Wepasa Music and Arts

And that’s a wrap for our WEPASA delegates at TMC! What a fun and educational week we’ve had. Congratulations to our young divisional representatives!

Check out the daily recaps on the USA East Music page: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/vMYanBT92ibNMsSE/?mibextid=UalRPS

Here are our performances from Tuesday’s Preview Night! Tune into the live stream today to watch our Finale! 🎺🎵

Use the link https://saconnects.org/live/? OR on the SAConnects page.

SLMC 2024 | PREVIEW FESTIVAL 2024 Star Lake Musicamp Preview Festival - August 13, 2024 - Star Lake Camp.

WEPASA represent! 🙌 We had a great first full day at Star Lake today! Please be praying for our young people this week as they grow as musicians and learn about building a foundation on the Lord!

Isaiah 28:16

We had such a great week at TAMC, being reminded that we are always chosen by God. Our WPA delegates Sarah, Alexandria and LaJada did such an amazing job and we couldn’t be prouder of them. We are so grateful we have TAM Conservatory as a place where we can gather with other artists to learn how to worship and share the gospel through the creative arts, while growing together in our faith. Such a special time! 🩰🎭🎤✨

TAM CONSERVATORY FINALE TONIGHT AT 7PM! Please join us online! saconnects.org/live 🎭✨

The TAMC Finale will be premiering live THIS FRIDAY August 9 at 7pm! 🙌🤩

Please join us in the Lecture Hall at the College for Officer Training, or online at saconnects.org/live 📺🧑‍💻

See you there, TAM FAM!

Last week, our Summer Camp sessions ended for 2024, which means it was our last Jesus Theater! I am so grateful for and proud of our cast this year. They poured themselves into the story week after week, and through them God worked in the lives of hundreds of children! May we always remember to dwell in the shelter of the Most High, and to seek love, peace and safety under the Holy Spirit’s giant, perfect, umbrella! ☂️❤️

Music Camp 2024 was AMAZING! We had so much fun learning to sing in the rain and hide under the shadow of the almighty in the storms of life. Everyone worked so hard in dance, drama, choreodrama, voice, guitar and band throughout the week and got to share their gifts with everyone at the finale. God is so good! ☔️🩵

SINGING IN THE RAIN ☔️ MUSIC CAMP 2024 🎶 We had the best time with you all and are so proud of how you used your gifts to worship in so many different ways! Don’t forget that when the rain and storms come, we can take shelter in the shadow of the almighty and know that we are safe. 🩵

We had the most amazing Creative Arts Conservatory this past week! In just a few days we put together a short musical based on The Wizard of Oz! Through this musical we explored the message of there being no place like home and how in John 15:9-10 Jesus tells us to make ourselves at home in His love. We are SO proud of how hard our kids and leaders worked this week to bring this show together! 🏠🌪️👠✨

We are so proud of our School of Rock Conservatory kids! They lead worship today at Morning Discovery and did an AMAZING job! At the beginning of the week, a lot of these kids hadn’t ever played these instruments or sang in front of people, but in just 5 days they had learned multiple songs and lead the entire Summer Camp in worship! 🎸🔥🤩

Having a rockin’ time at School of Rock Conservatory! We have two different worship bands learning songs and we’ve still found time for enjoying nature, games, swimming, ice cream, s’mores and singing around a campfire! 🎸🔥

Tonight, on the eve of camp beginning, the Camp Allegheny cast of Jesus Theatre “Umbrellas” got to present it to the staff. What an amazing holy-spirit filled time we had as we got to see the gospel told in a new way and prayed together. We are so excited to see what God will do at Camp Allegheny in 2024 through “Umbrellas”! ☂️❤️

Just a reminder that Star Lake Registration is due July 1st! Sign up today!
Audition recordings are due July 15th 🎙🎺🪇🎸🎹🎶

We are pleased to announce that Star Lake Musicamp 2024 registration and audition materials are now available online! Go to: https://music.saconnects.org/slmc/

Registration deadline is July 1. The dates for Star Lake Musicamp 2024 are August 10-17 and the fee for this year is $300 per camper. Camp is available for campers age 13 (or going into 8th grade) up to 25.

Make sure to download the audition music and begin preparing for your audition for Star Lake Musicamp. In the future, you will receive further information from your Divisional Music Director about either an in person audition date or video audition. All auditions will need to be completed before July 15, 2024 so that we can jump right into the normal camp schedule when you arrive. Acceptance letters will be sent out around July 15, 2024.

For further information, please contact your Divisional Music Director or the Territorial Music Department. We look forward to hearing from all of you and seeing you this summer.

Space is limited so apply early!!!

