Huntington Beach eighth-grader earns a trip to the Big Apple

Time Warner Cable and Bravo, an arts and entertainment cable

television network, have chosen Huntington Beach resident Alexis

Sweeney as a winner in the nationwide competition called Bravo on

With the Show.

Sweeney, an eighth-grader at Orange County School of the Arts,

will join fellow winners in New York City to perform in front of a

live audience on Broadway. Bravo on With the Show is a national

contest that seeks to raise the awareness of the positive impact of

theater participation on young people, while recognizing participants

and supporters who make a difference.

This month, Sweeney will travel to New York City and participate

in three days of intense theatrical training under the guidance of

professional Broadway actors, choreographers and directors. The

culmination of her training will be a final performance in front of a

live audience on a Broadway stage on Monday.

In addition to sending Sweeney to New York, Time Warner Cable and

Bravo will donate $1,000 to the Orange County School of the Arts to

fund the school’s arts programs.

Retailer to present $2,000 donation

As part of a grand-opening celebration of a new store in

Huntington Beach, 7-Eleven will present a $2,000 donation to the

Education is Freedom Foundation. The foundation is a public charity

that provides a college scholarship to a Huntington Beach high school

senior who has maintained a B average. The donation will be presented

at the grand-opening event at 10:30 a.m. April 29 at the new 7-Eleven

store, 6010 Warner Ave.