Hey Blondies. Congrats to the Legally Blonde team who were recognized by 4 nominations and a couple of outstanding awards at tonight's ACTCO Ball. There were 18 musicals in all, so even to be recognized with a nomination is an indication of incredible excellence!

We congratulate: 

Huge congrats to Bruce Brown for his win in Best Set Design!!! This award is as much a recognition of his skill with design as it is of building, and of managing a great team of builders. Kudos to all friends and cast who pulled together to make the set a reality! Bruce - your Thea awaits you!

Second HUGE congrats goes to our own Renee Beiforte, who was not only nominated for Best Choreographer, but who won Best Director of a Musical. Like OMG, this award is so deserving of a powerhouse leader of her cast and crew!

Other nominations earned by Clarkson's Legally Blonde include:

• Heidi Cyfko - Best Performance for a female supporting role nomination
• Jenny Peace - Best Music Director nomination
• Emilie Westbrooke - Best Female in a leading role - nomination

Here's to our Encore brothers and sisters who were recognized for the following (apologies if we didn't get the name as it was a fast night - but we did want to send our congrats!):

TU - Annie - 

• Light nomination, 
• Linda Amos for Costume nomination, 
• Best Music Director for Jan Stapleton, 
• Best Choreo - Ginny Metcalfe nomination, 
• Best female in a lead role nomination for "Annie" 
• Best Stage Manager nomination Aaron Smaller, 
• nominated for Best Musical Production, 

CCMP - Jesus Christ Superstar - 

• supporting role male nomination(Simon), 
• light design nomination, 
• Sound design nomination (Greg Salisbury), 
• Best Performance Male Jesus Christ Superstar - Chris Ning- nomination, 
• Best stage manager nomination (Glenn Pringle)
• Adjudicators Award for Ensemble

MMT - Secret Garden - 

• Amanda Dwyer (Martha) supporting female nomination, 
• Sound design nomination (David Brown), 
• Best Female nomination Erica Harvey (lily), 
• Best Musical Production nomination

There's still another opportunity to celebrate the artistry of the season. Don't forget to email christinemcm@gmail.com or ritaferguson20@gmail.com for your tickets to the MTM Encore Celebration of Artistry on May 2nd at the Irish Club. (Details were posted earlier).

Well Done Encore Series Family!!!