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PRESENTS
THE 2014 OVATION AWARDS
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC THEATRE
Date/Time: Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, doors open at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: FREE and open to the public, General Seating
Information: Kris Koop Ouellette
Associate Education Director
517-884-3166 or HYPERLINK "mailto:kris.ouellette@whartoncenter.com" kris.ouellette@whartoncenter.com
EAST LANSING, MI.− Some of Michigan’s most talented high school students are coming together Sunday, May 18 at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall for the 3rd annual Ovation Awards. The award is a celebration of outstanding achievement, recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance and acting performances for both a male and female lead in a high school musical theatre production. It also honors the teacher’s and the school’s commitment to excellence in performing arts education. The program is staged and choreographed by one of Broadway’s best, Tyler Hanes, and hosted by mid-Michigan television and theatre personality, Evan Pinsonnault.
High school thespians from across the state have been nominated for the award by their theatre/music directors. One male and one female will win an Ovation Award and will go on to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City this June. The winner will also receive free tuition to the Broadway workshop, Take It From The Top, and a $1,000 cash scholarship.
The afternoon will include a selection of Broadway tunes and dance performed by the students, culminating in the awards ceremony.
This is not a ticketed event and parking will be free in the ramp adjacent to Wharton Center. For more information, contact Kris Koop Ouellette at 517-884-3166.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS and COMMUNITIES:
Almont High School – Almont, MI
East Lansing High School – East Lansing, MI
Eisenhower High School – Shelby Township, MI
Holland High School – Holland, MI
Holt High School – Holt, MI
Homeschool
Lakewood High School – Lake Odessa, MI
Maple Valley High School – Vermontville, MI
Portage Central High School – Kalamazoo, MI
Rockford High School – Rockford, MI
Swan Valley High School – Flushing, MI
Trenton High School – Trenton, MI
West Bloomfield High School – West Bloomfield, MI
Wylie Groves High School - Beverly Hills, MI
The Ovation Awards partnership includes Wharton Center for Performing Arts, Broadway in Detroit and Broadway Grand Rapids.
PRESENTS
THE 2014 OVATION AWARDS
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC THEATRE
Date/Time: Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, doors open at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: FREE and open to the public, General Seating
Information: Kris Koop Ouellette
Associate Education Director
517-884-3166 or HYPERLINK "mailto:kris.ouellette@whartoncenter.com" kris.ouellette@whartoncenter.com
EAST LANSING, MI.− Some of Michigan’s most talented high school students are coming together Sunday, May 18 at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall for the 3rd annual Ovation Awards. The award is a celebration of outstanding achievement, recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance and acting performances for both a male and female lead in a high school musical theatre production. It also honors the teacher’s and the school’s commitment to excellence in performing arts education. The program is staged and choreographed by one of Broadway’s best, Tyler Hanes, and hosted by mid-Michigan television and theatre personality, Evan Pinsonnault.
High school thespians from across the state have been nominated for the award by their theatre/music directors. One male and one female will win an Ovation Award and will go on to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City this June. The winner will also receive free tuition to the Broadway workshop, Take It From The Top, and a $1,000 cash scholarship.
The afternoon will include a selection of Broadway tunes and dance performed by the students, culminating in the awards ceremony.
This is not a ticketed event and parking will be free in the ramp adjacent to Wharton Center. For more information, contact Kris Koop Ouellette at 517-884-3166.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS and COMMUNITIES:
Almont High School – Almont, MI
East Lansing High School – East Lansing, MI
Eisenhower High School – Shelby Township, MI
Holland High School – Holland, MI
Holt High School – Holt, MI
Homeschool
Lakewood High School – Lake Odessa, MI
Maple Valley High School – Vermontville, MI
Portage Central High School – Kalamazoo, MI
Rockford High School – Rockford, MI
Swan Valley High School – Flushing, MI
Trenton High School – Trenton, MI
West Bloomfield High School – West Bloomfield, MI
Wylie Groves High School - Beverly Hills, MI
The Ovation Awards partnership includes Wharton Center for Performing Arts, Broadway in Detroit and Broadway Grand Rapids.
About those Ovation Awards, the press release I passed on yesterday missed one school: Mason HS! -- which will be represented with one of our Theatre Betheas, quoth mom, Colleen:
Chris Bethea was nominated and is participating in this event on behalf of Mason High School.
THE 2014 OVATION AWARDS
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC THEATRE
Date/Time: Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, doors open at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: FREE and open to the public, General Seating
Information: Kris Koop Ouellette
Associate Education Director
517-884-3166
kris.ouellette@whartoncenter.com
Chris Bethea was nominated and is participating in this event on behalf of Mason High School.
THE 2014 OVATION AWARDS
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC THEATRE
Date/Time: Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, doors open at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: FREE and open to the public, General Seating
Information: Kris Koop Ouellette
Associate Education Director
517-884-3166
kris.ouellette@whartoncenter.com
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