North Texas Performing Arts announces that it will be hosting North Texas's Got Talent,
the largest all-ages 'virtual' online talent contest in the world.
NTPA has offered an open invitation to this global online event to performers around the world to enter the 'North Texas' Got Talent' competition. This opportunity will showcase the amazing gifts of performers from North Texas and beyond bringing together a worldwide community of artists and lovers of the performing arts.
The competition consists of four regional competitions with host cities Dallas, Plano, Fairview and Frisco, and a global competition for north Texas and beyond. There will be 5 different age divisions per competition, ranging from entry level to a featured adult competition. For a small entry fee, participants can submit their video entries to any or all of these competitions and win cash prizes and NTPA scholarships. Tickets will be made available for for online audiences around the world.
NTPA's online competition could be the largest 'virtual' all-ages contest in the world as adult professionals, amateurs, and moms and dads together with youth of all ages compete. We are in talks with sponsors with hopes to boost the prizes that contestants can win,
says NTPA CEO Darrell Rodenbaugh. Though the real prize is bragging rights for being the 'Best in North Texas,' and that's what competitors will be shooting for.
NTPA's entertaining competition is launched as part of its Together We Can Beat This
campaign with a goal to keep adult and youth performing arts lovers engaged and productive while its theatres and studios are closed by state and local mandate.
North Texas Performing Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit institution made up of an adult repertory theatre and a family of youth theatres that has become the country's largest non-profit youth theatre organization. NTPA has been forced to cease stage operations and close its studios due to Covid19 mandates from city and state governments. Our operational incomes from ticket sales and tuition sources constitute the majority of our income,
continues Rodenbaugh. As a small non-profit, we don't have the capacity to set aside the kind of reserves to take on this sort of challenge.
We've been through some difficult times in the thirty years since this theatre was created,
says Founder Sara Akers. But we always found a way for our students to take the stage and have their voices heard.
In addition to the virtual talent competition, NTPA is launching a series of online learning programs and private tutoring to help keep its 7,000 students across North Texas engaged and focused on productive efforts, and has been conducting on-line rehearsals for almost a week. NTPA announced last week that it would suspend stage performances until May 1st, affecting hundreds of performances and thousands of actors and patrons in four regional North Texas locations.
We've launched a long list of new programs and activities to service our 7,000 youth across North Texas, and we've begun an outreach effort to donors and supporters to make sure they understand the severity of our situation.
continues Rodenbaugh. We've made it through some pretty big difficulties over the years, and with the support of our students, families and donors, we will make it through this one.
Donors and patrons can find more information on ways to support North Texas Performing Arts at NTPA.org.
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