News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 10/22/04   Click on image for publication quality photo  FANFARE HOUSE OF BLUES ART CONTEST WINNERS – Winners of the annual Southeastern Louisiana University Fanfare-International House of Blues Foundation art contest were, from left, front, Gabrielle Blades, first place, Holy Ghost School; Felipe Hernandez , second place; Holy Ghost School; Ryan Oliphant, third place, Trafton Academy; Dalton Smith, first place, Champ Cooper; Atifa Naeem, first place, Southeastern Lab School; Kristin Ribando, third place, Southeastern Lab School; Brittinie Landry, second place; Sumner High School; Hannah Saragusa, third place, Trafton Academy; back, Angela Emslander, first place, Hammond High; Jordan Risin, second place, Independence High School; Gurpreet Kaur, first place, Independence High; Cody Costa, second place, Independence High School; David Neal, second place, Sumner High School; Shannon Simoneaux, third place, Champ Cooper School; Leeza Ross, second place, Southeastern Lab School; Wilson Sharp, first place, Southeastern Lab School; Aha Mussarat, third place, Trafton Academy. Not shown is Not shown is Robby Klein, first place, Ponchatoula High School. LOCAL STUDENTS WIN INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF BLUES-FANFARE ART COMPETITION       HAMMOND -- Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University=s annual fall arts festival, has again joined with the International House of Blues Foundation and its Blues Schoolhouse Program to sponsor an art competition for local school children.       “This was a banner year for the House of Blues art contest,” said Keiron Couret, associate director of programming for Fanfare and the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. Couret, who coordinates Fanfare and Columbia educational outreach activities, said 81 fifth grade through high school students from around the region submitted entries of original artwork, created from recycled or natural materials.       This is the fifth year that Fanfare and the House of Blues Foundation have sponsored the contest. The participating artists have been invited to a special program at the House of Blues in New Orleans on Oct. 27, Couret said.      The students’ art is on display in the lobby of the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 220 E. Thomas St. in Hammond.      2004 International House of Blues Foundation art competition winners are:      First place: Seth Chadwick, 10th grade, Amite High School; Dalton Smith, sixth grade, Champ Cooper School; Angela Emslander, ninth grade, Hammond High School; Gabrielle Blades, eighth grade, Holy Ghost School; Gurpreet Kaur, 11th grade, Independence High School; Holly Milazzo, 12th grade, Independence High School; Robby Klein, ninth grade, Ponchatoula High School; Atifa Naeem, seventh grade, Southeastern Lab School; and Wilson Sharp, fifth grade, Southeastern Lab School.      Second place: Jesse Rae Rizzuto, sixth grade, Champ Cooper; Felipe Hernandez, fifth grade, Holy Ghost School; Cody Costa, 11th grade, Independence High School; Jhanve Nolde, 10th grade, Independence High School; Jordan Risin, 11th grade, Independence High School; Leeza Ross, seventh grade, Southeastern Lab School; Joseph Tenini, 12th grade, St. Thomas Aquinas High School; Brittinie Landry, 10th grade, Sumner High School; David Neal, ninth grade, Sumner High School; Chris Bel, eighth grade, West Side Middle School.      Third place: Shannon Simoneaux, sixth grade, Champ Cooper School; Robert Pfanschmidt, 10th grade, Independence High School; Frederick Ross, 12th grade, Kentwood High School; Kristin Ribando, fifth grade, Southeastern Lab School; Reagan McNabb, fifth grade, Spring Creek Elementary; Michael Cangelosi, 11th grade, St. Thomas Aquinas High School; Joshua Hanman, eighth grade, Sumner High School; Aha Mussarat, seventh grade, Trafton Academy; Ryan Oliphant, eighth grade, Trafton Academy; Hannah Saragusa, eighth grade, Trafton Academy.