Hooray for Henru!

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MOSSEL BAY NEWS AND VIDEO - Mossel Bay's Henru Holloway (16) competed in three categories at the Inter-national Modelling and Talent Association (IMTA) convention in New York city from 25 to 29 June and did wonderfully well.

He was first runner-up in dance and second runner-up in both the monologue and on camera host categories.

PHOTO GALLERY: Mossel Bay's Henru Holloway makes it big

On camera hosting involves presenting an event, usually an award show, competition or reality television show.

Henru competed in the junior male age group - 13 to 17 years.

In the finals, Henru danced to the Christian song, Suffocated by Sin, before an audience of 1 000.

After IMTA, Henru underwent intensive training at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), also in New York.

He was awarded a partial bursary for dancing training from 2 July to 15 July.

Henru said: "I started dancing but only made it to day three because of an ankle injury, but I was not ready to go home.

"We spoke to the AMDA High School team and they were more than willing to move me to the acting programme."

Broadway

Highlights of his visit to New York were seeing the show, & Juliet, on Broadway, visiting art galleries and especially seeing an original Vincent van Gogh painting.

Henru said: "We went to the Museum of Broadway and I was blown away by the craftsmanship of the historic Broadway outfits."

He will be back in South Africa, flying into Cape Town, on 21 July. His mother Christine is with him on the trip.

He is a Grade 11 Point High School learner.

Henru does contemporary, tap and ballet dancing and is a member of Steps Dance Academy in Voorbaai, Mossel Bay.

On the last day of IMTA, "callback day", five international agents made contact with Henru and he was awarded another partial scholarship for training at AMDA.

Henru and Christine will be seeing Back to the Future on Broadway on 19 July.