Outstanding Achievement 2022
The following students/groups have been selected as Outstanding Achievement at the 2022 Ocean County Teen Arts Festival.
The following selections were chosen to represent Ocean County at the NJ State Teen Arts Festival.
Instrumental
Lacey Township High School Jazz Band – Lacey Township High School
Pinelands Jazz Trio – Pinelands Regional High School
Pinelands Woodwind Ensemble – Pinelands Regional High School
Manchester Jazz Band – Manchester Township High School
Barnegat Jazz Ensemble – Barnegat High School
Vocal
Southern Regional High School Concert Choir – Southern Regional High School
Jackson Liberty Men’s Choir – “Tell My Father” – Jackson Liberty High School
Nathan Alonso – “Something’s Coming” – Jackson Liberty High School
Laura Gallas – “No One Else” – Central Regional High School
Theater
PPBHS Performing Arts – All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Being a Zombie – Point Pleasant Borough High School
AJ Ring and Rayna Poukish – MacBeth – Grunin Performing Arts Academy
Vincent Rullo – Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie – Point Pleasant Borough High School
MacKenzie Stephenson – And Sophie Comes Too – Pinelands Regional High School
Musical Theater
Cast of Bring It On – Selections from Bring It On – Grunin Performing Arts Academy
Cast of Hair – “Flesh Failures” from Hair – Pinelands Regional High School
Pinelands Regional A Capella Quartet – “Lida Rose” from The Music Man – Pinelands Regional High School
Summer Hudak – “What Baking Can Do” from Waitress – Pinelands Regional
Dance
Grunin PAA Dance – “Clairvoyant” – Grunin Performing Arts Academy
Sydney Ables and Marriona Boland – “Can’t Save Me Now” – Brick Memorial High School
Juliana Bolish – “Her” – Toms River High School North
Samantha Sinopoli – “Here in the Hole” – Southern Regional High School
Video
Jackson Liberty High School – And Then There Were Two by Lukas Cornine, Tom Rayside, and Matt Raimondi
Toms River High School North – Acceptable by Henrik Voelkl from Manchester High School and Hanna Aromando
Literary Arts
Brian Bischoff – “Fight or Flight” – Toms River High School North
Emily Humbart – “Two Steps Back” – Barnegat High School
Jenna Marcy – “The Marvelous Gator Girl” – Barnegat High School
Phaedra Salerno – “Almost” – Brick Township High School
Angela Dienes – “Perspective” and “The Circus Elephant” – Brick Township High School
Molly O’Brien – “The Garden” – Brick Township High School
Jordan Flavin – “Do You Hear the Jailbird Cry?” and “Why Can’t You See Me?” – Toms River High School North
Zuleika Rodriguez Garcia – “Untitled” – Toms River High School North
Visual Arts
Alex Acanfora – “Free Kick” – Brick Memorial High School
Aminata Diagne – The King and his Pawns – Barnegat High School
Ava Russo – Toms River High School East – Life on Mars
Cailey Hudnut – Liar– Central Regional High School
Celestina Passiatore – Mystic Mind – Barnegat High School
Colin Mullahey – “Strangers in Transit” – Brick Memorial High School
Diana Ferullo – Pluviophile – Toms River High School North
Diana Sacramenta Rae – Love Yourself – Toms River High School North
Kirsten Dowdy – Kirsten – Central Regional High School
Kylie Macallister – Untitled – Toms River High School East
Maura Glines – Plant Wave – Barnegat High School
Miles Grogan – Inkwell Company Logo – OCVTS Brick
Molly McGovern – “Erin” – Point Pleasant High School
Nevaeh Doherty – Moo – Manchester High School
Noah Donnerstag – “Water Drop Refraction” – Central Regional High School
Xai Chase – Venus Fly Trap – Southern Regional High School
Madelyn Killi – Sgraffito Bird – Point Pleasant High School
Melanie Grom – Sweet Treat – Manchester High School
Morgan Dobbin – Deep Sea – Barnegat High School
Aminata Diagne – The King and his Pawns – Barnegat High School
Diana Ferullo – Pluviophile – Toms River High School North
Diana Sacramenta Rae – Love Yourself– Toms River High School North
Kirsten Dowdy – Kirsten – Central Regional High School