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!!!

Hey Blondies. OMG you guys! One of the premier events of the season is upon us - Some 20 Blondies will attend tonight's ball to honour the best of this season's community theatre in Ontario... The results of the ACTCO Gala (aka - who won what), will be posted on our website and on Facebook. Keep your fingers crossed and think pink!  

Awards will continue in the Encore family on May 2nd when we change it up with venue and style. The Annual Celebration of Artistry will honour the best of the Encore Season on May 2nd at THE IRISH CLUB!!! The atmosphere will be more informal (but no jeans - business casual). Doors open at 7, awards start at 8, party continues to "whatever". The bar will await you to toast your successes and drown your sorrows. There will be Karaoke after the awards, and we plan to party till the wee hours of the morning. Get your $20 tickets for this event by emailing christinemcm@gmail.com or ritaferguson20@gmail.com. We hope to be well represented. Advance tickets only as seating is limited.

So whether you were a designer, or a performer or a cheerer - let's get "serious" our "Delta Nus" and help us get "What you Want" or there will be "blood in the water" - "Positively". By the way, how cool is it or what that we celebrate (not in Malibu or "Harvard") but in "Ireland"'s pub???  It will be "So much better", cause we've "found our way" and "bent and snapped", and got "whipped into shape" to return to "the scene of the crime".  So whether you want to "take it like a man" or not, help us all get "legally blonde" one more time!!!

Awards results for tonight up soon!