, stretching their imaginations as well as their wardrobes.

* The Summer Discovery Program (one-week sessions beginning July 26, Aug. 2 or Aug. 9) is an enrichment program offering students entering grades 1-8 educational and recreational activities.

* The Summer Music Camps offer middle- and high-school students exceptional experiences working with nationally known musicians and top music teachers of the region. A highlight for band, orchestra and choral students is a final performance in the beautiful Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

Brochures are available from the Office of Outreach and Extension at 920-465-2102 or 1-800-892-2118 outside Green Bay. Because enrollment is limited, students are encouraged to register early.

UW-Green Bay also offers athletic camps in basketball, volleyball and soccer with specialized camps and mini-camps for individuals, teams, advanced-skill players and specific positions. The camps are supervised by the University's NCAA Division I coaching staffs. Contact the Phoenix Sports Center directly at 920-465-2145 for more information regarding athletic camps.

GREEN BAY - Forty-two University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students have been inducted into Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. The organization, founded in 1922, seeks to encourage scholarly attainment and is reserved for those who exhibit superior academic achievement and interest in the life sciences. An induction banquet was held on the UW-Green Bay campus in November.

Wisconsin residents inducted into Beta Beta Beta:

Appleton: Jessica Behling, Emily Rhoden

Big Bend: Lisa Rausch

Columbus: Jennifer Zander

De Pere: Heather Fritsch, Jessica Hutjens, Michael Smits

Medford: Wendy Anderson

Eleva: Chela Moore

Franklin: Martin Baur

Hales Corners: Kristina Moy

Howards Grove: Rebecca Zore

Green Bay: Cindy Anderson, Jeffrey Bell, Linda Carmody, Melissa Gaywont, Brenda McKee, Kathryn Parmentier, Donna Rasmussen, Randall Resch, Tina Sauerhammer, Lisa Schneider, Nancy Schumitsch, Connie Sexton, Moira Van Sistine, Kelle Wygralak

Hartland: Tobin Chambers

Janesville: Christina Hall

Lakewood: Jeri Jo (Kit) Vandenhoven

Menomonee Falls: Jessica Berkovitz, Farah Stewart

Oak Creek: Mandy Vitale

Phillips: Andy Weddle

Reedsville: Cynthia Splett

Saukville: Angela Tackes

Shawano: Diane Cooper

Tomahawk: Alanna Gessler

Twin Lakes: Joel Niebuhr

Wauwatosa: Jonathon Melk

GREEN BAY - Twenty-three University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students have been inducted into Phi Alpha Theta. Founded in 1927, Phi Alpha Theta is one of the oldest and most active history honor societies. A banquet for new members was held in December on the UW-Green Bay campus.

New UW-Green Bay inductees are:

Bonduel: Earl Hildebrandt

Elkhart Lake: Joshua Kestell

Green Bay: Karen Janke, Mark Jung, Timm Leisgang, David Nelson, Neal Olson, Thomas Pivivoar, Randall Resch, Mark Romatowski, Wayne Wanek, Rebecca Weir, Stephanie Williams

Greenleaf: John Schuster

Greenfield: Jason Barczak

Janesville: Gregory Pieper

Madison: Thomas Ross

Port Washington: Michelle Olson

Saukville: Stephanie Hespe

Shawano: Linda Bohm Owen

Sturgeon Bay: Lena Negley

Sun Prairie: Charles Flad

Waldo: Andrew Arentsen

GREEN BAY - Ma Moua, a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior, received the University's Albert Einstein and Mahatma Ghandi Award for demonstrating excellence in academic course work and in theoretical and applied research projects at UW-Green Bay.

Drs. Kumar and Sivakami Kangayappan established the award with an initial contribution to the University in 1984. Kumar Kangayappan is a professor of economics and urban and regional studies at UW-Green Bay.

Moua has done significant research on Hmong adolescents in both the Green Bay and St. Paul communities. Her research project, Role Models for Hmong Adolescents, was presented at the fourth annual Hmong Educational Conference in Denver last April.

Locally, Moua coordinates the "Coming Home Project," an on-going, at-risk intervention project for Hmong youth, administered by Family Services Association of Green Bay. In addition, she is the president and founder of People Educating and Communicating Everywhere (PEACE), a student organization founded to promote and educate people about the many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds of students at UW-Green Bay. She also serves as a member of the Mentor Association for the Green Bay Public Schools, helping high school students cope with issues concerning their educational and social environment; and she is the multicultural issues director for the Student Government Association on campus.

