| John Mitty Sunday, April 22, 2012 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contact: Stephanie Smith
631-727-0900
Stephanie.Smith@eastendarts.org
Host of 10th Annual Teeny Awards Ceremony: Bonnie Grice, Award-Winning Broadcaster
Presented by East End Arts
(RIVERHEAD, NY, April 20, 2012) – East End Arts is pleased to announce the Master of Ceremonies for the 10th Annual Teeny Awards Ceremony: Award-winning broadcaster, producer, host and interviewer, Bonnie Grice. The Teeny Awards, conceived from the idea of the Antoinette Perry Awards – The Tony Awards – for Broadway shows, has been celebrating excellence in high school theater across the East End of Long Island since 2002. This year’s Awards Ceremony, to be held on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Eastport-South Manor Junior-Senior High School, will celebrate the 10-year anniversary since the program’s founding by East End Arts.
Bonnie Grice is thrilled to be back as the Master of Ceremonies for the 10th Anniversary: "The Teeny’s are HUGE for me and for our community – I’m glad to be back as host for… (can it really be?) the 10th-Annual Awards Ceremony. Thanks to East End Arts for keeping theatre alive!"
“I really wanted Bonnie to emcee,” says Morgan Vaughan, Teeny Awards Coordinator. “Every year, the Teeny nominations are initially announced on her show, and last year, during the discussion beforehand, she asked a great question: ‘Is it a good idea to encourage students to enter the arts during these tough economic times?’ Her question really inspired me to explore the ways that high school dramatic and arts programming prepare students to be better at any job they undertake – and, quite frankly, question if it really does. Her question ended up being a theme of this year’s ceremony.”
On Sunday, June 10, the Red Carpet will begin at 1:30PM in the auditorium lobby, and the Ceremony will commence at 3PM. Eastport-South Manor High School is located at 543 Moriches-Middle Island Road in Manorville, NY. The award nominees will be announced in mid-May. The 10th-Annual Teeny Awards is sponsored by Suffolk County National Bank, Riverhead Toyota, Astoria Federal Savings, and Bridgehampton National Bank. For more information, visit http://eastendarts.org/education/teeny-about.html.
More about Bonnie Grice
Bonnie Grice is an award-winning broadcaster, producer, host and interviewer. A two-time Gracie Allen Award winner, Bonnie is producer and host of “The Song is You,” a weekly radio show that explores the impact of music in our lives, distributed nationwide. The show invites guests to dip into their I-pods and their memory banks to pick their top 10 favorite songs. Some of the guests include CBS News Host Harry Smith, authors Jackie Collins and Frank McCourt, screenwriter Bill Collage, singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb, actors Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) and Cathy Moriarty, PBS cooking legend Lidia Bastianich, among many others. Locally, Bonnie hosts the popular morning show the “Eclectic Café” a sonic gumbo of music and interviews on Long Island’s NPR station, WPPB Peconic Public Broadcasting, featuring “Conversations at the Café” from 9-10am: a daily dose of what’s happening locally and globally.
Bonnie is also a librettist and author. She wrote the text for the two-act chamber opera, Mrs. Dalloway, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, with music by Libby Larsen. Bonnie is the author of From Z to A – A Classical Lover’s Alternative. Bonnie has been featured on PLUM-TV in the Hamptons hosting the series “Finding Success on the East End” and she has been involved in community theatre, most recently in a new production of “Dangerous Liaisons” at the Southampton Cultural Center.
More about the Teeny Awards
Through the Teeny Awards program, East End Arts strives to raise the bar on theater education by encouraging increased attendance and community pride at school productions, much like school sports programs. Behind-the-scenes coordination takes place throughout the school year, as volunteer judges attend all high school theatrical performances on the East End to determine the best for nomination, and in June, the winners, the best of the best, are announced at the Teeny Awards Gala Ceremony. At the Gala Ceremony, the public is invited to relive some outstanding performances from some of this year’s shows from the 15 participating high schools in the region, and celebrate the best of the best in East End high school theater! The awards are presented by esteemed community members, theatre professionals, and arts supporters, all hosted by a local personality.
The Teeny Awards recognizes student talent with judging categories such as Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress in three categories of Drama, Comedy, and Musical. Individual awards also go for design categories including Program Art, Set or Lighting, and Choreography. The coveted “Judges’ Choice” award goes to an exemplary performance or performer and has sometimes gone to an entire cast or play, but it can also go to an individual. A new judging category has been added to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the high school theatre recognition program: Outstanding Ensemble Production.
For more information about the Teeny Awards, contact Morgan Vaughan at teenyawards@eastendarts.org or 310-600-4296.
# # #
East End Arts, established in 1972, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit arts organization, and operates a School of the Arts, an Art Gallery, and presents a variety of events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Proceeds from all events, sales, classes, donations, and memberships benefit the mission of bringing the arts to everyone and inspiring communities through service, advocacy and education.
jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com Appears In: Press Releases
 |
|
||||
The LIYellowPages.com - Your Local Yellow Page Resource - (631) 306-2000 - Email Us | About Us
Categories | Cities | Career Opportunities | Link To Us | Terms of Service | Privacy | Search | Site Map | Advertise
All rights reserved. Copyright © 2016 by Long Island Yellow Pages™ | Publication by Long Island Media, Inc.
