ST. LOUIS - Sept. 30 2015 - PRLog -- Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation (FPACF) is pleased to announce the 6th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition (http://www.foxpacf.org/teen-talent-showcase.aspx) in the spring of 2016. Online registration to enter is now open for all high school students inthe St. Louis Metropolitan area. There are no fees to participate. The event will follow a competition format withstudents vying forscholarships special awards prizes and the opportunity to compete in the finals on The Fabulous Fox Theatre stage on Saturday April 23 2016. This event showcases the most talented teens in our region who excel in the performing arts. More than 180 senior high schools and performing arts organizations in the St. Louis metro area received details about the 6th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. The call for entries deadline is November 20 2015. Contestants must be enrolled in the 9th 10th 11th or 12th grade in the 2015-2016 school year and must attend a high school/home school within a 50-mile radius from the Arch. The Preliminary round will be held on Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31 2016. Acts may include up to six students performing as a group. ''We hope students who are passionate about the performing arts will register for the competition'' said Mary Strauss President of the FPACF Board of Directors. Performing arts categories include (but are not limited to): singers dancers actors musicians comedians rappers ventriloquists and circus skill artists. Contestants may perform with original or published material.Finalists in past years have included an aerialist classical and rap/pop singers a whistler dancers jugglers a spoken word artist musicians and baton twirlers. The 2015 winner of the competition was Contemporary Dancer Tiala Taylor of Ft. Zumwalt North High School.The three Preliminary round locations for Saturday January 30 and Sunday 31 2016 are: UMSL''s J.C. Penney Conference Center Ritenour High School and Nerinx Hall. St. Louis Community College/Meramec will host the Semi-final round on Saturday March 5.High school students can respond to the ''Call for Entries'' and register on-line at www.foxpacf.org.Each round and location will have a panel of at least three judges who will adjudicate and advance acts to the next round of competition. Judges for the Preliminary and Semi-final rounds are arts professionals from the St. Louis region who are asked to give each act constructive verbal feedback immediately after they perform. The finalists will compete on The Fabulous Fox stage as part of a professionally produced show on Saturday April 23 2016. This final event at the Fox is free and open to the public.Students placing First Second and Third will win college scholarships. Contestants who advance to the Semi-final round will be eligible for various cash awards prizes and performance opportunities with professional companies (full list available at www.foxpacf.org). Finalists will also be provided unique performance opportunities within the St. Louis area arranged by FPACF and by request. Finalists from the past five years have performed at the Muny with the Chamber Music Society of St. Louis Winter Opera at the Sheldon Concert Hall Shakespeare Festival Green Show in Forest Park Six FlagsSt. Louis Taste of Maplewood Let Them Eat Art and Fair St. Louis.''We have been thrilled with the response to this event from students parents arts organizations and the community. The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation is uniquely positioned to provide the opportunity for students to perform at the Fox and on other stages around St. Louis. We are pleased that we are able to put talented young people in the spotlight'' said Strauss.Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation fosters promotes and encourages young people in the St. Louis region to discover and participate in the joy and wonder of live performances.Call for Entries6th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent CompetitionDEADLINE: November 20 2015Register on-line: www.foxpacf.org/teen-talent-showcase.aspxFor additional information about this and other Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation events please visit www.foxpacf.org