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Douglas C. Orzolek
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Jared Cassedy
Lexington Public Schools
Lexington, Massachusetts
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Paul Evans
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
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Rachel Maxwell
Traughber Junior High School
Oswego, Illinois
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Catherine Plichta
Theater Arts Production Company School
Bronx, New York
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Ashleigh McDaniel Spatz
Burgess-Peterson Academy
Atlanta, Georgia
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Donna Gallo
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
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Emily Schaad
SUNY Fredonia School of Music
Fredonia, New York
Andrew Paney
Andrew S. Paney
University of Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi
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Phillip Hash
 Illinois State University 
Normal, Illinois 
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Melissa Baughman
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
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Rob Lyda
Auburn City Schools
Auburn, Alabama
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