Caroline Petrik has had a passion for music her entire life.  Growing up Caroline took piano and violin lessons, participated in her school music ensembles, and continued to grow as a musician.  After high school she attended Bellarmine University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in music technology.  Although Caroline has loved singing her entire life, it was at this point that she sought out private instruction in jazz vocal training.  Some of Caroline’s most influential teachers include A

In the mid-90’s under the tutelage of Rick Pitino the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team seemed to be returning to their former glory. And in 1998, the work seemed to be coming to a head, led by Nazr Mohammad, Jamaal Magloire and Louisville’s Scott Padgett, and it’s the later that’s today’s highlighted sports legend of the Ville.

A graduate of St. X Padgett was, to put it simply unremarkable as a high school basketball player.

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This past weekend, the students at Youth Performing Arts School displayed a diversity of talent and interest at their Dance Concert 2011. The program began with "Battlepointe," a ballet piece that was anything but traditional. The dancers, dressed in stiff black tutus topped with black or white hooded sweatshirts, pirouetted, leaped, and sashayed with attitude. Sometimes they seemed confrontational, even exchanging words, and other times they seemed content to dance side by side.