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May 2017
EMETRO EDUCATION
HERITAGE HIGH PATRIOT PLAYERS PERFORMING AT 9TH ANNUAL GEORGIA
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS-SHULER HENSLEY AWARDS
S
tudents of the Academy
for Performing and Visual
Arts at Heritage High
School in Rockdale County were
nominated by the 2017 Georgia
High School Musical Theatre
Awards/Shuler Hensley Awards
for their 2017 winter production
of Les Miserables. Heritage High
School received
nominations in 5
categories: Best
Music Direction,
Terrance Green
(Ensemble); Best
Performance
Leading Actor,
Ramone Nelson;
Best Performance
by a Featured
Performer, Mekhi
Hamm; and Overall
Production.
In addition
to these five
nominations, the
Shuler Awards
gave technical
director, Fenna
Henderson, an
Honorable Mention
for lighting design,
and senior Arianna
Hardaway received
a scholarship for
the Performer’s
Warehouse Summer
Intensive.
Seniors Malaikia
Sims-Winfrey and
Lathan Roberts were nominated to
perform with the Shuler Student
Ensemble and will be performing
in the award show’s opening and
finale numbers. The entire Les
Miserables cast will perform live
from Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Centre at 7pm on April 20, 2017.
Presented by the Georgia Lottery
and produced by ArtsBridge
Foundation, the awards show will
air on Georgia Public Broadcasting
(GPB) over its nine-station,
statewide, television network live
from Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Centre on April 20th from 7 to 9pm.
The Shuler Award are, fashioned
after Broadway’s Tony Awards and
celebrate excellence in high school
musical theatre.
The evening will kick-off with
red carpet arrivals, followed by a
dazzling opening number when
the 120-member Shuler Student
Ensemble joins Shuler Hensley
on stage. Performances by the six
schools nominated for Best Overall
Production, winner of the Show
Stopper, and the Leading Actor
and Actress nominees will also be
featured during the show.
The complete list of nominations
and honorable mentions can be
found at http://artsbridgega.org/
programs/shuler-awards/.
NCSS STUDENTS SELECTED FOR GOVERNOR’S HONORS PROGRAM
E
ight Newton County
School System (NCSS)
students have been
selected to participate in the 2017
Governor’s Honors Program (GHP)
this summer. The prestigious
Governor’s Honors Pr