The 10th annual Ovation! talent show, set for Sunday, will highlight Lawrence Public Schools’ young singers, dancers, musicians and more.
The annual show is a fundraiser for the Lawrence Schools Foundation, which “provides resources that inspire learning, enrich teaching and enhance opportunities for all students, educators and staff in Lawrence Public Schools,” according to a news release from the Lied Center.
The show will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1 in the main auditorium at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students and youths, available via lied.ku.edu/event/ovation-2026/.
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Here’s the full lineup of performers, as provided by the Lied Center:
• Ja’Liana Ayala, vocals, 11th grade, Lawrence High School
• Ava Baranski, aerial lyra, 6th grade, Billy Mills Middle School
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• Dance Hues Studio’s STAMPP Performance and Competition Company:
Harriet Anderson, 6th grade, Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
Harper Childers, 6th grade, Perry-Lecompton Middle School
Abriella Davis, 7th grade, Pioneer Trail Middle School
Ariel Garcia, 3rd grade, Woodlawn Elementary School
Josie Gardner, 6th grade, Eudora Middle School
Kenzie Hall, 9th grade, Lawrence High School
Gabriella Hill-Skar, 2nd grade, Veritas
Lila Huebner, 6th grade, Bishop Seabury Academy
Olivia Kirkpatrick-Tripler, 6th grade, West Middle School
Natalie Kite, 2nd grade, Langston Hughes Elementary School
Amaya Nelson, 7th grade, West Middle School
Ava Nelson, 10th grade, Free State High School
Maggie Sharp, 2nd grade, Jefferson West Elementary School
Layla Simmons, 9th grade, Lawrence High School
Kaliyah Stallings, 6th grade, Billy Mills Middle School
Amora Taylor, 12th grade, Free State High School
Aria Taylor, 5th grade, Sunset Hill Elementary School
Ayana Taylor, 7th grade, West Middle School
Addison Turner, 6th grade, Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
Milena Turner, 8th grade, West Middle School
Evelin Vincent, 3rd grade, Prairie Park Elementary School
Camdyn Wright, 6th grade, Eudora Middle School
• The Galway Girls, Irish step dance:
Aleisha Lohfeld, 12th grade, Free State High School
Amelia Lohfeld, 10th grade, Free State High School
• Lawrence Ballet Theatre:
Photina Adrian, 11th grade, home school
Lauren Anderson, 8th grade, Southwest Middle School
Allie Gates, 11th grade, Free State High School
Isla Gnojek, 11th grade, Free State High School
Zoe Kaul, 11th grade, Free State High School
Annalise Lantz, 12th grade, home school
Marcella MacGonagle, 12th grade, Bishop Seabury
Belzimere Maletsky, 12th grade, Lawrence High School
Phoebe Morris, 12th grade, Free State High School
Maria Mosconi, 12th grade, Free State High School
Mattea Rasmussen, 10th grade, Free State High School
Mary Swartzlander, 9th grade, Free State High School
Sydney Tiemann, 10th grade, Free State High School
Nichole Weis, 9th grade, Free State High School
Genevieve Williams, 12th grade, Free State High School
Ruth Yang, 10th grade, Free State High School
• Harrison Leiszler, violin/loop station, 10th grade, Free State High School
• O&Co. Jazz Trio:
Owen Börk (piano), 12th grade, Free State High School
Annah Steele (bass), 12th grade, Free State High School
Anders Benson (drums), 12th grade, Free State High School
• Ishaan Rao, violin, 10th grade, Free State High School
• Elizaveta Smirnov, ballet dance, 8th grade, Lawrence Virtual School
• Sarah Song, Dunhuang dance, 7th grade, West Middle School
• Alexus Walker, vocals, 10th grade, Free State High School
Check out bios for the performers at this link.
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