Phil Stacey in Roanoke

American Idol favorite Phil Stacey brings his charm and talent to the Festival in the Park Concerts.  He’s sure to sing his new hot country hit – “If You Don’t Love Me.”

 

While on active duty as a U.S. Navy sailor, Phil first considered pursuing his singing dreams when he won an on-ship “American Idol-” like competition amongst his fellow sailors. He was so dedicated to his goal that he missed the birth of his second daughter on audition day of season 6 of “American Idol” (his daughter arrived early). After Phil’s 55-city American Idol tour wrapped up in September 2007 and the completion of his 4-year commitment to the U.S. Navy, Phil received his honorable discharge and immediately re-enlisted in the Naval Reserves.

With the Navy’s full support of his musical career, Phil moved his family to Nashville, TN and began working with the same management company that had initially expressed interest in him in high school. Phil then signed with Lyric Street Records and began working on his debut CD with producer Wayne Kirkpatrick, whose work with Little Big Town, among others, he admired. The music they recorded will give listeners a look at a man who comes into his own with a hard-won maturity and self-knowledge. “I know what I stand for,” Phil says.

“My life revolves around my family and my music. I love being active in my church and I was proud during Idol to represent the Navy and just kind of be a unifying factor for Americans.” Phil is, as you might expect, a man doing music for more than selfish reasons. “I feel my job as a singer is part of my job as a human being. I’m supposed to be touching other people’s lives, doing the best I can to be a positive force in the world.”

And there is no doubt that as an artist and as a person, he will be a great addition to the music world.

Scholarship for the Arts

Every year, EventZone funds over $2500.00 in college scholarships as a result of the Festival in the Park “Scholarship for the Arts” (awarded to selected local high school seniors who pursue a higher education in the fine arts.) To date, over $112,000 has been provided to area students.

In 2010, Festival in the Park is again offering its annual scholarship awards to graduating high school seniors. Full time students planning to minor or major in visual or performing arts (music, dance, theater, sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, etc.); whose parent’s permanent residence is within a 100-mile radius of Roanoke; who have been accepted, or expect to be accepted into post-secondary training prior to the 2010 fall semester may apply.

What schools have had winners?

In the Valley:
Salem 13
Cave Spring 8
Northside 4
William Fleming 4
Patrick Henry  4
William Byrd 3
Roanoke Catholic 2
Hollins University 2
Glenvar 2
Hidden Valley  2
Lord Botetourt 1
Home School 2

New River Valley:
Christiansburg 3
Blacksburg 3

Others:
Franklin County 3
Jefferson Forrest 3
Staunton River 3
George Wythe 2
James River 2
Auburn (Rhiner) 1
Heritage 1
Fort Defiance 1
PAST SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Brittany Covington
Rachel Freeman
Ursala Dilley
Rebecca Garland
Michelle Madison
Miriam Piilonen
Matthew Stephens
Christine Permentere
Michele Morris Wiley
C. Domeon Lester
Kimberly R. Eubank
Robert Doherty
Amy Bowles
Terri Edillon
Darci Hart
Jason Fizer
Carrie Hundley
Richard C. Beal, Jr.
Jennifer Stokes
Brooke Latham
Joannna Sisk
Aaron Hudson
Ryan Mahone
Erica Hodgin
Yvette Coronado
Aaron Crigkelderhouse
Jennifer Davis
Adam Johnson
Brie Getteson
Sarah Fenty
Kinsey Holder
Allison Flores
Vanessa L. Fassie
Lonny Bradford
Mary Stewart Atwell
Creceda LaMaire
Sherri Robinette
Abe Orden
Sean Trent
Timothy Nelson
Emily Finton
Courtney Via
Stephen Brown
Nora Morris
Thomas Simmons
Runal Kireet
Mehta Ashley
Renee Hall
William Smith
Havilah Liederbach
Erika Metz
Natalie Fassie
Willie Caldwell
Joshua Grisetti
Sarah Ward Rebecca
Ross McDermott
Aaron Dalton
Jessica Lawson
Lindsay Hall
Ruben Williams
Andrea Stroud
Megan Smith
Charlotte Noelle Kelly
Wallace Easter, III
Kevin Beasley
Jordan McArthur
Natalie Deck
Natalie Cook
Frieda B. Masters
Madolyn Smeltzer
Josh Flores
Alexandra Davis
Sera Tabb
Jenny Lewis
Meg Graninger
Erin Willett
Brittany Covington

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