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Hays Arts Council

Now in its 27th year, Hays Arts Council FAMOUS FIGURES is a living history and performance project open to 5th grade students in Ellis County public & private schools.  It involves a short performance as a favorite person (living or deceased) from the present through distant past.  The project promotes the use of research skills, awareness and appreciation of the qualities of a positive role model, thinking and writing in a creative manner, and developing acting and public speaking skills.  This year's Famous Figures Final Competition was held on Friday, May 5 in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center. We are proud to have this annual project supported by the Hays Rotary Club. 


link to 2023 details, rules, & judging form

2023 performance video time marks

2023 FAmous Figures

To the left are the students receiving awards, with their names, schools & characters listed below. 


Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center technical staff provided live-stream services, uploaded through FHSU's Tiger Media Network, recording the complete 2023 final competition event, from welcome through awards ceremony (video below).  For ease of targeting viewing, the following link includes the list of performances in order, with the minute/hour time mark that a performance occurs in the 2023 video (below).


Video Info & Individual Performance Time Marks 

2023 TROPHY WINNERS (FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ABOVE)

1st place - Colt Raudis (Roosevelt) as Mozart

2nd place - Graycee Herl (O’Loughlin) as Tad Lucas

3rd place - Ruby Conner (Wilson) as Mariah Carey

4th place - Sabrie VanKooten (Wilson) as Margaret Brown

* 6-way tie for 5th place *

5th place - Mason Goff (Victoria) as J.R.R. Tolkein

5th place - Bethany Eiden (Wilson) as Katelyn Ohashi

5th place - Robyn Smalley (O’Loughlin) as Abigail Adams

5th place - Myka Schoeph (Holy Family) as Pat Summitt

5th place - Ania Lynch (Roosevelt) as Dolly Parton

5th place - Caden Giebler (Wilson) as Steve Irwin

performance time marks in link above

2023 photo gallery


2022 FAmous Figures

To the left are the students receiving awards, with their names, schools & characters listed below. 

1st - Evie Dietz as Joan of Arc

2nd - Myles Archer as Babe Ruth

3rd - Kendall Seiler as Elizabeth Smith Friedman  

4th - Mason Rozean as Alexander Graham Bell

5th (tie) - Andrew Meagher as Nick Saban

5th (tie) - Josiah Olmstead as Charles M. Schultz

5th (tie) - Ellee Lang as Sally Ride

5th (tie) - Levi Denham as Antonín Dvořák 


2022 Video Info & Individual Performance Time Marks 

performance time marks in link above

2022 Photo Gallery

2021 FAmous Figures

2021 AWARDS - (right to left, above)

1st place - Martha Miller (O'Loughlin Elementary) as William Shakespeare

 2nd place - Emma Downing (O'Loughlin Elementary) as Susan B. Anthony 

 3rd place (tie) - Alayda Cano (O'Loughlin Elementary) as Malala Yousafzai 

3rd place (tie) - Summer Hackworth (O'Loughlin Elementary) as Amelia Earhart 

 4th place (tie) - Larryn Braun (Victoria Elementary) as Bethany Hamilton 

4th place (tie) - Jack Stoecklein (Holy Family Elementary) as Erno Rubik 

5th place (tie) - Eli Kerr (Wilson Elementary) as Willis Carrier

5th place (tie) - Shiloh Gaschler (St. Mary's Grade School) as Howard Carter 

Thank you!

2016-2023 classroom finalists

2023 Famous Figures

school finalists

2022 Famous Figures

school finalists

2019 Famous Figures

school finalists

2018 famous figures classroom finalists

2018  Famous Figures 

school finalists 



2017  Famous Figures 

classroom finalists 

2016  Famous Figures 

classroom finalists

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