Sue Newell Scholarship Showcase

Newell will emcee the evening with a variety of outstanding regional entertainment.

Iowa's Nalani Proctor is a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter who performs a variety of genres and composes songs about life, love, Taco Bell, and video games. Her robust singing voice is accompanied by guitar, ukulele, piano, flute, otamatone, kazoo.

Mary Lynne Arms, who grew up Hancock County, is a professional singer/actress/songwriter/director, whose credits include Broadway, cabaret, summer stock, St. Louis Municipal Opera, Quincy Community Theater, and MacNamara's Band in Keokuk.

Tenor Danny Lasswell has sung at The Legacy Theater in a past production of "A Christmas Wish." He has performed at the Fort Madison Rodeo and in the Maryland Senior Idol Contest.

Opera singer Brad Culpepper, current director of hospitality at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, will add his great voice to this evening of musical entertainment.

Bill Maakestad has performed Hank Williams' music for many years, including his recent one-man musical, "Songs & Stories: An Evening with Jimmie, Hank, and Johnny." Bill will perform his favorite excerpts from this show.

Kirk Brandenberger, a gifted fiddler, has won many awards including Iowa and Kentucky state championships. He has recorded with nationally known and regional musicians during his 50-year musical career. He toured nationally with Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers and was host of two bluegrass radio shows. He now serves as tourism director for the community of Keokuk and is a former Legacy Theater Foundation board member.

The family of Colleen Newell McNulty will sing songs written by her late husband, Frank. Among the songs they will perform is "Bye Bye, Baby Goodbye," written in 1958 to worldwide acclaim.

Sue Newell attended V.I.T. High School in Table Grove and graduated from Western Illinois University in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in English and speech. She taught English, speech, and directed the class plays for many years at Carthage High School. Sue taught English, speech and drama at Robert Morris College in Carthage, and later became a recruiter and director of development at Robert Morris. She was a trainer for major corporations in Chicago in human relations, and English and speech skills. She worked alongside Terry in a customer service business for auto dealers and assisted Terry at Crooked Creek Art Gallery.