Blumenthal Performing Arts recently announced the 72 nominees – six each in 12 categories – competing in the 3rd annual Blumey Awards presented by Wells Fargo on Sunday, May 18. Several schools in Cabarrus County received nominations.
The Blumey Awards program recognizes and celebrates the best in high school musical theater and fosters even greater achievements in the future.
Like the Tony Awards, The Blumey Awards Ceremony will also feature live performances by the six finalists for Wells Fargo Best Musical.
Award presenters include several local media personalities, community leaders and acclaimed performing arts professionals.
The Blumey Awards Ceremony will feature a medley of performances by the six finalists for Best Actor and for Best Actress, and two students from each production will be featured in opening and closing production numbers. Linda Booth, a professional choreographer will choreograph these musical numbers.
Along with The Blumey Awards themselves, The Doctor Family Foundation will award a $10,000 annually renewable scholarship to two student participants in The Blumey Awards.
The Blumey Awards is produced by Blumenthal Performing Arts’ Education Department and is presented by Wells Fargo. US Airways, The Doctor Family Foundation and The Leon Levine Foundation provide additional support. Charlotte joins more than 30 other cities, including Pittsburgh, Houston and Atlanta, in hosting annual high school musical theater awards programs.
The local schools competing are: A. L. Brown High School, Central Cabarrus High School, CFA Academy, Cox Mill High School, Hickory Ridge High School, Jay M. Robinson High School and Northwest Cabarrus High School.
