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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010
BORDEN WINS AWARD
Six-year-old Gabby Borden, Jefferson, is shown with
The Actor’s Scene owner Nicole Campbell after receiv
ing her top 10 finish in the actor’s category at the AMTC
(Actors, Models and Talent for Christ) event, held in
July in Orlando.
Local six-year-old auditioning
for television, movie roles
BY KERRI TESTEMENT
LIKE so many little girls
her age, Gabby Borden loves
watching television shows
like “Hannah Montana” and
“Sonny with a Chance.”
But, what makes Gabby dif
ferent?
She could potentially be
acting on one of those — or
similar — popular kids shows
on the Disney Channel or
Nickelodeon.
At least, that’s what the
six-year-old actress dreams of
doing.
“She was always putting on
performances and little shows
for us and anyone that came
over,” said Gabby’s mom,
Bridgette Borden.
Those little performances,
however, later evolved into an
international competition held
last month in Orlando.
Gabby finished in the top
10 out of more than 90 girls
ages six to eight in the act
ing category at the AMTC
(Actors, Models and Talent
for Christ) competition.
She’s also signed with
an Atlanta-based agency, J.
Pervis Talent Agency, and
she’s about to have a manager
in New York and an agent in
L.A.
It was just about a year ago
that Gabby’s parents started
taking her to the Georgia
Actor’s Academy, taught by
founder and owner Jennifer
Malone at the Jefferson Parks
and Recreation Department.
Gabby’s beginning acting
instruction included reading
scripts, playing improv games,
practicing monologues and
even getting on-time camera
work.
This fall, she’ll also get
advanced instruction in audi
tioning and acting at The
Actor’s Scene, Buford.
“I like doing commercials
and improv and all that stuff,”
Gabby said.
At the AMTC event. Gabby
competed in TV commer
cials, spokesmodel, cold read,
monologue, film audition,
scene study, runway and pho
tography. Her favorite event,
however, was the swim
suit competition — simply
because she went barefoot.
Gabby also remembers
other fun things from the July
event in Florida.
“I did lots of competitions
— and I saw one of my friends
at the pool,” she said.
Gabby received eight call
backs from agents and talent
managers in New York, L.A.,
Dallas and Nashville, accord
ing to her dad, Jay Borden.
She has also recently audi
tioned for lead and supporting
roles in two major motion
pictures.
“I have to try hard and do
my best,” Gabby said of her
auditions. “And I have to try
to do my lines right — but
even if you don’t say the lines
exactly right, just find some
thing that will work out.”
But, how does a family bal
ance such a busy schedule?
Bridgette is a stay-at-home
mom, whose other children
include three-year-old Spencer
and one-year-old Sophie. Dad
Jay Borden is a former agri
culture teacher at Jackson
County Comprehensive High
School, but will be teaching at
Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle
School in Athens this school
year.
Gabby was enrolled at Gum
Springs Elementary School,
but will be taking her first
grade classes online through
the Georgia Cyber Academy
(formerly called the Georgia
Virtual Academy).
The Internet-based home-
school curriculum will give
the family flexibility to attend
auditions in New York and
L.A. over the next year.
“In January, we plan to go
to New York, where she’ll do
some auditions during (televi
sion) pilot season,” Bridgette
said. “Then in the summer,
we may go back to New York
— that’s the busy commer
cial season, for kids in par
ticular. And then in the fall,
September, it would be a trip
to L.A. to do auditions for
guest starring roles on current
shows.”
Even while practicing for
some of her auditions with
her parents, Gabby would
notice that her little brother,
Spencer, seemed to enjoy act
ing, too.
“When I did the practice for
AMTC, guess what he did?
He always tried to (play) the
director and he made up his
own commercials and every
thing,” she said.
Her baby sister, Sophie,
also likes acting — according
to Gabby.
So, what does Gabby want
to be when she grows up?
“An actor and if that doesn’t
work out, I might want to be a
teacher,” she said. “And if that
one doesn’t work out, I might
want to be a doctor for kids.”
“And if that doesn’t work
out, I’ll just be a mommy.”
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VISITING THE UNITED KINGDOM
Carol Cotton recently vacationed in the United
Kingdom and she took a copy of The Jackson Herald
along. Here she is visiting the famous ancient site of
Stonehenge. She also had the opportunity to travel to
Scotland and Wales and Dr. Cotton also spent time at
Oxford University outside of London.
FLORIDA FAMILY VACATION
The Wilkerson family of Talmo recently went on a fam
ily vacation to Sarasota, Fla., and took along a copy of
The Jackson Herald. They are shown standing in front
of Sarasota Bay. Shown are: (in the back) Michelle
Wilkerson; and (front, L-R) Made, age 8; Miranda, age
9; and Malorie, age 11. Michelle’s husband, Marty, took
the photo.
Jackson EMC ranks highest in customer satisfaction
IN A study released by J.D. Power and Associates, Jackson
Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) ranked highest in
customer satisfaction among midsize utilities in the South.
It marks the third year that Jackson EMC had been included
in the study and the second time it has received the award.
“This recognition is a great honor for our employees, who
have met the challenge of doing more with fewer resources dur
ing this recession,” said Randall Pugh, Jackson EMC president/
CEO. “Jackson EMC’s employees continue to demonstrate a
willingness to go the extra mile every day. I am so very proud
to be associated with employees who are as committed to their
work and serving our members as those at Jackson EMC.”
The study ranked both large and midsize utilities in the East,
Midwest, South and West. Midsize utilities serve 125,000-
499,999 residential customers, while large utilities serve
500,000 or more customers. Factors examined by the study
included power quality and reliability, price, billing and pay
ment, corporate citizenship, communications and customer
service.
Headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power and
Associates is a global marketing information services company
operating in key business sectors, including market research,
forecasting, performance improvement, training and customer
satisfaction. The firm’s quality and satisfaction measure
ments are based on responses from millions of customers
annually. J.D. Power and Associates is a business unit of The
McGraw-Hill Companies.
Jackson EMC, a cooperative owned by the members it
serves, provides electricity and related services to more than
205,000 meters in 10 Northeast Georgia counties, with offices
in Jefferson, Lawrenceville, Gainesville and Neese.
To learn more, visit www.jacksonemc.com.
A LESSON IN FOOD FROM SHAKESPEARE’S ERA
Students participating in the Lit Blitz program at the Braselton Library are shown eating foods that were com
monly served to the royal class citizens of Shakespeare’s era. The students have been studying Shakespeare
and poetry this summer.
Lit Blitz children’s book club studies Shakespeare
MANY of the Lit Blitz children’s book
club members of the Braselton Library
have been busy this summer studying
poetry and Shakespeare.
The lessons have been lead by Friends
of the Braselton-West Jackson Library
volunteer, Penny Galamba.
The summer program began with an
introduction to different kinds of poetry,
followed by the study of history during
Shakespeare’s writing period and will
end with the study of “A Midsummer’s
Night Dream.”
During the event, the children have
also enjoyed eating foods that were com
monly served to the royal class of citi
zens during Shakespeare’s era.
The Lit Blitz children’s competitive
book club is the creation of Pam Freed,
a teacher at Duncan Creek Elementary
School and is sponsored by the Friends of
the Braselton-West Jackson Library.
Organizers hope to have three levels of
student groups: Second and third grades,
fourth and fifth grades, and sixth through
eighth grades participating this school
year.
Adult volunteers are also needed to
help with the program, which will start
in September.
Those interested may sign up at the
library or call the library at 706-654-
1992.
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