Thursday, May 24, 2012

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/freddy-awards/index.ssf/2012/05/2012_freddy_award_winners_-_li.html FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES For some students and directors, the Freddy Awards is a fight that has raged for months. Twenty-nine high schools in Lehigh, Northampton and Warren counties have competed for awards that honor the best in musical theater. The 10 year-old award program started at 6:30 p.m. tonight at The State Theatre. We'll be updating the award winners and photos throughout the night, so check back and refresh your page frequently. Two Freddy Awards were named during the May 10 nomination ceremony and will be presented during tonight's pre-show. Katie Fritchman, of Nazareth Area High School, won the Student Achievement Award which includes a paid summer internship at The Express-Times. Warren Hills Regional High School won the Educational Impact award for “Legally Blonde.” 2012 Freddy Award winners just announced: Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical Freedom High School - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Outstanding Performance by an Orchestra Parkland High School - "Hello, Dolly!" Outstanding Performance by a Featured Dancer Carlos Rosario as Seaweed - Dieruff High School "Hairspray" Outstanding Use of Costuming Freedom High School - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Ensemble Member Tyler Fernandez as Professor Bhaer - Notre Dame High School "Little Women" Outstanding Performance by a Featured Female Ensemble Member Juanita Shockley as Little Inez - Dieruff High School "Hairspray" Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Freedom High School - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Outstanding Chorus Freedom High School - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance - It's a tie! Zach Petrovich and Mattea Pechter - “Sue Me” - Emmaus High School "Guys and Dolls" Samantha Prentice, Thomas Kennebeck, Nicole Dischinat, Shannyn Rinker and Madeline Prentice - “Five Forever” - Notre Dame High School "Little Women" Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nina Attinello as Lola -Easton Area High School "Damn Yankees" Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Zach Petrovich as Nathan Detroit - Emmaus High School "Guys and Dolls" Outstanding Use of Scenery Parkland High School - "Hello, Dolly!" Outstanding Choreography See photos and video of the shows • Allentown Central Catholic, "Seussical" • Bangor Area, "Hello Dolly" • Blair Academy, "Sweeney Todd" • Belvidere, "13" • Bethlehem Catholic, "The Wizard of Oz" • Catasauqua Area, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" • Dieruff High School, "Hairspray" • Easton Area, "Damn Yankees" • Emmaus, "Guys and Dolls" • Hackettstown, "Big, The Musical" • Freedom, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" • Liberty High School, "Les Miserables" • Moravian Academy, "Man of La Mancha" • Nazareth Area, "Singin' In the Rain" • Northampton Area, "Big, the Musical" • Northern Lehigh, "Gypsy" • Northwestern Lehigh, "Barnum" • Notre Dame, "Little Women" • Parkland, "Hello, Dolly!" • Phillipsburg, "Legally Blonde" • Pius X High School, "The Boyfriend" • Salisbury, "Chess" • Saucon Valley, "Aida" • Southern Lehigh, "Cats" • Warren Hills Regional, "Legally Blonde the Musical" • Warren County Tech, "Seussical" • Whitehall's "Once Upon a Mattress" • William Allen, "A Chorus Line" • Wilson, "Beauty and the Beast" Dieruff High School - "Hairspray" Vic Kumma Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance Samantha Prentice - “Astonishing” - Notre Dame High School "Little Women" Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor Nicholas Acampora as Scarecrow - Bethlehem Catholic High School "The Wizard of Oz" Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress Tess Hamsher as Lina Lamont - Nazareth Area High School "Singin’ In The Rain" Outstanding Production Number Freedom High School - “The Speed Test” - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Outstanding Stage Crew – In Honor of Capt. Christopher Seifert Hackettstown High School - "Big, The Musical" Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Matt Gurniak as Cat in the Hat - Allentown Central Catholic High School "Seussical" Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Hannah Arnold as Millie Dillmount - Freedom High School "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical by a Smaller School Allentown Central Catholic High School - "Seussical"

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