2014 Blumey Awards Program

Wells Fargo presents

AWARDS Recognizing Excellence in High school Theater

Sunday, May 18, 2014 Belk Theater AT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Their curtain call was just the beginning

Wells Fargo is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the inaugural Blumey Awards.

We applaud all of the talented nominees for The Blumey Awards, which spotlight the importance of musical theater and arts education for all students. An astounding classroom, the theatre engages young minds and inspires youthful hearts. At Wells Fargo, we appreciate this strong link between the arts and “smarts.”

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Wells Fargo presents Blumenthal Performing Arts'

May 18, 2014 • Belk Theater Co-directed by Ralph Beck & Michelle Youngs

Music Director/Conductor David Dabbon

Choreographer Linda Booth

Technical Director Bill Dantos

Stage Manager Heidi Rosen

Lighting Designer Hank Brennan

Production Sound Designer Robert Schoneman

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Program

ACT I Opening Number “What It’s Really About” . . . . . . . . Two representatives from each participating

school, Best Actor and Actress nominees,

and Best Supporting Actor and Actress nominees Welcome and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen O’Boyle Selection from Best Musical Nominee No. 1 from Little Shop of Horrors – “Skid Row” . . . . . . . . . . . . Providence Day School Best Set Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Amy Blumenthal Carmel Christian • Central Academy of Technology and Arts • Central Cabarrus Providence High • South Pointe • Stuart W. Cramer Best Featured Performer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Amy Blumenthal Emily Absher: Northwest Cabarrus (Sympathy Jones – Caprice Nova) Wesley Fields: South Mecklenburg (Kiss Me, Kate – Riley/Hortensio) Isabel Gonzalez: Jay M. Robinson (Hairspray – Jail Matron) Justin Norwood: South Pointe (Tarzan – Terk) Brendan Paschal: Charlotte Latin (Hello, Dolly! – Barnaby Tucker) Hank Santos: Northwest School of the Arts (Shrek the Musical – Pinocchio) Best Student Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Jonathan Govias Ardrey Kell • Cox Mill • Jay M. Robinson Providence High • Sun Valley • Weddington Best Ensemble/Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Jonathan Govias Butler • Charlotte Christian • Charlotte Latin • Covenant Day Northwest School of the Arts • South Pointe Selection from Best Musical Nominee No. 2 from Tarzan – “Son of Man” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Pointe High School Best Choreography Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Christine Nelson Central Academy of Technology and Arts • Charlotte Christian • Charlotte Latin Northwest School of the Arts • South Mecklenburg • South Pointe Best Costume Creation.............................................Presented by Christine Nelson Ardrey Kell • Central Academy of Technology and Arts • Cuthbertson Marvin Ridge • Providence Day • South Pointe Best Overall Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Sandra Levine Ardrey Kell • Marvin Ridge • Northwest School of the Arts Providence Day • Providence High • South Pointe Selection from Best Musical Nominee No. 3 from Hello, Dolly! – “Before the Parade Passes By”......... Charlotte Latin School The Charlotte Observer Student Critic Award . . . . . . . Presented by Rick Thames Selection from Best Musical Nominee No. 4 The Drowsy Chaperone – “Fancy Dress”.........................Providence High School North Carolina Theater Conference Award Presentation . Presented by Angie Hays Selection from Best Musical Nominee No. 5 Shrek – “This Is Our Story/I’m A Believer”........... Northwest School of the Arts Intermission 4

