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