As a part of the 2002 Commissioning weekend, the [bclink id=”1231″ target=”_blank”] held the eighteenth annual Salvationist Star Search. Over 500 people from all parts of the territory took part in the competitions. Held this year at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the event saw competition in a number of musical, dramatic and gospel arts categories, including brass, piano and vocal soloists, singing companies, youth choruses, youth bands, timbrel brigades and mime groups. Members of the [bclink id=”943″ target=”_blank”] supplemented the event, with several participating as leaders of various competing groups and others as session leaders. At the conclusion of the event, 900 people attended the Awards Ceremony in the Sheraton’s Diamond Court Ballroom.
| Award Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Corps | Division |
| Piano (Level 1) | ||
| Jonathan Collier | Darby | Pendel |
| Courtney Scheibner | Montclair Citadel | New Jersey |
| Rachel Laughlin | Braddock | Western Pennsylvania |
| Piano (Level 2) | ||
| Vikram Potdar | Ithaca | Empire State |
| Christine Scheibner | Montclair Citadel | New Jersey |
| Jason Collier | Darby | Pendel |
| Piano (Level 3) | ||
| Tristan Savela | Ithaca | Empire State |
| Joel Collier | Darby | Pendel |
| Justina Stickland | Old Orchard Beach Citadel | Northern New England |
| Piano (Level 4) | ||
| Andrew Garcia | Spring Valley | Greater New York |
| Vocal (Level 1) | ||
| Rachel Laughlin | Braddock | Western Pennsylvania |
| Rachel Compton | School for Officers’ Training | Greater New York |
| Megan Patrick | Barre | Northern New England |
| Vocal (Level 2) | ||
| Lindsay Waiksnoris | Montclair Citadel | New Jersey |
| Jason Collier | Darby | Pendel |
| Christine Laughlin | Braddock | Western Pennsylvania |
| Vocal (Level 3) | ||
| Joel Collier | Darby | Pendel |
| Margaret Silva | Barre | Northern New England |
| David Flores | Tonawanda | Empire State |
| Vocal (Level 4) | ||
| Michelle Kearley | Binghamton | Empire State |
| Crystal Charles | Jersey City | New Jersey |
| David Coleman | White Plains | Greater New York |
| Brass (Level 1) | ||
| Alexandra Payton | Ithaca | Empire State |
| Anthony Latorre | Philadelphia Pioneer | Pendel |
| Courtney Scheibner | Montclair Citadel | New Jersey |
| Brass (Level 2) | ||
| Joel Collier | Darby | Pendel |
| Tariq Davis | Beacon | Empire State |
| Kelly Bowin | Manchester Citadel | Southern New England |
| Brass (Level 3) | ||
| Eric Bennett | Montclair Citadel | New Jersey |
| Luke Barney | Philadelphia Citadel | Pendel |
| Jessica Brown | Glens Falls | Empire State |
| Brass (Level 4) | ||
| Emilee Bennett | Montclair Citadel | New Jersey |
| Andrew Garcia | Spring Valley | Greater New York |
| Philip Andrew | Manchester Citadel | Southern New England |
| Mime | ||
| Manchester Citadel | Southern New England | |
| Clearfield | Western Pennsylvania | |
| Old Orchard Beach Citadel | Northern New England | |
| Youth Chorus | ||
| Old Orchard Beach Citadel | Northern New England | |
| Montclair Citadel | New Jersey | |
| Harlem Temple | Greater New York | |
| Youth Band | ||
| Old Orchard Beach Citadel | Northern New England | |
| Pittsburgh Westside | Western Pennsylvania | |
| Montclair Citadel | New Jersey | |
| Timbrels (Level 1) | ||
| Harlem Temple | Greater New York | |
| Camden | New Jersey | |
| New London | Southern New England | |
| Timbrels (Level 2) | ||
| Braddock | Western Pennsylvania | |
| Darby | Pendel | |
| Spring Valley | Greater New York | |
| Timbrels (Level 3) | ||
| Pittsburgh Westside | Western Pennsylvania | |
| Schenectady Citadel | Empire State | |
| Queens Temple | Greater New York | |
| Timbrels (Level 4) | ||
| Braddock | Western Pennsylvania | |
| Harlem Temple | Greater New York | |
| Binghamton | Empire State | |
| Singing Company | ||
| Harlem Temple | Greater New York | |
| Schenectady Citadel | Empire State | |
| Boston South End | Massachusetts | |
Source:
[bclink id=”1232″ target=”_blank”] web site