Moua will graduate cum laude in May of 1999 with a bachelor of science degree in philosophy, and plans to pursue a law degree following graduation.

GREEN BAY - Registration remains open for the Monday, March 22, workshop "Understanding Individual Differences in Brain Organization and Behavior," offered by the Office of Outreach and Extension at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The workshop leader is Dr. Jerre Levy of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. She will lead an exploration of the complexity of brain structure and function, the nature/nurture debate concerning human development, and whether classroom experiences can enhance brain function. Levy is regarded as a leading researcher on differences in brain function, and the question of left side/right side dominance as it affects functional properties.

The program is part of a popular series of workshops organized around the theme The Brain: A Work in Progress. A December session attracted nearly 300 registrants - teachers, school counselors, social workers, Head Start teachers, curriculum directors and others who work with children - for a discussion of brain research. Each program is a stand-alone session with no prerequisites; it is not necessary to have attended previous workshops to enroll in the March 22 program.

The workshop fee is $85 ($80 for registrations postmarked on or before March 5). Continuing education credit is available. For registration information, call Outreach and Extension at 920-465-2164.

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has made public the names of students receiving academic honors for the fall semester.

The list was announced by Howard S. Cohen, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. UW-Green Bay is a comprehensive regional university of about 5,500 students with a distinctive academic plan characterized by problem-focused learning and a strong liberal arts component.

Students who maintain a 4.0 gradepoint average, which represents all "A" grades, receive highest honors. High honors go to those earning 3.99 to 3.75 gradepoint averages. Honors are given to students with 3.74 to 3.50 gradepoint averages.

Students are listed by the county claimed as place of permanent residence. All were full-time students in the fall term.

HIGHEST HONORS

Adams -- Aaron Hoernke, Arkdale.

Brown -- Mark Becker, Paula Beimborn, Mark Gaulke, Barbara Hockers, Christopher Keiler, William Kocha, Lisa Majeski, Kelly Ruh, and Stephanie Sowatzka, De Pere; Jennifer Baranczyk, Jeffrey Bell, Ryan Borley, Steven Brauer, Andrea Busch, Anne Collard, Ted Corsi Jr., Tina Dahle, Sara Danz, Jayne Demeuse, Laura Diamond, Jeremy Docken, Alanna Gessler, Joan Gilbert, Paula Hauswirth-Cummings, Kate Horkman, Kristin Horkman, Jessica Hutjens, Victoria Jacobs, Heather Johnke, Krista Johnson, Kara Kapphahn, James Kinsella, Linnea Laabs, Elizabeth Maegdlin, Erin Maegdlin, Amy Manning, Jay Marcks, Kay Matuszak, Nathan Mitchell, Holly Oshefsky, Tina Sauerhammer, Vincent Schamber, Connie Sexton, Jeane Smits, Chad Soik, Annette Spakowicz, Amanda Staron, Dawn Terrien, Angela Thielke, Khou Thor, Melanie Tilque, Rebecca Tischer, Mary Vanthiel, and Katherine Walker, Green Bay; Rebecca Zingler, New Franken; and Deborah Kind, Pulaski.

Calumet -- Maria Ruhland, Hilbert; Kari Welhouse, Kaukauna; Stephanie Rollmann, Kiel; and Sara Schmitz, New Holstein.

Chippewa -- Rachel Wielgus, Boyd.

Clark -- Cathy Koncel, Dorchester.

Dane -- Jennifer Zander, Columbus; and Thomas Ross, Madison.

Dodge -- Jonathan Semrau, Mayville; and Randal Roethle, Rubicon.

Door -- Travis Jauquet, Brussels; Chad Klaubauf, Forestville; Mary Swinford-Berns, Luxemburg; and Rebecca Lardinois, Sturgeon Bay.

Dunn -- Katie Ginsbach, Elmwood.

Eau Claire -- Thomas Dhein, Eau Claire; and Chela Moore, Eleva.

Florence -- Johanna Wicklund, Florence.

Fond du Lac -- Adam Benik, Waupun.

Iron -- Carrie Carnes, Montreal.

Jefferson -- Jennifer Meitzner and Andrea Stiff, Fort Atkinson.

Kewaunee -- Elaine Tabordon, Algoma; Shannon Salentine, Casco; Beth Kudick, Denmark; and Mary Destiche, Sara Seidl, and Kathy Stuckart, Luxemburg.

Lafayette -- Emily Johnston, Darlington.

Langlade -- Brian Borkovec, Antigo.

Lincoln -- Valerie Islo and Tracy Stark, Tomahawk.

