4th Annual Stoneham Star - A Great Success

Posted by Amy Palmerino

on Jun 12, 2012

STONEHAM – (June 13, 2012) The Rotary Club of Stoneham raised over $3,800 from their Fourth Annual Stoneham Star Talent Show on Tuesday, June 12 at the Stoneham Theatre. The Club chose The Stoneham Theatre Young Company as the beneficiary of this year’s ticket sales and they were please to donate over $1,225 of the event’s profits to such a great educational organization. This year’s auditions were very competitive with the final fifteen including vocalists, a tambourine band, a hip hop dance act, and a magician performing on the Stoneham Theatre stage in front of family, friends, neighbors, and the Stoneham community.

This year’s final three were: first place and this year’s Stoneham Star, Riley Moriarty, second place, CJ DiOrio, and third place, Devin McCall. This year’s audience award for the most votes for the audience was Katie Roeder. The judges were Galina Gutkin, secretary of Rotary Club of Stoneham and VP Market Manager for Salem Five Bank in Stoneham who was a stage and screen actress in Moscow for over fifteen years, graduating from the Russian Academy of Art, Dennis O’Hara, chairman of the Stoneham Cultural Council and former marketing director for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and Mark Linehan a Boston based professional singer, dancer and actor who appears as an SS Guard in Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio, as a stunt performer in Surrogates starring Bruce Willis, and as an extra in Ted starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. Randy Perillo co-founder of The Know Our Town Video Network was back to host for the fourth year.

The club was very fortunate to have the following sponsors: Pizzarello and Silvestro Family Dentistry for donating the $1000 grand prize, MELD Center, Inc. for donating the $300 second place and $200 third place prizes, Stoneham Theatre and Weylin Symes and David Brown for all of their assistance in hosting the event, Stoneham TV for hosting auditions, purchasing the competition's trophies, and technical support by George Manfra, Brian Albertson, Jesse Manfra, Madeline Hanke and Joe Garozzo during the Finals, David Gardner and Boyds Direct for printing and design of all promotional materials, Dr. Mark Jawitz and Stoneham Animal Hospital for donation of gifts for the judges and host and for all of the local businesses who placed an advertisement in this year’s program booklet.

This year’s event was very successful and the Rotary Club of Stoneham looks forward to a fifth year of the talent competition in June 2013!

The Rotary Club of Stoneham, now in its 89^th year since its initial charter in 1923, seeks to further the mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs. Rotary is the oldest and largest service organization with over 1.2 million members worldwide. The objective is to provide service to others, promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.