Saturday, January 29, 2011

Nazareth Won't Bring Home the Freddy

FROM ROSS NUNAMAKER

The Express-Times’ Joe Owens has his annual post regarding the NASD HS Theatre Troupe’s failure to participate in the biggest theatre event in the Lehigh Valley, the State Theatre’s Freddy Awards which of course prompts my annual post on the same.

If you haven’t seen the Freddy’s either live or on TV, the program is designed to celebrate HS theatre productions in an Award Show format at the State Theatre in Easton. All of the entered schools attend the event and many perform on stage some of the top numbers from their show. In addition to the students being recognized and getting to know one another through rehearsals and the show, there are awards for both productions and individuals, including scholarships.

To date, Nazareth has been the only school to steadfastly refuse to participate. Why is anyone’s guess, but the one certain fact is that our students are missing out by not attending and if there is relevance to HS theatre, as I believe there is, they are also making themselves and the community look bad by doing so.

Posted via email from Ross Nunamaker

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