Manitowoc -- Christine Phipps, Brillion; Sarah Brickbauer, Kiel; and Christopher Able, Tanya Brachmann, Kathryn Deubler, Tammy Erdmann, Patrick Jehle, Chloe Reindl, Jon Reisenbuechler, Mary Schultz, Nathan Smith, and Theresa Zuege-Halvorsen, Manitowoc.

Marinette -- Jenifer Wirth, Coleman; and Elisha Dettman, Marinette.

Milwaukee -- Nicholas Schultz, Brookfield; Martin Baur and Paul Kinzel, Franklin; Susan Soderstrom, Greendale; and Timothy Hosni, Milwaukee.

Oconto -- Monette Reinhard, Abrams.

Oneida -- Aaron Boers, Eagle River.

Outagamie-- Amanda Block, Rebecca Chasco, Mollysue Frank, Jennifer Isaacson, Beth Nettekoven, and Jesse Romenesko, Appleton; Brian Mulroy, Greenville; Tammy Hermus, Kimberly; Debra Conery, New London; and Jeremy Cleven, Stacie Fetterly, Naletta Rucinski, and Vickie Schampers, Seymour.

Ozaukee -- Tiffany Yocum, Grafton.

Portage -- Sarah Michel, Stevens Point.

Price -- Elisa Lachance, Phillips.

Racine-- Sara Swanson, Burlington.

St. Croix -- Tara Menter, Hudson.

Shawano -- Taya Knaak, Birnamwood; Daniel Bartels, Roy Brodhagen, Judith Kaufmann, Candee Stoltenow, Daniel Stoltenow, and Susan Vorpahl, Bonduel; Brent Schroeder, Pulaski; Vicki Buettner, Sharon Townsend, Shawano; and Michelle Harris, Tigerton.

Sheboygan -- Amy Raeder, Elkhart Lake; Chad Voskuil, Oostburg; and Lisa Hilbelink, Sheboygan.

Taylor -- Laura Maar and Craig Tlusty, Medford.

Trempealeau -- Timothy Baran, Trempealeau.

Washington -- Amy Wagenknecht, Jackson; and Dorene Dricken, West Bend.

Waukesha -- Lisa Rausch, Big Bend; Colleen Hamill, Brookfield; Amy Wehse, Menomonee Falls; and Kelly Svetz, New Berlin.

Winnebago-- Brandon Hayes, Menasha.

Wood -- Matthew Vechinski, Port Edwards.

Other states -- Theo Hunt, Alaska; Kelli Stanczak, Michigan; and Jaime Mueller, Minnesota.

Other countries -- Martin Duch, Denmark; and Dong-Hyun Shin, South Korea.

HIGH HONORS

Adams -- Jessica Groshek, Friendship.

Barron -- Sarah Altmann, Cumberland.

Brown -- Heather Fritsch, Christopher Hibbard, Stephenie Jazdzyk, Julane Kussow, Jaime Lane, Nicole Schill, Sarah Schoendorf, Michael Smits, Sharon Stecker, and Janet Vraney, De Pere; Jamie Annoye, Kelly Berceau, Jessica Berkhahn, Bart Bowman, Richelle Braun, Amy Breeden, Joseph Burgoni III, Kim Chinquee, Kathleen Christianson, Kelly Curnow, Susan Curtis, Brian Dainsberg, Janis Desotelle, Kevin Dewane, Jennifer Doucette, William Downey, Sunny Dubois, Virginia Englebert, Robyn Erickson, Jamie Ertl, Kimberly Follett, Melissa Gaywont, Shawn Gaywont, Shea Greil, Kellie Harris, Micki Hein, Krista Hermus, Ryan Hibbard, Nicole Hinckley, Timothy Hoffman, Brian Honett, Jennifer Hoogland, Kimberly Hunter, Nicole Hylok, Nichole Ihlenfeldt, Jessica Jelinski, Bradley Johnson, Danessa Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Katie Karcz, Angela Kasten, Kristi Kittell, Kristy Konitzer, Sarah Kostreva, Jason Krings, Theresa Kubalak, Trina Kuhnz, Sharin Landry, Chee Lee, Daniel Lemens, Phillip Link, Ryan Long, Christopher Loseke, Jason Macklin, Leeanne Maki, Amy Malliett, Tiffany Martin, Philip May, Jonathon Nejedlo, Dianne Parisi, Thomas Pivovar, Michael Pond Jr., Brianna Powers, Annie Pryes, Donna Rasmussen, Michelle Reif, Mary Riha, Renee Rizzo, Barbara Roehl, Suzanne Romuald, Nicole Schroeder, Robert Shutan, Jody Sinclair, Danny Smith, Marnie Staehly, Joann Sutto, Kyle Swan, Melissa Taylor, Natalie Terrien, Angel Upstone, Ryan Verrier, David Vickman, James Wetterau, Melissa Widi, Gregory Wochos, Andrew Woods, and Bonnie Zeitler, Green Bay; Sally Huss, Greenleaf; Eric Buntin, Martha Friese, Jeremy Maricque, and Danica Oudeans, New Franken; Melissa Braun, Pulaski; and Kristie Wilson, Suamico.

