{"id":47457,"date":"2014-01-15T07:53:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T12:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=47457"},"modified":"2014-01-16T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T13:46:25","slug":"contestants-selected-for-ohio-has-talent-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/01\/15\/contestants-selected-for-ohio-has-talent-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ohio Has Talent&#8217; contestants named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Van Wert independent\/CHP information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Contestants will\u00a0be competing for prize money in the seventh annual\u00a0Ohio Has Talent!\u00a0 at\u00a0Niswonger\u00a0Performing Arts Center in Van Wert on Saturday, February 8, at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ohio-Has-Talent-poster-1-2014.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-47458\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"Ohio Has Talent poster 1-2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ohio-Has-Talent-poster-1-2014.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ohio-Has-Talent-poster-1-2014.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ohio-Has-Talent-poster-1-2014-463x600.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sponsored in part by Citizens National Bank, the benefit show for Community Health Professionals\u2019 Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center features 20 local and regional performers competing for $1,000, $500 and $250 prizes determined by audience votes.<\/p>\n<p>2014 Ohio Has Talent contestants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jon Albert<\/b> of Fort Wayne, Ind., is a dancer who combines popping, b-boying and hip-hop styles in her dance routines.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hayleigh Bacome<\/b> and <b>Amanda Leis<\/b> of Delphos are the members of a contemporary dance duo.<\/li>\n<li><b>Gabriel Beming<\/b> of Sidney and <b>Caroline Prakel<\/b> of Versailles are a creative piano duet with antics inspired by Victor Borge.<\/li>\n<li><b>Shay Bolton<\/b> of Rockford is a vocal soloist who also plays piano and dances.<\/li>\n<li><b>Ann and James Brake<\/b>, a brother-sister duo from Ohio City; James plays piano and Ann dances.<\/li>\n<li><b>Makenna Cabe<\/b> of Sidney was the first place winner of the Shelby County Apple Fest Talent Contest.<\/li>\n<li><b>May Coppler<\/b> of Fostoria studies voice, ballet, flute and piano. She was the winner of her age group in Fostoria&#8217;s Got Talent 2012 and 2013.<\/li>\n<li><b>Yan Coppler<\/b> of Fostoria received classical training in high school and is a previous winner in her category in Fostoria&#8217;s Got Talent.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hailey and Heather Harshbarger<\/b> from Anna. Hailey plays piano and they share lead vocals and harmony.<\/li>\n<li><b>Kaden Hohman<\/b> and <b>Sayler Wise<\/b> of Van Wert are an award-winning dance duo. They placed third at Ohio Has Talent! in 2012 and got a casting call for \u201cAmerica&#8217;s Got Talent\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><b>Michaella Johnson<\/b> of Van Wert loves music. She takes voice lessons and plays trumpet and piano.<\/li>\n<li><b>Schylar Miller<\/b> and <b>Cole Wilson<\/b> of Spencerville perform a vocal\/alto saxophone duet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Craig Muhlenkamp<\/b> of Coldwater and <b>Danny Schneible<\/b> of Russia are a partner juggling team that combine juggling, comedy and music.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tyler Nygren<\/b> of Van Wert is an award-winning illusionist who has performed across the country.<\/li>\n<li><b>Katlayne Poorman<\/b> of Fort Wayne, Ind., performs in talent shows and pageants and auditioned for \u201cAmerica&#8217;s Got Talent\u201d last season.<\/li>\n<li><b>Victoria Ruble<\/b> of Garrett, Ind., is a vocalist who hopes to pursue music as a career.<\/li>\n<li><b>Shelby County Line<\/b> is a country band that has opened for national acts and plays area festivals and fairs. Members include Paul Luft of Yorkshire, Ben Tuttle of St. Marys, Cody Paul of Minster, and Michael Molasky of New Bremen.<\/li>\n<li><b>Danielle Stoller<\/b> grew up in Latty and is now a senior at Illinois State University. She has played classical violin since she was 6 years old.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hanna Tumbusch<\/b> of St. Henry has taken vocal lessons and performed for audiences since she was 9.<\/li>\n<li><b>Jimina Willis<\/b> is a vocalist from Beavercreek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Wunder, 2013\u00a0\u201cOhio Has Talent\u201d\u00a0winner, will perform during the vote counting. Wunder is a talented vocalist who enjoys singing the classic songs of the \u201860s, \u201870s, and \u201880s and putting his own spin to them. The high school sophomore from Kettering has won other talent competitions and sang the National Anthem at a Cincinnati Bengals game this year.<\/p>\n<p>Contestant photos and bios\u00a0are posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comhealthpro.org\/OhioHasTalent.php\">www.ComHealthPro.org\/OhioHasTalent.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at just $10 through the NPAC ticket office, open Monday through Friday, from noon \u2013 4 p.m., online at <a href=\"http:\/\/npacvw.ticketforce.com\/\">npacvw.ticketforce.com<\/a> or at Community Health Professionals, 419.238.9223.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent\/CHP information Contestants will\u00a0be competing for prize money in the seventh annual\u00a0Ohio Has Talent!\u00a0 at\u00a0Niswonger\u00a0Performing Arts Center in Van Wert on Saturday, February 8, at 7 p.m. Sponsored in part by Citizens National Bank, the benefit show for Community Health Professionals\u2019 Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center features 20 local and regional performers competing [&hellip;]<\/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-47457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 14:42:11","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\/47457","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=47457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}