Michael Leibring, a student at Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, was awarded $300 as the first-prize winner of the Florida Suncoast Opera Guild high school vocal competition. Boris Damianov from the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School and Jennifer Rodney from Seminole High School tied for second prize.
Sprouting a theater company
Acorn Theatre, which has plans to start a theater company in Tampa, is holding a get-acquainted meeting from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at the John F. Germany Library, 900 N Ashley Drive, Tampa. Organizers are looking for people to work with the theater "in any capacity - from actor and designer to usher or box office volunteer."
- Compiled by Times staff