Calumet -- Sally Kobussen, Appleton; Tara Diedrich, Brillion; Melissa Stache, Hilbert; Melissa Bloohm, Sara Kleinhans, and Matthew Wiskerchen, New Holstein.

Chippewa -- Sarah Wielgus, Boyd.

Clark -- Brandi Hoeper, Greenwood; and Eric Bullock, Humbird.

Columbia -- Sara Joles, Pardeeville; and Wendy Hall, Poynette.

Dane -- Dawn Maertz, Madison; and David Marx, Waunakee.

Dodge -- Jessica Bauer, Lomira; Craig Feucht and Erin Wendt, Mayville.

Door -- Christopher Hendricks, Brussels; Katherine Bosman, Linnea Brunstrom, Chad Feld, Isabelle Geurkink, Erica Ploof, and Kiersten Rockwell, Sturgeon Bay.

Eau Claire -- Angela McEvoy, Eau Claire.

Fond Du Lac -- Andrew Dilling, Brownsville; Jerome Allen and Jayson Stiles, Fond Du Lac; and Eric Demmon, Oakfield.

Forest -- Angela Hetfield, Laona.

Green -- Amy Nelson, Brodhead.

Green Lake -- Anna Kalupa, Berlin.

Juneau -- Erin Miller and Samantha Stoughtenger, Mauston.

Kenosha -- Jaclyn Eckhart and Amanda Fox, Bristol.

Kewaunee -- Sheri Reinhart, Joy Starr, and Leigh Wagner, Algoma; Thomas Damp and Molly Ernst, Kewaunee; and Michael Rank and William Widmer, Luxemburg.

Lafayette -- Sarah Jean and Carissa Johnston, Darlington.

Lincoln -- Karen Kahle and Jessica Wolf, Tomahawk.

Manitowoc -- Marjorie Joanis, Francis Creek; Corey Stoeckigt, Kiel; Lindy Backus, Gregor Cox, Michael Klackner, Georgeann Knier, and Melissa Strauss, Manitowoc; David Hoppe, Mishicot; Caroline Lemberger, Newton; Jessie Boeckman, Joanne Graff, and Brenda Kopetsky, Two Rivers; Tera Driscoll, Valders; and Christy Maresh, Whitelaw.

Marathon -- Carrie Ploeckelman, Colby; Kyra Johnson, Mosinee; Jennifer Kent, Rothschild; Crystal Elfe, Spencer; and Tina Bahlow, Katie Gebert, Brooke Hardt, Jennifer Meyer, Dana Senn, and Amanda Sundell, Wausau.

Marinette -- Heather Kovnesky, Coleman; Matthew Blankschien, Amanda Rhines, Dale Shepherd, and Annette Smith, Marinette; and Karen McCorkle and Adam Schmidt, Pembine.

Milwaukee -- Heather Godshaw and Aubrey Pawlowski, Brown Deer; Vincent Panzarella, Greenfield; Mike Nabena, Amy Quello and Kathryn Wenzel, Milwaukee; Scott Franckowiak, Nola Schwingle, and Mandy Vitale, Oak Creek; and Jerad Linneman and Ryan Staniak, West Allis.

Oconto -- John Runge and Lila Thomson, Gillett; Leslie Dolata, Krakow; Kelly Deeg, Lakewood; Heidi Delzer, Lena; Amy Pritzlaff and Phillip Schindel, Oconto Falls; Paul Belanger, Oconto; Casey Anderson and Melissa Anderson, Pulaski; Bruce Blaser Jr. and Kathleen Leja, Sobieski; and Rebecca Christianson, Townsend.

Oneida -- Antonia Stittsworth, Eagle River; Jenniffer Bruss, Pelican Lake; and Matthew Stelter, Tomahawk.

