Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble’s board of directors has awarded two Patricia Whitmore Pre-Professional Talent Scholarships to Barrington High School graduating senior Victoria Van Hollen and Stevenson High School rising senior Stephanie Eggers.

Eggers will pursue a six-week, intensive summer program with Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah. Van Hollen will pursue summer dance studies locally.

Van Hollen and Eggers both currently study ballet at the Barrington Dance Academy, are full company members of Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble, and have performed soloist roles in BYDE’s productions of “Sleeping Beauty,” “Graduation Ball,” and “The Nutcracker.”

Both dancers will also have featured roles in the upcoming BYDE production of “Coppelia,” which will be performed June 9 and 10 at Barrington High School.

Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble supports three types of annual scholarships: The Patricia Whitmore Pre-Professional Talent Scholarship, the BYDE Financial Need Scholarship and the Rusty Hernandez Scholarship for Boys. Primary funding for BYDE’s annual scholarships is provided by individual and family donors at BYDE’s annual fall gala.

2017 scholarship donors include: Steve and Sheila Ballot, Jasper and Marian Sanfilippo, Diane Crawford, Katherine Logue and Jonathan Nyland, Mark and Amy Vandenbergh, John and Roberta Begley, Scott and Melva Eggers, Nick and Elizabeth Fancesconi, Michael and Xiuling Frankel, Glenna Gineris, Debbie Jeglum, Annette Nikolich, Dan and Dawn Patten, Art and Chrissy Scott, Scott and Megan Senesac, Alfred and Keisha St. John, and Gerry and Jennifer Wondrasek.

The Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble and its scholarship programs are also supported by the following foundations, corporations and governmental agencies: The Benson Foundation, Barrington Area Community Foundation, Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), The Sanfilippo Foundation, Rose Packing Company, C.N.A. Foundation, RedLight Security LLC, Barrington Junior Women’s Club, The DEMAR Foundation Inc., John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc., C.H. Robinson Worldwide, The Stephenson Family Foundation, Microsoft Corporation, Wickstrom Ford, M.J. Miller, and Heads Up Apparel.

The Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) fine arts organization that promotes artistic integrity, involvement, and awareness through exceptional dance training and performance in the Chicago area.

Additional information about BYDE can be found at www.BYDE.org.