ACT II Entre’ Act Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scene clips from all participating schools Mary Doctor Performing Arts Scholarship Awards . . . . . Presented by John Pope and Zeinab Caskey Selection from Best Musical Nominee No. 6 13 the Musical – “Brand New You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart W. Cramer High School Best Supporting Actor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Chirl Girl Jordan Davis: South Pointe (Tarzan – Kerchak) Evan Ector: Charlotte Christian (Fiddler on the Roof – Perchik) Phillip Johnson: Northwest School of the Arts (Shrek the Musical – Donkey) Michael Julliard: Charlotte Latin (Hello, Dolly! – Cornelius Hackl) Austin Mejia: Butler (Avenue Q: School Edition – Nicky) TJ Schmidt: Central Academy of Technology and Arts (Pippin – Charlemagne) Best Supporting Actress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Chirl Girl Sydney Anderson: Lake Norman (Shrek the Musical – Dragon/Gingy) Jessica Braun: South Mecklenburg (Kiss Me, Kate – Lois/Bianca) Rachel Buksbazen: Ardrey Kell (Seussical – Jojo) Meredith McNairy: Providence High (The Drowsy Chaperone – The Drowsy Chaperone) Keston Steele: Northwest School of the Arts (Shrek the Musical – Dragon) Alexa Wallace: Southlake Christian Academy (The Wizard of Oz – Lion) The National High School Musical Theater Awards Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Tom Gabbard Best Actor Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Areon Mobasher Graham Baker: Charlotte Christian (Fiddler on the Roof – Tevye) Kyle Hammill: Southlake Christian Academy (The Wizard of Oz – Scarecrow) Thomas Laub: Providence Day (Little Shop of Horrors – Seymour) Mekhai Lee: Northwest School of the Arts (Shrek the Musical – Shrek) Joshua Little: CFA Academy (The Wizard of Oz – Scarecrow) Jonathan Walls: Providence High (The Drowsy Chaperone – Man in Chair) Best Actress Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Areon Mobasher Evan Bertram: Covenant Day (Curtains – Georgia Hendricks) Abby Corrigan: Northwest School of the Arts (Shrek the Musical – Princess Fiona) Ashlyn Glass: Stuart W. Cramer (13 the Musical – Patrice) Nkeki Obi-Melekwe: Central Academy of Technology and Arts (Pippin – Leading Player) Ashlyn Uribe: Carmel Christian (The Sound of Music – Maria Rainer) Mckenzie Wilson: Ardrey Kell (Seussical – The Cat in the Hat) Wells Fargo Best Musical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Jay Everette Charlotte Latin • Northwest School of the Arts • Providence Day Providence High • South Pointe • Stuart W. Cramer Finale: “Don’t Be Surprised” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two representatives from each participating

school and Best Supporting Actor and Actress nominees “Don’t Be Surprised” was commissioned for The Blumey Awards. Music by David Dabbon and lyrics by Jill Abramovitz.

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Participants & Arts EducatioN

Opening & Closing Number Participants A.L. Brown High School Tyler Johnson & Anthony Sims

Lincolnton High School Merideth Church & Jeffrey Coe

Ardrey Kell High School Jacqueline Lloyd & Christian Medina

Marvin Ridge High School Alicia Nam & Jeremy Appel

Butler High School Sydney Hobart & Benjamin Thompson

Myers Park High School Kristen Heritage

Carmel Christian School Jessie Hull & Greyson Wade

Nation Ford High School Rachel Sims & Andrew White

Central Academy of Technology and Arts Alisha Hartley & Aahsihia Reed

North Gaston High School Jaydan Hush North Lincoln High School Gracie Lowman & Joey Nuhfer

Central Cabarrus High School Delenn Rumbolo & Davis Williams CFA Academy Mikayla Ostrynski & Jackson Campbell Charlotte Christian School Emma Vandevelde & Nathan Pillmore Charlotte Country Day School Amelia Brown & Kenny Letts

Northwest Cabarrus High School Haley Penk & Kaleb Jenkins Northwest School of the Arts Tasha Davis & Hank Santos Northwestern High School Megan Calkins & Hunter Ditsch Parkwood High School

Caitlyn Frys & Keelyn Lee

Charlotte Latin School Lea Kokenes & Wilson Salisbury

Providence Day School Gracie Strickert & David Conlin

Covenant Day School Grace Foltz & Logan Foltz

Providence High School Anna Gormley & Parker Claus

Cox Mill High School Melanie Robinson & Michael Ferrell Cuthbertson High School Dominique Romero & Jacob Bowman Gaston Day School Bailey Fleeman & Mason Farmer

South Mecklenburg High School Ashley Holliday & Louis Esposito South Point High School Sarah Falls & Rebekah Kendall South Pointe High School Lauren Ramsey & Ammon Strong

Hickory Ridge High School Maya Christian & Ben Spring Highland School of Technology Lizzann Wessinger & Matthew Panther Jay M. Robinson High School Victoria Layton & Darius Batts

Southlake Christian Academy Madison Black & Woody Woodruff Stuart W. Cramer High School Bailey Patterson & Carter Frady Sun Valley High School Kassidy Jewell & Kevin Stafford

Kings Mountain High School Jensen Fleisher & Jack Pearson

Weddington High School Southie Williamson & Will Helms

Lake Norman High School Emily Kubera & Logan Pavia

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A.L. Brown High School

Ardrey Kell High School

Seussical

Butler High School

Avenue Q: School Edition

Carmel Christian School

The Sound of Music

Central Academy of Technology and Arts

Pippin

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Participating Schools

Little Shop of Horrors

Central Cabarrus High School

Participating Schools

Back to the 80's

CFA Academy

The Wizard of Oz

Charlotte Christian School

Fiddler on the Roof

Charlotte Country Day School

Godspell

Charlotte Latin School

Hello, Dolly!