Outagamie -- Lisa Barker, Jessica Behling, Jesse Garrow, Nicole Jersey, Christine Luedtke, Michelle Mertz, Melanie Milslagle, Mark Roe, Lori Steiner, and Jason Vick, Appleton; Christine Haen, Combined Locks; Sara Herminath, Dale; Melissa Wojcik, Green Bay; Michael Powers, Greenville; Klint Kaddatz, Hortonville; Sandra Grumbling, Kaukauna; Nicole Deeg, Kimberly; Virginia Mahkimetas, Oneida; and Amy Jens, Ryan Kraft, Natalie Mitchell, Jaime Niespodzany, Seymour.

Ozaukee -- Brian Herro, Grafton; Julie Hahm, Mequon; Cole Hackert and Michael Vuolo, Port Washington; and Angela Tackes, Saukville.

Portage -- David Marks, Rosholt; and Kristin Konkol, Stevens Point.

Price -- Andrew Weddle, Phillips.

Racine -- Cassandra Hlavka and Jennifer Melbye, Racine; and Julie Ress, Rochester.

Rock -- Erin Gabrielson, Beloit; and Christina Hall, Janesville.

St. Croix -- Kelsie Scheffen, Hudson.

Sauk -- Joshua Wirtz, Reedsburg.

Shawano -- Joylyn Hoffman, Gresham; Jennifer Bohm, Krakow; Heather Mielke, Marion; and Diane Cooper, Chadden Tipton, and Kelly Williams, Shawano.

Sheboygan -- Joshua Kestell and Sarah Mintner, Elkhart Lake; Andrew Thill and Michael Thill, Random Lake; Michelle Derus, Jason Messner, and Tricia Mueller, Sheboygan; and Heather Rabe, Sheboygan Falls.

Taylor -- Shanna Marthaler, Athens; Ryan Stockwell, Dorchester; and Eric Lindahl, Stetsonville.

Trempealeau -- Amy Piaget, Trempealeau.

Walworth -- Amy Peters, East Troy; and Randy Greving, Elkhorn.

Washington -- Joshua Kons, Germantown; Amy Milner, Hartford; Andrea Meyer, Hubertus; Heather Heesen, Slinger; and Jill Reiter, West Bend.

Waukesha -- Kerry Hoops, Christine Kettler, Kristin Sponcia, and Melodie Zeman, Brookfield; Jessica Berkovitz, Christin Kiesner, John Lorenz, and Amy Mangan, Menomonee Falls; Kelly Hendzel, David Pfeifer, and Kari Polczynski, New Berlin; and Jane Graham, Waukesha.

Waushara -- Jessica Winter, Wautoma.

Winnebago -- Brent Johnson, Appleton; Elizabeth Vanderhyden and Kimberli Woldt, Menasha; Diane Krake and Sarah Loessel, Neenah; and Kari Alexander and Anna Haley, Oshkosh.

Wood -- Natasha Schelvan, Hewitt; Erin Lagerman and Colleen Wisinski, Marshfield; and Nicole Enz, Micheal Herman, Jennifer Nimtz, and Melissa Votava, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states -- Denise Whitten, Alaska; Robyn Klemp, Illinois; Jeremiah Pfister, Indiana; Nicole Heller, Iowa; Amanda Houle, Jean Marble, and Ryan Ruzziconi, Michigan; Daniel Angel, Cassandra Craig, Mathius Johnson, Molly Mix, Charlotte Nordgaard, Angie Rowley, Erika Schoeneberger, and Anne Welch, Minnesota.

Other countries -- Daniela Ferrio, Brazil; Sie Hansen and Charlotte Rasmussen, Denmark; Reka Csati, Hungary; Hiromi Watanabe, Japan; and Peres Owino, Kenya.

HONORS

Ashland -- Ida Voca, Ashland.

Barron -- Krista Kallenbach, Prairie Farm.

