NORMAL – Recipients of the Town’s Harmon Arts Grant Program were honored by former Normal Mayor Paul Harmon and current Mayor Chris Koos in a ceremony which took place prior to the start of Monday’s scheduled meetings of the Normal Liquor Commission and Normal Town Council.

Harmon said 29 groups applied for grants from the program, with 21 grants being awarded. In total, the program gave out $72,000. Harmon said the average grant request submitted was $2,500, and that the average of the amount of money given out was $1,200.

The winners, and the grant amounts received are:

• Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony, $1,000;

• Brass Band of Central Illinois, $750;

• Community Players Theatre, $1,000;

• Heartland Theatre Company, $2,000;

• Holiday Spectacular, $1,000;

• Illinois State University Concerts On The Quad, $1,500;

• Illinois State University New Music Festival, $600;

• Illinois State University Shakespeare Festival, $3,000;

• Illinois State University’s University Galleries, $1,000;

• Illinois Symphony Orchestra, $1,000;

• Illinois Wesleyan University Chamber Music Festival, $500;

• Indian Music Society of Central Illinois, $500;

• McLean County Arts Center, $1,000;

• McLean County Museum of History, $900;

• Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, $700;

• Normal Community West High School Bands, $2,200;

• Prairie Fire Theatre, $1,500;

• Pratt Music Foundation, $1,250;

• Sound of Illinois Chorus, $600;

• Twin Cities School of Dance, $1,000;

• USA Ballet, $2,000.

“What you do, especially in this economy, is hard to do,” Koos told the grant recipients. “We’re proud of you. Keep it up.”

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