***2024 TERRITORIAL STAR SEARCH RESULTS***

BRASS SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Monroe Smith - Camden Kroc - NJ
2nd Ian Diaz - Ponce - PRVI
3rd Erika Wajda - Schenectady - EMP

BRASS SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Fabian Diaz - Ponce - PRVI
2nd Abigail Moen - White Plains - GNY
3rd Lily Brunelle - Lowell Citadel - MASS

BRASS SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Jonathan Rodriguez - Montclair Citadel - NJ
2nd Petshley Louissaint - Westbury - GNY
3rd Sydney Liskey - Portland Citadel - NNE

BRASS SOLO LEVEL 4
1st C J Watch - East Cleveland - NEOSA
2nd Bradley Armand - Westbury - GNY
3rd Matthew Barrington - Lexington - SWONEKY

DRAMA TROUPE LEVEL A
1st Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
2nd Port Richmond - GNY
3rd Union City - NJ

DRAMA TROUPE LEVEL B
1st Latrobe - WPA
2nd Arecibo - PRVI
3rd Ashland Kroc - NEOSA

DANCE SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Kamila Diaz - San Juan Central - PRVI
2nd Alisha Lewis - New York Temple - GNY
3rd Kamaya Gitau - Chester - EPA

DANCE SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Camila Ramos - Queens Temple - GNY
2nd Kaylah Gitau - Chester - EPA
3rd Izzy Perkins - Portland Citadel - NNE

DANCE SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Lorgia Rodriguez - Montclair Citadel - NJ
2nd Teagan Kime - Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
3rd Simone Greer - Canandaigua - EMPIRE

DANCE SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Lilly Jache - Portland Citadel - NNE
2nd Maddy Martinez - Union City - NJ
3rd Annikah Mack - Tonawanda - EMP

ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Samuel Bedoya - Queens Temple - GNY
2nd Jayden Rivera - San Juan Central - PRVI
3rd Adam Hartley - Rochester - WPA

ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Alejandra Coca - Queens Temple - GNY
2nd Ella Hodgson - Montclair Citadel - NJ
3rd Lucas Carroll - Glens Falls - EMPIRE

ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Gadiel Diaz - San Juan Central Temple - PRVI
2nd Issac Kang - Philadelphia Citadel- EPA
3rd Isabel Coca - Queens Temple - GNY

ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Joseph Abdewaly - Queens Temple - GNY
2nd Marlon Rosario - San Juan Central Temple - PRVI

TIMBREL BRIGADE LEVEL A
1st Westbury - GNY
2nd Syracuse Citadel - EMPIRE
3rd Montclair Citadel - NJ

TIMBREL BRIGADE LEVEL B
1st Portland Citadel - NNE
2nd White Plains - GNY
3rd Philadelphia Citadel - EPA

BASS GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Sebastian Morton - Flemington - NJ

BASS GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Shylah Cruz – Rochester - WPA

BASS GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Gadiel Diaz - San Juan Central - PRVI
2nd Allison Ortiz - Bronx Tremont - GNY
3rd Caleb Mackneer - Rochester - WPA

BASS GUITAR SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Santiago Murillo - White Plains - GNY
2nd Selaya Abraham - Philadelphia Citadel - EPA
3rd Keily Baten - Trenton - NJ

DRUM SET SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Berthon Sainteme - Westbury - GNY
2nd Cairo Cruz - Rochester - WPA
3rd Jacob Kurtz - Philadelphia Roxborough - EPA

DRUM SET SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Ryan Paul - Astoria - GNY
2nd Shylah Cruz - Rochester - WPA
3rd Marcos Diaz - San Juan Central - SNE

DRUM SET SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Petshley Louissaint - Westbury - GNY
2nd Jean Etechwa - Lexington - SWONEKY
3rd Paul Mena - Portland Citadel - NNE

DRUM SET SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Djurabe Edmond - Westbury - GNY
2nd Selaya Abraham - Philadelphia Citadel - EPA
3rd Joshua De Le Cruz - Passaic - NJ

SNARE DRUM SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Berthon Sainteme – Westbury - GNY
2nd Eleanor Maxwell - Manchester - SNE
3rd Amaro Colon - San Juan Central - PRVI

SNARE DRUM SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Marcos Diaz - San Juan Central - PRVI
2nd James Lapadula - New York Temple - GNY
3rd Chris Ashby Jr. – Elyria - NEOSA

SNARE DRUM SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Danyson Sainteme - Westbury - GNY
2nd Eugene Lim - Philadelphia Citadel - EPA
3rd Preston Coffelt - Portland Citadel - NNE

SNARE DRUM SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Richard Smith Jr. - Columbus Citadel - SWONEKY
2nd Djurabe Edmond – Westbury - GNY

DRAMA MONOLOGUE LEVEL 1
1st Parker Warren - Montclair Citadel - NJ
2nd Logan Davis - Capital Region - NNE
3rd Alisha Lewis - New York Temple - GNY

DRAMA MONOLOGUE LEVEL 2
1st Collette-Stella Ngalle - Chillicothe - SWONEKY
2nd Hannah Payton - Schenectady - EMPIRE
3rd Aliya Lewis - New York Temple - GNY

DRAMA MONOLOGUE LEVEL 3
1st Loryn Bozor - Westbury - GNY
2nd Emily Fullop - Waltham - MASS
3rd Tucker Knappins - Ashland Kroc - NEOSA

