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2010
Shulers to be presented on Tuesday, April 13 at the Cobb Energy Centre,
Atlanta
and broadcast on WSB-TV Channel 2 on June 26, 8 -10 pm.
PRESS RELEASE :
"Shuler Hensley himself will kick off the April 13th spectacular
and serve as co-host of the event joined by Jovita Moore and Justin
Farmer, WSB-TV Channel 2 News Anchors. 'It's an incredible honor' said
Hensley. 'It sort of makes me feel like I'm still linked to the
community.' Having grown up in the arts, Shuler recalled the
"magic" of actor-audience relationships. Full, exciting
report, here : 
2010 Shuler Hensley Awards
Nominees Announced
2009 is
the inaugural year of the Shuler Hensley Awards.
Read all
about them!
Here is the official link plus several articles and photos which
featured on the internet ~
Cobb Energy Performing
Arts Centre's Shuler Hensley Awards page, with link to their page on
Facebook
The Cobb Energy Centre
awards are named for award winning Marietta native, Shuler Hensley.
Marietta native,
award-winner Shuler Hensley to host high school musical awards. With
photo. (Ashley Hungerford, Marietta Daily Journal)
To start the show, which begins at 7pm, Hensley will perform a large musical production with dozens of
the nominated high school students. "The plan is to open the show
where everyone's involved; this whole show is about the kids," he
said.
Hensley said he has big plans for
the future of the award show. "I'd like to bring managers and
agents down to the kids to see what it's like to really be a working
actor," he said. "Making contacts is probably the most
important thing you can do. It'll be a perfect way to teach kids what
it means to network."
Drama queens, kings to be
honored. (Wendell Brock, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Announced
in July, the Shulers are the brainchild of Mark B. Kent, who runs Cobb
Energy Centre’s educational outreach program. “It has become much
bigger than I envisioned it would be in its first year,” Kent says.
He expects about 1,500 people at tonight’s event. Atlanta theater
luminaries such as Kenny Leon of True Colors Theatre, John McFall of
Atlanta Ballet and Dennis Hanthorn of Atlanta Opera will present the
prizes. Nominees will arrive in a fleet of Mercedes sedans and walk a
red carpet. “It’s going to be a big deal for these kids,” says
Hensley.
Blockbuster
Awards Ceremony Will Celebrate High School Musical Theatre on April 14.
(Atlanta Daybook)
The
ceremony which honors Atlanta-born, award-winning actor and singer
Shuler Hensley is the finishing touch for a program that involved more
than 1,500 students, teachers and parents from 15 high schools who
have been staging popular musical productions since last October: from
the madcap antics of Anything Goes, the hilarity of Guys and Dolls and
the romanticism of South Pacific to wholesomely joyful The Sound of
Music, the dance-happy Footloose and the homicidal thriller Sweeney
Todd.
Schools
receive award nods. (Ashley Hungerford, Marietta Daily
Journal)
"This
is a great way to affirm what so many schools across the metro area
are doing," he said. "The organizers have said from the
beginning that this is not a competition - this is about recognizing
excellence."
Shuler
Awards honor Atlanta’s high school theater. With photo. (Wendell
Brock, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Making
their debut Tuesday night at the Cobb venue, the Shuler Hensley Awards
for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre were a giddy, spirited,
red-carpet affair that celebrated and validated the wealth of talent
in area schools. To the judges’ credit, no single school steamrolled
the event: The squiggly crystal trophies, named for Marietta native
and Broadway star Hensley, were spread among eight of the 13 nominated
groups.
After
tonight,” Hensley said, “it’s safe to say that musical theater
is alive and well and thriving in the great state of Georgia.”
A night of stars. With
photo. (Ashley Hungerford, Marietta Daily
Journal)
The night was bigger than just the nominees and award
recipients, organizers said. In fact, the words, "And the
winner is," were never mentioned. "Every school that
introduces the arts to our young people is a school of
excellence," said Hensley. "This is not a competition,
it's a celebration of theater and the theater community."
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