Brown -- Amy Below, Lisa Cornelissen, Aaron Day, Matthew Duquaine, Joel Hansen, Kari Hecker, Cory Hudson, Amy Melcher, William Nusbaum, Sara Schmidt, Amanda Silha, Erik Thiel, and Rebecca Whitney, De Pere; Sarah Demmin and Steven Schoen, Denmark; Deanna Alberts, Shannon Alberts, Jessica Aldrich, Lucas Allen, Stephanie Almeida, Jennifer Anderson, Stacy Baeten, Todd Baeten, Dillon Beardsley, Kurt Becker, Danielle Bell, Jason Borley, Mandy Bramschreiber, Derek Brandenburg, Jason Burich, Alison Bursa, Jessica Campbell, Theresa Chrisien, Jason Clark, Amy Crehore, Bobby Crouch, Icelica Delatorre, Natalie Demichei, Matthew Diroff, Kevin Dombroski, Kate Drewieske, Stacey Drosner, Emily Feld, Terra Fewless, Yarrow Fewless, Mark Fischer, Adam Florin, Mary Friedrich, Jessica Gallenberger, Michelle Garot, Mark Genke, Steven Giese, Andrea Glyzewski, Jill Gonzalez, Samuel Graefe, Scott Greenberger, Thomas Grimm, Matthew Hannon, Gerald Hazen, Joshua Heim, Christina Hicks, Diane Hoffman, Kasha Huntowski, Mellisa Irish, Carrie Jaccard, Eric Jensen, Heather Johnson, Sara Kaye, Amanda Killinger, Matthew Kittell, Tana Koss, Ellyn Kurtz, Dana Langhoff, Daniel Leiterman, Robert Lightner, Kim Linsmeyer, Ernest Luedke, Diana Macuk, J. W. Manson, Margaret Marks, Katie Martin, Carie Maus, Marcy McGrath, Donna Mead, Nicole Mehalopoulos, Patrick Moder, Sarah Moreland, Ma Moua, Bradley Murphy, Kelly Murphy, David Nowotny, Brian Nuthals, Wendy Nuthals, Heather Oleyniczak, Neal Olson, Andrew Owens, Jennifer Pischke, Ryan Poortenga, Catherine Powers, Christina Radosevich, Joseph Rizzo, Jerrod Rogers, Nicolle Rosenberg, Karen Rusch-Swanson, Jillian Rymer, Kurt Salzbrun, Sarah Schleis, Matthew Schmidt, Denise Schwartz, Marisa Singer, Stephen Sipula, Andrea Soufal, Dawn Spang, Valerie Stank, Michelle Statz, Benjamin Stine, Andrea Tassi, Ann Tegen, Daniel Terrien, Andrew Thiele, Mark Thornborrow, Charles Timmerman, Jessica Twombly, Amanda Vandenbogart, Stacey Vandenheuvel, Elissa Van Pembrook, Janel Wall, Rebecca Weir, Courtney Whicker, William Whiting, Kathryn Whitman, Tracy Widi, Alissa Wied, Stephanie Williams, and David Zey, Green Bay; Holly Demske, Craig Lamers, Terri Lesjack, Melinda Menting, and Devin Miller, Greenleaf; Heidi Barta, Thomas Katers, and Tamara Lusk, New Franken; Matthew Heling, Laura Kaczmarzinski, and Alisa Riebe, Oneida; and Dawn Allen, Donna Kaminski, and Hannah Thiem, Pulaski.

Calumet -- Emily Rhoden and Jennifer Stefanic, Appleton; Amanda Eickert and Matthew Mayer, Brillion; Michelle Cullen, Dominic Halbach, Terra Hintz, Aaron Lisowe, and Elijah Shaver, Chilton; Jay Vanryzin, Forest Junction; Teresa Halbach, Hilbert; Jennifer Stumpf, Menasha; and Leslie Ricker and Jennifer Schmitz, New Holstein.

Chippewa -- Derek Kosmicki, Chippewa Falls.

Clark -- Mary Hart, Colby; Jenny Luedtke, Granton; and Stefanie Hemp, Neillsville.

Columbia -- Ivy Read, Arlington; Jean Ehrke, Theresa Ehrke, and Seth Eichhorst, Columbus; and Kelly Wiese, Poynette.

Dane -- Matthew Pahs, Sun Prairie.

Dodge -- Sarah Erickson and Rachel Perschke, Beaver Dam; Stephanie Rentsch, Brownsville; Tracy Schroeder, Horicon; Timothy Heesen, Iron Ridge; Julie Pasbrig and Rachelle Vollmer, Mayville; and Jeremy Thompson, Waupun.

Door -- Corey Bogenschutz, Baileys Harbor; Linda Slamka, Forestville; Alicia Anderson, Kelli Bowling, Sarah Haen, Cory Hunsader, Brian Leist, Gregory Nault, Lena Negley, and Scott Wallestad, Sturgeon Bay; and Courtney Mann, Washington Island.

Eau Claire -- Heather Cork and Angela Olson, Eau Claire.

Florence -- Thad Larson, Florence; and Jodi Miller, Niagara.

Fond Du Lac -- Kimberly Schouten, Brandon; Tami Schmidt, Eden; Nathan Gerner, Jeremy Jewett, and Meggan Kroll, Fond Du Lac; Lindsey Badtke, Rosendale; and Mindi Yohn, Waupun.

Forest -- Molly Boney and Krystal Statezny, Laona.

Green Lake -- Bradley Brzozowski, Princeton.

