{"id":33752,"date":"2013-01-16T03:29:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T08:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=33752"},"modified":"2013-01-17T08:00:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T13:00:46","slug":"8-area-musicians-part-of-2013-ohio-has-talent-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/01\/16\/8-area-musicians-part-of-2013-ohio-has-talent-show\/","title":{"rendered":"8 area musicians in ‘Ohio Has Talent!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Area "Ohio Has Talent!" contestants include (top row, from the left) Natalee Patrick, Scott Turner and Ann Brake; (bottom row) Emma Wurst, Michaella Johnson, Gabrielle Emerick and Rachel Green. (photos submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Contestants will\u00a0once again be competing for prize money in the sixth annual\u00a0Ohio Has Talent!<\/em> competition on Saturday, February 9, at 7 p.m. at\u00a0Niswonger\u00a0Performing Arts Center in Van Wert.<\/p>\n

The benefit show for Community Health Professionals\u2019 Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center features 20 local and regional performers selected from auditions held in November. Many entrants are from northwest Ohio, but there are also performers from Columbus, Dayton, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Fostoria. Audience votes will decide the winners.<\/p>\n

Area contestants include:<\/p>\n

Ann Brake<\/strong> is a 16-year-old from Ohio City who has studied dance for more than nine years. She is a returning performer who has a deep love for the art of dance and is considering a career in it.<\/p>\n

James Brake<\/strong> \u2013 23, of Ohio City, is a graduate of\u00a0Lincolnview\u00a0High School and Bluffton University, with a bachelor\u2019s degree in music education. He began playing piano at a young age, and while in college, studied percussion, piano, voice and composition.<\/p>\n

Gabrielle Emerick <\/strong>is a 13-year-old, seventh-grade student at\u00a0Crestview\u00a0Middle School where she sings in the choir and is in band and cheerleading. She enjoys singing and has performed at the Van Wert County Fair.<\/p>\n

Rachel Green, <\/strong>15, of Rockford, is a sophomore at Parkway High School. She participates\u00a0in band, choir, drama club, foreign language club, dance, all-star cheer, and \u201cFlip-Tuck Flyers.\u201d She loves music and has dreams of being a singing performer.<\/p>\n

Michaella\u00a0Johnson <\/strong>is a 12-year-old with a passion for music and reading. She is a sixth grader at Van Wert Middle School, where is a gold card recipient in the Renaissance program. She first competed in\u00a0OHT\u00a0when she was six-years-old.<\/p>\n

Natalee Rose Patrick, <\/strong>13, of Delphos, is an eighth grade student at\u00a0Elida\u00a0Middle School. She has performed at singing competitions, county fairs and at country music festivals. She has also been in theater productions and studies dance.<\/p>\n

Scott Turner <\/strong>is an 18-year-old senior at Van Wert High School. He is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on piano, trumpet, organ, and\u00a0keyboard percussion.\u00a0He competed in Ohio Has Talent<\/em> in 2008 and 2011, and guest-performed an original, memorial composition for Shirissa Seibert at the 2012 show.<\/p>\n

Emma Wurst <\/strong>is <\/strong>a 16-year-old sophomore at Delphos Jefferson High School, and second-time performer at\u00a0Ohio Has Talent. She has taken piano lessons for five years and vocal lessons for four. She also plays trombone in the Lima Area Youth Orchestra.<\/p>\n

2012 Ohio Has Talent<\/em> winner Cameron Jones of Delphos will be performing during the voting tally. View all contestant photos and bios\u00a0at Community Health Professionals\u2019 Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the show are available for $10 to $25 through the\u00a0NPAC\u00a0ticket office, 419.238.6722, www.npacvw.org<\/a> or at Community Health Professionals, 419.238.9223, www.ComHealthPro.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHP information Contestants will\u00a0once again be competing for prize money in the sixth annual\u00a0Ohio Has Talent! competition on Saturday, February 9, at 7 p.m. at\u00a0Niswonger\u00a0Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. The benefit show for Community Health Professionals\u2019 Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center features 20 local and regional performers selected from auditions held in November. Many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:56:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}