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In the summer of 2008, the Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest funded a grant for Crystal Murray to attend the Summer Dance Lab at Whitman College. This is a two, three and five week intensive program focused on developing well rounded dancers. Crystal was a freshman at Bremerton High School and had studied various styles of dance, including ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, and musical theatre, and she was a member of the Silverdale Elite Dance Team performing at various community events throughout Kitsap County, completing solos, duets, and group pieces in regional dance competitions such as Spotlight, Starlight, and Showstopper. Crystal has attended numerous dance conventions including Co. Dance and New York City Dance Alliance and has taken classes in various styles from several well-known teachers and choreographers in the dance industry. Crystal also took a Master Class offered by a company member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in 2008. In November 2008, Crystal began taking ballet and jazz classes at Jo Emery Ballet School in Tacoma and was almost immediately invited to be an apprentice with the adjacent Tacoma Performing Dance Company. Crystal has recently started a hip hop dance group at Bremerton High School, GOK ("Girls Only Krew") and has performed solo dance routines at her high school talent shows and was awarded first place in the solo dance category in January 2009. Crystal is a very intense, technical dancer and is well-suited for ballet. Crystal has plans to be a professional dancer and has indicated that she would like to dance with "whatever company will take her."

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Brian Berman - Sculptor	Travel Expenses
Dave Myers - Sculptor	Kilncasting Conference
Kelly Asadorian - Glass Artist	Kilncasting Conference
Elizabeth Reed Smith - Pen & Ink Artist	Lino Reduction Workshop
Melinda West - Fiber Artist	VTS Workshop
Trish King - Elementary Head of School	VTS Workshop
Marie Weichman - Mixed Media Artist	Materials & Studio Costs
Gail Coupal - Fused Glass Artist	Kiln
Rochelle Forthun - Musician	Guitar Lessons
Janine Severud-Art Docent Coordinator	Poulsbo Elementary Materials and Workshop
Crystal Murray - Dance Student	Summer Dance Lab, Whitman College