The local talent show “Stars of Tomorrow” held its 63rd annual performance on March 29, 2025, at the Whitney Center of the Arts in Kinnison Hall on the Sheridan College campus. The Kiwanis Club of Sheridan, Wyo. put on the show; this club is all about community and uplifting the youth.
The Kiwanis Club helps many local institutions in the community, such as Compass – Center For Families, The Food Group, as well as the Wyoming Girls School. Stars of Tomorrow is a fundraiser event to not only inspire and encourage the youth of Sheridan and its community, but to offer scholarships to deserving high school students.
The energy of the environment was great, and the talent was even greater; the show struck a perfect balance between dance performances and singing acts.
This show has been a work in progress since October 2024, and auditions were held in February 2025. There were 25 well-picked and highly entertaining acts, which were split into three divisions. The first division consisted of eight participants ranging from kindergartners to fourth graders. The second division comprised seven acts, ranging from fifth to eighth grade. The high school division is the third division with students in grades nine through twelve.
Within these three divisions, each one receives a first, second, and third place award, as well as a people’s choice award, decided by the audience that night. Buckets are placed in the lobby for each act, and the audience members can place their vote in the bucket with cash. For the people’s choice awards, half of the money raised in that effort goes to the participant who won the vote, and the other half is donated back to Kiwanis, to be used for various donations throughout the year. Division one’s bucket reached a total of $527, division two reached $591, and division three got to a total of $866. Half of the money was then given to the deserving contestants. Mila Stamenkovic of division one, James Craft, Emmett Craft, and Kellen Medill of division two, and Big Horn sophomore Rhyder Scott of division three received the people’s choice award.
The first through third place finishes in the high school division receive a $500, $750, and $1,000 scholarship for a post-high school education. This year’s recipients were all Big Horn students, Emmie Rambur and Noah Maurhoff ($500), Rhyder Scott ($750), and Sofia DeLuca ($1,000). Although the second and third place finishes are not seniors, they can save this scholarship until after their senior year.
The first through third places of divisions one and two do not receive cash prizes; however, the acts were no less impressive. In the second division, Maeve McDonald took third place, Brenah McDougall took second, and James Craft, Emmett Craft, and Kellen Medill took first place. In division one, Emma Holloway took third place, Mila Stamenkovic took second, and Emery Rathjen took first place.