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Covenant Day School

Curtains

Cox Mill High School

Once Upon a Mattress

Cuthbertson High School

Shrek the Muical

Gaston Day School

Godspell

Hickory Ridge High School

Anything Goes

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Highland School of Technology

Participating Schools

Back to the 80's

Jay M. Robinson High School

Hairspray

Kings Mountain High School

Hairspray

Lake Norman High School

Shrek the Musical

Lincolnton High School

Bye Bye Birdie

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Marvin Ridge High School

Barnum

Myers Park High School

The Boy Friend

Nation Ford High School

Annie Get Your Gun

North Gaston High School

High School Musical

North Lincoln High School

Little Shop of Horrors

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Participating Schools

Northwest Cabarrus High School

Sympathy Jones: The New Secret Agent Musical

Northwest School of the Arts

Shrek the Musical

Northwestern High School

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Olympic High School

Catch Me If You Can

Parkwood High School

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

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Providence Day School

Little Shop of Horrors

Providence High School

The Drowsy Chaperone

South Mecklenburg High School

Kiss Me, Kate

South Point High School

The Fantasticks

South Pointe High School

Tarzan

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Participating Schools

Southlake Christian Academy

The Wizard of Oz

Stuart W. Cramer High School

13 the Musical

Sun Valley High School

The Drowsy Chaperone

Weddington High School

The Sound of Music

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2014 Student Critic Program Congratulations to the following students that took part in this year’s student critic program. Their reviews can be found on The Charlotte Observer website in the Young Achievers section.

Brielle Kronstedt – Carmel Christian School Colton Carmichael – Weddington High School Elizabeth Kingaby – Central Cabarrus High School Grace Wallace – Central Academy of Technology and Arts Gray Heath – Gaston Day School Hannah Epstein – Highland School of Technology Katie Iacovelli – Jay M. Robinson High School Madison Lorello – Parkwood High School Mary Alex Staude – Weddington High School Nathan Overton – Highland School of Technology Sean Breitkreutz – Northwestern High School Shannon Sullivan – Hickory Ridge High School

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Support for The Blumey Awards Provided by:

THE DOCTOR FAMILY FOUNDATION

Education Programs and Student Scholarships

Tom and Faith Atwood William and Harriet Barnhardt Christina Bianchi Christopher Brown Kenneth and Rush Coe Ron Dove Victoria and Porter Durham Gilbert Durkee Michele Durkin Michele Fitter Maggie Gamble

Cheryl and Darrell Keener Kathryn and Dennis Kokenes Janice S. Ladley Debra and Stephen Laws Wood Lay Pattie McHale Pat Muscatell Mary and David Peterson Judy and Jerry L. Pruitt Rebecca Reger Wendy and Frank Rosen William and Fran Schwartz 16

Barbara Smith Marilyn E. Smith Lori Sword Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Trotter Jane and Trey Tune Donna Verschoot Sandy and Greg Vlahos Julia and Hamlin Wade Jessica G. Walker Ann Watts Joan and Robert Zimmerman

Mary Doctor Performing Arts Scholarship The Doctor Family Foundation will present two $10,000 annually renewable scholarships this year to outstanding students participating in The Blumey Awards. In addition to other criteria, students eligible for this scholarship must be high school seniors who intend to major in performing or technical arts. Many thanks to The Doctor Family Foundation for their continued support of Blumenthal's Education programs.

Don and Mary Doctor

The Blumey Awards Judges Panel Blumenthal Performing Arts thanks our esteemed, volunteer judges for their talent, dedication and support of arts education.

Ann Curl Stahl Beau Stroupe Brianna Smith Bruce Long Charles LaBorde Chase Law Daniel Stein Dawn Anthony Dean Adams Eleanor Wixson

Jerilyn McDonald Jill Bloede Jim Chandler Karen Christensen Kelly Price Linda Franzese LouAnn Vaughn Marcus Hyde Meredith Owen Michele Allen

Michelle Long Roger Watson Ron Law Ryan Deal Taffy Allen Tom Hollis Tommy Foster Vito Abate

To learn more about the judging process and to see a list of category rules, please go to BlumenthalArts.org/BlumeyAwards.

