This year’s
Fourth Annual Season Banquet was a Great Time for All!
The Banquet was held for WMTC Members May 15th,
2004 at D'Andrea Banquet Center in nearby Crystal Lake, IL.
The evening started with Cocktails and Gourmet
Family
Style Dinner...Entertainment and Awards followed. We held a brief
'Annual Meeting and Report" conducted by the WMTC Board of Directors
informing the Members of the successes of the season as well as ways to
volunteer and participate is all facets of WMTC. Rob Scharlow
graciously put together a moving Season Photo Slide show to Music that
Opened up our entertainment for the evening.
Kyle McCoy and Laurie
Faith Gibson started off the Awards with the presentation of the comical
Sager Awards...
Eddie Munster the Elf Look-a-like Award
The winner
is Quinn Baker for doing his very own make-up in such a
'unique' way each show.
That's Your Note! Award
The Winners
are The Stalker Siblings for consistently learning each and
every vocal part in HMS Pinafore.
The Grand-High Chotty Princess Award
The Winner
is Krissy Linde for creating her own 'cult' following in the
woman's dressing room during Chicago.
The Mugging for Biscuits Award
The Winners
are Angie Brandenburg and Kyle McCoy for the best onstage
antics, gesture & all-out mugging during Noises Off.
The Karaoke King Award
The
Winner is Neil 'Duke' Arsenty for many late nights of
Entertainment at Horsin Around for the Cast and Crew.
You Ain't No Wacko-Jacko Award
The winner
is Timothy R. Curtis for rang-handling the most kids this
season, in a stinky suit non-the-less...
Kathie Comella and the WMTC Board
Members then awarded our season awards to members.
First up were the Best Awards, voting by the membership
that night before dinner was served. Our winners included:
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Best Technical - It was a
Tie!
Tom
Hermanson for Stage Manager on Chicago
Trish Gonzales for Stage Manager on HMS Pinafore |
Best Artistic
Darrin Pufall and Ryan Moller for Costume Design on
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Best Actress
Sharon Mayhall for Velma Kelly in Chicago |
Best Actor
Rob
Scharlow for Billy Flynn in Chicago |
Next were our Season Heart Awards and Encore Award
presentation. Voted on by participants in each production,
recognizing one individual's commitment and all around 'heart' to a
particular production. The Encore Award is awarded to a member
for their overall contributions to the past season, and the Golden
Heart Award is awarded to one Member who has shown commitment and
guidance to WMTC over several seasons.
Our winners included: