First established at Del Mar College in 1966, the annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show attracts some of the most creative contemporary American artists working in the drawing and sculpture mediums across the country.

This year’s show features 47 works representing 20 sculptures and 27 two-dimensional works.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. until noon on Fridays.

For more information about the reception and the show, call the Art Office at 698-1216.

The 2012-13 Del Mar College choral music season will conclude with the Master Chorus and Concert Choir combining for a concert of folk music by Australian composer Percy Grainger. Led by DMC Music Department faculty member Dennis S. Richardson, the ensembles will perform selections including “Country Gardens,” “Australian Up-Country Song,” “The Three Ravens,” “Irish Tune from County Derry,” “I’m Seventeen Come Sunday” and others as they are joined by a Del Mar student clarinet ensemble and brass band as well as four-hand piano accompaniment. Organist Yvonne Jaggard and pianist Judy Mellenbruch will accompany the choral groups. Featured performers include Del Mar piano professor Dr. David Sutanto as he performs keyboard selections by Grainger and voice professor Dr. Raphael Rada as guest soloist. The concert is free, but the audience will have an opportunity to contribute to the Music Scholarship Fund at the end of the concert. free but scholarship donations welcome.

For more information, contact the Music Office at 698-1214.

Bernies Famous Crawfish Boil Details At A Glance

Note: This is a fundraising event!

When: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 6 – 10 pm
Where: Concrete Street Pavilion: 717 Power Street, Corpus Christi, TX  78401
Food: Dinner will be served from 6:30 – 8:30 pm

• All you can eat crawfish, shrimp, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob, coleslaw, cornbread and dessert.
• Plus an open bar!

Fun: Silent Auction
Entertainment: by Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners
Dress: Cajun Casual
More Information: Contact Sally Reigle, sreigle@delmar.edu, 361-698-1031

The final phase of the 2013 Coastal Bend Business Plan Competition has begun, and the field of competitors is narrowed. Finalists will vie for an estimated $22,000 in in-kind services designed to jumpstart the business and a cash prize to the first place winner.

Competitors made it to the finals based on their most recently submitted business plans. The Coastal Bend Business Plan Competition Committee judged those plans with the next step being finalists making presentations of their concepts before five local celebrity judges.

The event begins at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 20, in Room 100 of the Venters Business Building on Del Mar College’s East Campus on Ayers Street. The public is welcome to hear the finalists present.

A winner or winners will be awarded based on the viability of their business plan and the potential for its economic impact to the Coastal Bend’s regional economy. However, every finalist will be given invaluable feedback from real investors on the viability of their business plan, providing the catalyst for putting a business on the right track for success.

Finalists and time of their presentations are:

• 3:15 p.m. G & G Sustainability: A water turbine system to convert energy contained in flowing wastewater effluent into electricity using hydropower technology

• 3:45 p.m. Sirena Water Wear: Sealegs Adventure Shorts…a solution to an age-old problem

• 4:15 p.m. Maricela Sanchez Art: Focus on home accessories for pet owners

• 4:45 p.m. SJ3 Solutions: The product monitors consumers’ real time power usage and provides a few different options based on information

• 5:15 p.m. Mobile Plasma Sanitation System: A mobile plasma sanitation system that is easy to use on inorganic surfaces resulting in a safer way to sanitize surfaces in one’s home

The five celebrity judges include Ralph Coker, SCORE Counselors to America’s Small Business; Donald Morrison, Owner of Morrison Insurance Agency; Laurie Simmons, Tropical Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization; Alan Stoner, Venture Capital Partners; and Liza Wisner, Insperity and former guest on Donald Trump’s Apprentice.

The finalist will be announced during The Business Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 22, at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center.

For more information, contact Sandy Billish, Coastal Bend Business Plan Competition Chair, at 361-825-3535 or Sandra.Billish@tamucc.edu or Vice Chair Emily Martinez at 361- 882-7096 or emartinez@ccredc.com.

The Corpus Christi Ballet Academy will perform “A Tribute to Walt Disney” and promises an evening featuring favorite Disney classics under the direction of Nancy Sulik.

Dancers will provide interpretations to some of Walt Disney’s most famous musical pieces, including excerpted soundtracks from Fantasia, Peter Pan, Cinderella and many others. This performance is appropriate for all ages, so bring the family out for an evening of fabulous dance in honor of the “Wonderful World of Walt Disney.”

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students with valid ID and free for children ages 3 and under.

Individuals purchasing tickets online will incur a small processing fee.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.delmar.edu/richardson