Jefferson -- Pamela Averkamp and Megan Liebmann, Fort Atkinson; and Shane Wolf, Watertown.

Juneau -- Erin Beaver, Elroy; and Luke Shaw, Mauston.

Kenosha -- Heather Beasy and Jennifer Dzimiela, Kenosha; and Joel Niebuhr, Twin Lakes.

Kewaunee -- Jamie Tebon, Algoma; Carol Wautlet and Andrea Spitzer, Casco; Eric Pelnar and Aimee Schneider, Kewaunee; Stacy Dorner, Lori Goemans, Tracie Lipsh, and Anne Mleziva, Luxemburg.

Langlade -- Amanda Diercks and Toni Strobel, Antigo.

Manitowoc -- David Kwitek, Cato; Mark Bradley, Denmark; Amy Habermann, Erin Hibbard, and Matthew Rautmann, Kiel; Dana Hartman, Angela Radandt, Ryan Roberts, and Xang Yang, Manitowoc; Stacy Hartlaub, Newton; Jill Buchner, Reedsville; Sheila Bialek, Lisa Bodwin, Amy Klein, Scott Masarik, Shelley Reif, Heather Spaeth, and Dawn Stadler, Two Rivers; Melissa Dvorachek and Tanya Eichhorst, Whitelaw.

Marathon -- Amy Mach, Antigo; Sarah Belter, Athens; Nicole Schultz, Marathon; Kelly Naef, Merrill; Tara Machak and Jamie Swatloski, Mosinee; and Rebecca Buchberger, Shara Krause, and Katie Wieselman, Wausau.

Marinette -- Jaime Wilson, Crivitz; Leanne Rocque, Goodman; Perry Carlson, David Hult, Lisa Jackson, Daniel Jones, Nicole Olson, Dena Osting, and Sara Raappana, Marinette; Lisa Herman, Niagara; Kristie Bloch and Amy Hutson, Peshtigo; Jeremy Bader, Pound; and Keri Bauer, Wausaukee.

Marquette -- Jaclyn Parker, Westfield.

Milwaukee -- Miriam Chandler and Melissa Hoehn, Brown Deer; Katie Hartay, Constance Koceja, Stacy Krueger, and Lisa Rutkowski, Greendale; Nicole Gross and Anna Kettlewell, Greenfield; Kimberly Marx, Anne Schauer, Bethany Spitzer, and Farah Stewart, Milwaukee; Erin Knoche, South Milwaukee; Heather Starzynski, Wauwatosa; Richard Abbott and Jeffery Zellner, West Allis; and Amanda Moschea, Whitefish Bay.

Oconto -- Ann Gueller, David Herzog, and Steven Thomson, Gillett; Gregory Greetan and Danielle Lane, Lena; Joseph Scheffen and Jody Lovaj, Little Suamico; Erica Sharpe, Oconto Falls; Dawn Brabant, Julie Bradshaw, Meena Kanwar, and Amy Skaggs, Oconto; Laura Anderson, Pulaski; Jill Blaser and Kasey Schultz, Sobieski; and Ruth Frank, Suring.

Oneida -- Trish Peterson, Eagle River; Jennifer Strosin, Minocqua; Amy Strong and Amy Vandoren, Rhinelander; Jennifer Rowe, Three Lakes; and Timothy Titler, Tomahawk.

Outagamie -- Brenda Baumann, Sara Christian, Stephanie Davey, Kristi Hill, Bradley Jentz, Emily Kliment, Steven Mentz, Sarah Peterson, Amy Roznowski, Shawn Schoultz, Joe Stocks, Susan Streblow, Stacie Vanrooy, Gretchen Weyenberg, and Neil Young, Appleton; Ted Neumann, Greenville; Melissa Meyer, Hortonville; Elaine Gehl, Jennifer Kobs, Martha Raddatz, Christopher Schlies, Todd Schumacher, Vicki Vandehei, Kelli Werschem, and Jennifer White, Kaukauna; Rebecca Pearson, Kimberly; Bryan Gerl, Adam Lenhardt, and Holly Vangroll, Little Chute; Randy Teresinski and Corey Young, New London; Scott Zirbel, Oneida; Jonathan Wood and Nicholas Letter, and Seymour; and Kyle Burton, Shiocton.

Ozaukee -- Heather Otto, Cedarburg; Mike Kelley, Grafton; Amy Boll and Evan Dimmer, Port Washington; and Julia Jackson, Thiensville.

Portage -- Elizabeth Drmolka and Jonathan Rohde, Almond.

