COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — If you have been out and about in downtown Columbus the last two days; you have noticed thousands of high school students roaming the streets.
The annual Georgia Thespian Conference is back in town.
ThesCon is well underway a the Trade Center. But they students are not contained to Front Avenue. They are all over town.
Amelia Lister, a Buford High School sophomore, was rehearsing her classmates, belting out the Footloose musical classic, “Holding Out for a Hero.”
“He’s gotta be sure and it’s gotta be soon; And he’s gotta be larger than life, larger than life.”
That’s what the 2024 Georgia Thespian Conference this weekend in downtown Columbus feels like – Larger than Life.
ThesCon has found a home on the streets and the many stages of Uptown.
“We are just so happy with the community we have built here in Columbus,” said Nicholas Sostillio, Georgia Thespians Chapter Director. “Columbus is so full of people who are educated in in the arts with beautiful facilities. And we just love being here every year.”