DRAMA MONOLOGUE LEVEL 4
1st Sarah Knaggs - Montclair Citadel - NJ
2nd Briana Rosario - Bronx Tremont - GNY
3rd LaShauna Carruthers - Jeannette - WPA

PIANO SOLO LEVEL 1
1st Evelyn Ashcraft - Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
2nd Maxwell Jones - Schenectady - EMPIRE
3rd Nikolas Lopez - Queens Temple - GNY

PIANO SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Nolan Shambaugh - Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
2nd Abigail Moen - White Plains - GNY
3rd Euan Lim - Philadelphia Citadel - EPA

PIANO SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Owen Jones - Schenectady - EMPIRE
2nd Kayla Moon - Flushing - GNY
3rd Eugene Lim - Philadelphia Citadel - EPA

PIANO SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Kayli Schoch - Coshocton - NEOSA
2nd Benjamin Alarcon - White Plains - GNY
3rd Kenneth Chalco-Leon – Kearny - NJ

DANCE TROUPE LEVEL A
1st Westbury - GNY
2nd San Juan Central Temple - PRVI
3rd Boston Kroc - MASS

DANCE TROUPE LEVEL B
1st San Juan Central - PRVI
2nd Montclair Citadel - NJ
3rd Westbury - GNY

SINGING COMPANY
1st Spring Valley/Suffern Temple - GNY
2nd Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
3rd Chester/Dover - EPA

VOCAL SOLO LEVEL 1
1st ErikaWajda - Schenectady - EMPIRE
2nd Eliana Rosamilia - Spring Valley - GNY
3rd Stephen Medeiros - Fall River - MASS

VOCAL SOLO LEVEL 2
1st Jocelynn Benedict - Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
2nd Caroline Lance - Spring Valley - GNY
3rd Scarlett Brooks - Columbus Citadel - SWONEKY

VOCAL SOLO LEVEL 3
1st Richard Smith, Jr - Columbus Citadel - SWONEKY
2nd Callina Francis - Ashland Kroc - NEOSA
3rd Jenny Alarcon - White Plains - GNY

VOCAL SOLO LEVEL 4
1st Camilo Alvarez - Queens Temple - GNY
2nd Lilly Jache - Portland Citadel - NNE
3rd Liana Padillo - Montclair Citadel - NJ

YOUTH CHORUS
1st White Plains - GNY
2nd Philadelphia Citadel - EPA
3rd Buffalo Kensington - EMP

YOUTH BAND
1st Westbury Corps - GNY
2nd Montclair Citadel - NJ
3rd San Juan Central - PRVI

Pendel Music & Arts
Empire State Music & Arts
GNY Music & Creative Arts
SA Mass Music & Arts
Neosa Music & Arts
NJ - Music & Arts
NNE Music & Arts
PRVI Music & Arts
SNE Music and Arts
Swoneky Music and Arts
Wepasa Music and Arts
SAconnects

Western Pennsylvania came away from Territorial Star Search with quite a few winners and trophies! Congratulations to you all!! 🤩🤩 And whether you placed this year or not, we congratulate EVERYONE for all of your hard work and for getting out there and doing your thing. Remember, we don’t do any of this for our own glory but to give glory back to God and to be able to share the gospel more effectively and creatively! We can’t wait to see you at Star Search next year!!! 🏆💙⭐️❤️

Congratulations to all of WEPASA’s Star Search participants in Hershey 🤩✨💫🌟! If you missed the awards ceremony for this year’s Territorial Star Search, you can watch it here:

Star Search Awards

We blinked and Youth Councils 2024 was over!!! We are so grateful our DMA and Star Search actors, dancers, musicians and singers got to be part of worship over the weekend! We heard some incredible testimonies and saw the Holy Spirit move in the lives of our youth! 💜✨🌆🩷

Congratulations to the New Kensington Corps on a lovely Musical Finale to celebrate the achievements of their youth this past Sunday! 🙌🎶

WEPASA STAR SEARCH WINNERS 2024 🌟📸🏆

We can't believe Star Search was almost a week ago already!!! We will be posting all of the photos very soon, but in the mean time here are all of the results. Congratulations to all of our participants and thanks so much to everyone who came out to support! ⭐️

That’s a wrap on Star Search 2024!!! What a day we had all together at beautiful Camp Allegheny, with Star Search and our DMA Finale Concert. Congratulations to all of the participants and leaders who have been working so very hard to get to this day. And thank you to everyone who came out to support our youth. Praise the Lord oh my soul! ❤️🌟💙

On Sunday we got to be part of worship at Beaver Falls corps with our music program kids! We are so proud of how hard they have worked to try something completely new, and to sing and act out scripture in front of people for the first time! 🤩❤️

If you’re not participating this year, we would absolutely love to still have you come along to watch and support both Star Search and our DMA Finale! Hope to see you there! ❤️⭐️💙