Riley Moriarty Wins Stoneham Star Talent Show [PHOTOS]

[Editor's note: The following information derives from a Stoneham TV press statement.]

The Rotary Club of Stoneham raised more than $3,800 from their fourth annual Stoneham Star Talent Show on Tuesday, June 12 at the , according to a press statement. 

The club chose the Stoneham Theatre young company as the beneficiary of this year’s ticket sales and they were please to donate more than $1,225 of the event’s profits to such a great educational organization. 

This year’s auditions were very competitive with the final 15 including vocalists, a tambourine band, a hip-hop dance act and a magician performing on the Stoneham Theatre stage in front of family, friends, neighbors and the Stoneham community. 

Riley Moriarty won the Stoneham Star Talent Show, with CJ DiOrio and Devin McCall finishing in second and third place, respectively.

This year’s Audience Award for the most votes for the audience was Katie Roeder.

The judges were Galina Gutkin, secretary of Rotary Club of Stoneham and vice president and market manager for in Stoneham who was a stage and screen actress in Moscow for more than 15 years, graduating from the Russian Academy of Art; , chairperson of the Stoneham Cultural Council and former marketing director for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; and Mark Linehan, a Boston-based professional singer, dancer and actor who appears as an SS Guard in the movie "Shutter Island" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, as a stunt performer in Surrogates starring Bruce Willis, and as an extra in "Ted" starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. Randy Perillo, co-founder of The Know Our Town Video Network, was back to host for the fourth year.

The club was very fortunate to have the following sponsors:

• for donating the $1000 grand prize.
• MELD Center, Inc. for donating the $300 second place and $200 third place prizes.
• Stoneham Theatre and Weylin Symes and David Brown for all of their assistance in hosting the event.
• Stoneham TV for hosting auditions, purchasing the competition's trophies and technical support by George Manfra, Brian Albertson, Jesse Manfra, Madeline Hanke and Joe Garozzo during the Finals.
• David Gardner and Boyds Direct for printing and design of all promotional materials.
• Dr. Mark Jawitz and Stoneham Animal Hospital for donation of gifts for the judges and host and for all of the local businesses who placed an advertisement in this year’s program booklet.

This year’s event was very successful and the Rotary Club of Stoneham looks forward to a fifth year of the talent competition in June 2013.

The Rotary Club of Stoneham, now in its 89th year since its initial charter in 1923, seeks to further the mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs. Rotary is the oldest and largest service organization with over 1.2 million members worldwide. The objective is to provide service to others, promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.