AWARDSRecognizing excellence in HigH scHool THeaTeR

Sunday, May 18, 2014Belk TheaTer

AT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Wells Fargo presents

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.”

Bravo!

Their curtain call was just the beginning

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May 18, 2014 • Belk TheaTer

Co-directed byRalph Beck & Michelle Youngs

Blumenthal Performing arts'

Music Director/ConductorDavid Dabbon

Technical DirectorBill Dantos

Lighting DesignerHank Brennan

Choreographerlinda Booth

Stage ManagerHeidi Rosen

Production Sound DesignerRobert schoneman

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Wells Fargo presents

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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 . 1from Little Shop of Horrors – “skid Row” . . . . . . . . . . . . Providence Day School

Best Set Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Presented by Amy BlumenthalCarmel Christian • Central Academy of Technology and Arts • Central Cabarrus

Providence High • South Pointe • Stuart W. Cramer

Best Featured Performer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Presented by Amy BlumenthalEmily 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 GoviasArdrey Kell • Cox Mill • Jay M. Robinson

Providence High • Sun Valley • Weddington

Best Ensemble/Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Presented by Jonathan GoviasButler • Charlotte Christian • Charlotte Latin • Covenant Day

Northwest School of the Arts • South Pointe

Selection from Best Musical Nominee No . 2from Tarzan – “son of Man” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Pointe High School

Best Choreography Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Presented by Christine NelsonCentral Academy of Technology and Arts • Charlotte Christian • Charlotte Latin

Northwest School of the Arts • South Mecklenburg • South Pointe

Best Costume Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Presented by Christine NelsonArdrey Kell • Central Academy of Technology and Arts • Cuthbertson

Marvin Ridge • Providence Day • South Pointe

Best Overall Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Sandra LevineArdrey Kell • Marvin Ridge • Northwest School of the Arts

Providence Day • Providence High • South Pointe

Selection from Best Musical Nominee No . 3from 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 . 4The Drowsy Chaperone – “Fancy Dress” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Providence High School

North Carolina Theater Conference Award Presentation . . Presented by Angie Hays

Selection from Best Musical Nominee No . 5Shrek – “This is our story/i’m a Believer” . . . . . . . . . .Northwest School of the Arts

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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 . 613 the Musical – “Brand new You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart W . Cramer High School

Best Supporting Actor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presented by Chirl GirlJordan 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 GirlSydney 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 MobasherGraham 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 MobasherEvan 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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Opening & Closing number Participants

a.l. Brown High school Tyler Johnson & Anthony Sims

ardrey Kell High schoolJacqueline Lloyd & Christian Medina

Butler High schoolSydney Hobart & Benjamin Thompson

carmel christian schoolJessie Hull & Greyson Wade

central academy of Technology and artsAlisha Hartley & Aahsihia Reed

central cabarrus High schoolDelenn Rumbolo & Davis Williams

cFa academy Mikayla Ostrynski & Jackson Campbell

charlotte christian schoolEmma Vandevelde & Nathan Pillmore

charlotte country Day schoolAmelia Brown & Kenny Letts

charlotte latin schoolLea Kokenes & Wilson Salisbury

covenant Day schoolGrace Foltz & Logan Foltz

cox Mill High schoolMelanie Robinson & Michael Ferrell

cuthbertson High schoolDominique Romero & Jacob Bowman

gaston Day schoolBailey Fleeman & Mason Farmer

Hickory Ridge High schoolMaya Christian & Ben Spring

Highland school of TechnologyLizzann Wessinger & Matthew Panther

Jay M. Robinson High school Victoria Layton & Darius Batts

Kings Mountain High schoolJensen Fleisher & Jack Pearson

lake norman High schoolEmily Kubera & Logan Pavia

lincolnton High schoolMerideth Church & Jeffrey Coe

Marvin Ridge High schoolAlicia Nam & Jeremy Appel

Myers Park High schoolKristen Heritage

nation Ford High schoolRachel Sims & Andrew White

north gaston High schoolJaydan Hush

north lincoln High schoolGracie Lowman & Joey Nuhfer

northwest cabarrus High school Haley Penk & Kaleb Jenkins

northwest school of the arts Tasha Davis & Hank Santos

northwestern High schoolMegan Calkins & Hunter Ditsch

Parkwood High schoolCaitlyn Frys & Keelyn Lee

Providence Day schoolGracie Strickert & David Conlin

Providence High schoolAnna Gormley & Parker Claus

south Mecklenburg High schoolAshley Holliday & Louis Esposito

south Point High schoolSarah Falls & Rebekah Kendall

south Pointe High schoolLauren Ramsey & Ammon Strong

southlake christian academyMadison Black & Woody Woodruff

stuart W. cramer High schoolBailey Patterson & Carter Frady

sun Valley High schoolKassidy Jewell & Kevin Stafford

Weddington High schoolSouthie Williamson & Will Helms

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Pippin

carmel christian school

The Sound of Music

a.l. Brown High school

Little Shop of Horrors

Butler High school

Avenue Q: School Edition

charlotte christian school

Fiddler on the Roof

charlotte country Day school

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cFa academy

The Wizard of Oz

charlotte latin school

Hello, Dolly!