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Maureen O’Boyle (Master of Ceremonies) Maureen returned to her hometown of Charlotte to join WBTV in the summer of 2004. Maureen co-anchors the 5 and 6 p.m. news with Paul Cameron Monday through Friday. She also solo anchors "PrimeTime," Charlotte's only newscast at 7 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Prior to joining WBTV, Maureen worked on national television, anchoring syndicated programs for Warner Brothers and Twentieth Television, including, "Extra” and “A Current Affair.” Maureen was also at the helm of her own talk show for Warner Brothers called “In Person with Maureen.”

David Dabbon (Music Director/Conductor) David Dabbon is a New York-based composer and Grammy nominated orchestrator, providing additional orchestrations for the Tony nominated musical “Sondheim on Sondheim.” David served as conductor/arranger/orchestrator for the first Blumey Awards program and arranger for the Gene KellyAwards and the National High School Musical Theatre Awards. He is an orchestrator on Audra McDonald's upcoming album "Go Back Home." David most recently wrote the dance arrangements for the new roadway bound musical The Nutty Professor, composed by the late Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes, directed by its original star Jerry Lewis.

Linda Booth (Choreographer) Linda Booth hails from Washington, D.C., and received her BFA in dance performance as well as her teaching certificate in dance education from UNC-Greensboro. She has maintained a rich and rewarding career in Charlotte as a performer, director and choreographer. As a teaching artist, she has instructed more than 20,000 youths and was honored to be selected N.C. Dance Educator of the Year. Linda is passionate about musical theater and has choreographed over 200 productions in regional and educational theater. She has received many awards from MTA, as well as the N.C. Theatre Conference.

A Special

of Thanks

In addition to personally orchestrating the music for The Blumey Awards Ceremony, David Dabbon composed tonight’s closing number, “Don’t be Surprised,” with lyrics by Jill Abramovitz.

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2014 Blumey Awards Production Team Artistic and Technical

Elise Esasky . . . . . . . . . . Communications Manager

Tom Gabbard . . . . . Blumenthal President and CEO

Mark Wallace . . . Visual Communications Manager

Ralph Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-director

Courtney Arrowood . . . . Blumenthal Graphic Designer

Michelle Youngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-director David Dabbon . . . . . . . . . . Music Director/Conductor

Special Credits

Phil Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orchestra Manager

Joyce Ford . . . . . . Blumenthal Executive VP/General Manager

Linda Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choreographer

Cindy Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Vice President

of Development

Bill Dantos . . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Technical Director Bill Walter . . . . Blumenthal Asst. Technical Director

Larry Adams . . . . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Vice President

of Finance

Robert Schoneman . . . . . Sound Designer/Production Designer

Rick Basdeo . . . . . Blumenthal Ticketing Supervisor

Hank Brennan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Designer

Henry Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Director

of Volunteer Services

Justin Stasiw . . . . . . . . . Production Sound Engineer Morgan Calma . . . . . . . . . Video Projection Engineer

Pam Crenshaw . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Front of House Coordinator

Heidi Rosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager

Ashley Prendergast . . . . . . . . . . . Scoring Accountant

Kianna Balla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asst. Stage Manager

Debbie Dancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scoring Accountant

Tommy Cantrell . . . . . . . . Director of Front of House Operations

Tara Spil . . . . Blumenthal Individual Giving Manager

Noel Freidline . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehearsal Accompanist

Jenny Kaemmerlen . . . . . . . . . . . Education Assistant

Matt Hinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehearsal Accompanist

Chris Duncan . . . . . Blumenthal Assistant Technical Production Manager Sam Guine . . . . . . . Blumenthal Assistant Technical Production Manager

Marketing Wendy Oglesby . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Vice President

of Marketing

Production Support SoundPost Productions • Nationwide Video • Audio Ethics

Blumey Awards Orchestra Conductor – David Dabbon Woodwinds Phil Thompson Tim Gordon Jeff Tippett Reese Manceaux Rebecca Mulligan (Parkwood)

Trombones Mark Munson Brent Ballard Adam Campbell (Cox Mill)

Trumpets Ron Turner Brad Wilcox Mark Yost

Violin Martha Geissler

Horn Rachel Faille

Keys Amy Morris Noel Freidline Guitar Troy Conn Bass Tom Hildreth DRUM SET/Percussion Rick Dior

Cello Jon Lewis 19

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