Scholarship honors Packard

The Festival at Sandpoint is now accepting applications for the first-ever Charley Packard Memorial Songwriting Scholarship.

This new scholarship is open to all Bonner County High School seniors. Criteria is not based on need nor grades, but solely on the creation and performance of an original song.

The written application, which includes the lyrics for an original song, is due on Friday, May 5, and a private, live audition will be scheduled with each applicant during the month of May.

The winner will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship as well as an invitation to perform the original song at a Festival at Sandpoint concert honoring Charley in August.

Applications will be available at all Bonner County public high schools including Sandpoint High School, Forrest Bird Charter School, Lake Pend Oreille High School, Priest River Lamanna High and Clark Fork High School.

Private and home schooled students are also encouraged to apply. The application can be found online at festivalatsandpoint.com as well as at The Festival office, 525 Pine St., in downtown Sandpoint.

The Festival welcomes tax deductible contributions to the Charley Packard Memorial Scholarship Fund which was established by family and friends to memorialize singer songwriter Charley Packard and to perpetuate his lifelong mentorship of young singer-songwriters. Donations can be made online, at the Festival Office or sent to FAS Attn: Charley’s Scholarship Fund, PO Box 695, Sandpoint, ID 83864.