Price -- Tara Christian, Tracy Dietrich, Timothy Patterson, and Melissa Riley, Park Falls; Wanda Sinnott and Katherine Weddle, Phillips.

Racine -- Jaana Shingledecker, Caledonia; and Michael Scheller, Racine.

Richland -- Jill Eggers, Lone Rock.

Rock -- Christopher Squires, Janesville.

St. Croix -- Scott Bessey, Hudson.

Sawyer -- Carl Johnson, Exeland.

Shawano -- Rachael Hoffman, Bonduel; Jackie Blohowiak, Pulaski; Julie Beversdorf, Cheryl Boettcher, Benjamin Felts, Donna Hodkiewicz, Leah Kemp, Jeffrey Ludolph, Dorothy Putz, Eunice Ritland, Roxanne Romuald, and Jim Ward Jr., Shawano; Joni Miller, Tigerton; Sheila Hartleben, Jamie Matz, and Catherine Newcomb, Wittenberg.

Sheboygan -- Sandra Lueder, Adell; Ryan Mentink, Cedar Grove; Derek Behmke and Mark Krebsbach, Plymouth; Scott Weinhoff, Random Lake; Elizabeth Moehr and Tanya Zimmermann, Sheboygan Falls; and Jeffrey Bastasic, Denise Dhein, Edwin Fredricks, Sean Gaffney, Paul Haag, Kristine Kuehlmann, Stephanie Kuhn, Jenny Reigel, David Scholz, Kate Tupper, Sousie Vang, and Jaclyn Welsch, Sheboygan.

Taylor -- Stephanie Lekies, Athens; Benjamin Destaercke, Gilman; Wendy Anderson, Elizabeth Fuchs, Julie Grant, Jodyne Roberts, and Mary Schimon, Medford.

Vernon -- Tana Kerska, Viroqua.

Walworth -- Kimberly Plautz, Darien; Sarah Perry, Delavan; and Meghan Count and Luke Thomas, Elkhorn.

Washington -- Rebecca Burch, Colgate; Walter Stenz IV, Hartford; Ellen Lyskawa, Jackson; and Shannon Chronister, Chad Goeden, Julie Gundrum, and Jacquelyn Weber, West Bend.

Waukesha -- Brett Brown and Laura Treadwell, Brookfield; David Gorzek, Melissa Schweinert, and Christopher Strazishar, Menomonee Falls; Bradley LaRue, Mukwonago; Jonathan Meyer and Stacy Rosandich, New Berlin; Michael Bartos, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Joshua Koepsell, Shana Pinkalla, Todd Pociask, Waukesha; and Tracy Zubarik, West Allis.

Waupaca -- Allison Jordan, Fremont; Kristy Ambacher, Iola; Ann Henselin and Teresa Mikulski, Marion; Aubrey Baehman, Luke Engel, Tanya Engel, Keith Griesbach, and Randee Herres, New London; Jennifer Pfundtner, Waupaca; and Kelly Koplien, Weyauwega.

Waushara -- Carey O'Kelly, Almond; James Hoffa, Coloma; and Brydie Cummings, Wild Rose.

Winnebago -- Kasi Krause, Berlin; Nancy Cummings, Melissa Joerndt, and Angela Swenson, Menasha; Jed Kees, Heather Michalkiewicz, and Craig Thomas, Neenah; Keelyn Behm, Kristie McMillen, Stacy Schmude, Jeffrey Seidman Jr., Christine Wagner, and Kelly Zumstein, Oshkosh; and Samuel Pierson, Winneconne.

Wood -- Rachael Gauger, Sara Krueger, and Amber Mancusi, Marshfield; Holly Maus, Nekoosa; and Nichole Beno, Amy Cywinski, Christina Hamus, and Jason Mueller, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states -- Meghan Dames, Morgan Fantetti, Brian Gold, Luke Kiss, Vincent Laverick, Melissa Perkins, and Mia Powell, Illinois; Patricia Howayeck and Mark Johnson, Michigan; Laura Anderson, John Becker, Erika Dobratz, Sarah Kozlovsky, and Heidi Schoenleben, Minnesota; Matthew Kirby, Missouri; Nicole Gingue, New Hampshire; and John Morris III, North Carolina.

Other countries -- Wai Yan So, Hong Kong; Kaori Matsumoto and Yurika Matsunaga, Japan; Jackson Kimani, Kenya; Jung-Hak Oh and Kwon Youl Lee, South Korea; Johannes Engels, Netherlands; Lyudmila Davidova, Russia; Eunice Urio, Tanzania; and Natalie Archie, British West Indies.