SEATTLE - Tonight, 2,200 high school students, teachers and parents from across Washington State packed The 5th Avenue Theatre for the Seventh Annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards, sponsored by Wells Fargo. A highly enthusiastic crowd filled the theatre and cheered as the award recipients were announced in 21 different categories, ranging from Outstanding Overall Musical Production to Outstanding Program Design.
The high school theater nominees, some dressed in their production costumes and the rest in their best party clothes, shook the walls of the Theatre with their cheering and applause, celebrating a variety of exceptional musical theater productions presented during the 2008-2009 school year. Nominees in select categories presented numbers from their shows and performed song medleys. Teachers and students alike were thrilled to receive recognition for their hard work and dedication, just as accomplished high school athletes have received for decades.
Since its inception the program has grown in size and scope, from 31 productions and 3,100 students in 2003 to 82 productions and 8,200 students participating this year. These students come from schools across the state, not just Seattle; participating communities include Spokane, Wenatchee, Lynden, Sequim and Lacey.
Olympia High School won the Outstanding Overall Musical Production award, while The Overlake School won the most awards of the evening, four. Capital High School, Eisenhower High School, Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center and Kamiak High School received three awards each.
Henry Nettleton from Bellarmine Preparatory School won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor, and Faith Higgins from Peninsula High School won for Outstanding Performance by an Actress. The Overlake School won for Direction, Tahoma High School won for Musical Direction, and Eisenhower High Schoolfor Outstanding Choreography.
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