central cabarrus High school

Back to the 80's

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covenant Day school

Curtains

cox Mill High school

Once Upon a Mattress

cuthbertson High school

Shrek the Muical

Hickory Ridge High school

Anything Goes

gaston Day school

Godspell

Jay M. Robinson High school

Hairspray

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Kings MountainHigh school

Hairspray

lincolntonHigh school

Bye Bye Birdie

lake normanHigh school

Shrek the Musical

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Back to the 80's

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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

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

northwest school of the arts

Shrek the Musical

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Sympathy Jones: The New Secret

Agent Musical

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south Mecklenburg High school

Kiss Me, Kate

Providence Day school

Little Shop of Horrors

Providence High school

The Drowsy Chaperone

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south Pointe High school

Tarzan

south Point High school

The Fantasticks

sun Valley High school

The Drowsy Chaperone

Weddington High school

The Sound of Music

stuart W. cramer High school

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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 SchoolColton Carmichael – Weddington High School

Elizabeth Kingaby – Central Cabarrus High SchoolGrace Wallace – Central Academy of Technology and Arts

Gray Heath – Gaston Day SchoolHannah Epstein – Highland School of Technology

Katie Iacovelli – Jay M . Robinson High SchoolMadison Lorello – Parkwood High School

Mary Alex Staude – Weddington High SchoolNathan Overton – Highland School of Technology

Sean Breitkreutz – Northwestern High SchoolShannon Sullivan – Hickory Ridge High School

THE DOCTOR FAMILYFOUNDATION

Education Programs and Student Scholarships

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Support for The Blumey Awards Provided by:

Tom and Faith AtwoodWilliam and Harriet

BarnhardtChristina Bianchi

Christopher BrownKenneth and Rush Coe

Ron DoveVictoria and Porter Durham

Gilbert DurkeeMichele DurkinMichele Fitter

Maggie Gamble

Cheryl and Darrell KeenerKathryn and Dennis Kokenes

Janice S . LadleyDebra and Stephen Laws

Wood LayPattie McHalePat Muscatell

Mary and David PetersonJudy and Jerry L . Pruitt

Rebecca RegerWendy and Frank Rosen

William and Fran Schwartz

Barbara SmithMarilyn E . Smith

Lori SwordMr . and Mrs . Jenkins Trotter

Jane and Trey TuneDonna Verschoot

Sandy and Greg VlahosJulia and Hamlin Wade

Jessica G . WalkerAnn Watts

Joan and Robert Zimmerman

Blumenthal Performing Arts thanks our esteemed, volunteer judges for their talent, dedication and support of arts education .

The Blumey Awards Judges Panel

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

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

ann curl stahlBeau stroupeBrianna smithBruce longcharles laBordechase lawDaniel steinDawn anthonyDean adams eleanor Wixson

Jerilyn McDonaldJill BloedeJim chandlerKaren christensenKelly Pricelinda Franzeselouann VaughnMarcus HydeMeredith owenMichele allen

Michelle longRoger WatsonRon lawRyan DealTaffy allenTom HollisTommy FosterVito abate

Mary Doctor Performing Arts Scholarship

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 .

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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 .

a Special of Thanks

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artistic and Technical

Tom Gabbard . . . . . . Blumenthal President and CEO

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

Michelle Youngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-director

David Dabbon . . . . . . . . . Music Director/Conductor

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

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

Bill Dantos . . . . . . . . .Blumenthal Technical Director

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

Robert Schoneman . . . . Sound Designer/Production Designer

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

Justin Stasiw . . . . . . . . . Production Sound Engineer

Morgan Calma . . . . . . . . . .Video Projection Engineer

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

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

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

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

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

Marketing

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

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

Mark Wallace . . . . Visual Communications Manager

Courtney Arrowood . . . . Blumenthal Graphic Designer

special credits

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

Cindy Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Vice President of Development

Larry Adams . . . . . . . . . . Blumenthal Vice President of Finance

Rick Basdeo . . . . . Blumenthal Ticketing Supervisor

Henry Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blumenthal Director of Volunteer Services

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

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

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

Tara Spil . . . Blumenthal Individual Giving Manager

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

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

2014 Blumey awards Production Team

WooDWinDsPhil ThompsonTim GordonJeff TippettReese ManceauxRebecca Mulligan (Parkwood)

TRuMPeTsRon TurnerBrad WilcoxMark Yost

TRoMBonesMark MunsonBrent BallardAdam Campbell (Cox Mill)

HoRnRachel Faille

ViolinMartha Geissler

celloJon Lewis

KeYsAmy MorrisNoel Freidline

guiTaRTroy Conn

BassTom Hildreth

DRuM seT/PeRcussionRick Dior

conDucToR – David Dabbon

Blumey awards Orchestra

Production support

SoundPost Productions • Nationwide Video • Audio Ethics

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