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Cappies awards gala excites nominees

Students from BHS attended the annual Cappies Awards.

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Andrea Sessions, Reporter
May 28, 2010
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A handful of BHS theatre students, their teacher Tabatha Babcock and their family members gathered in Lee’s Summit High School’s theatre Sunday night for the eighth annual Kansas City Cappies Awards Gala.  This year 17 schools from the Kansas City metro-area participated after adding two more schools since the last gala.

The gala started with the nominees joining to sing together, accompanied by a piano, followed by an informational speech on the history of the cappies gala.  Then, after introducing the nominees, the show really began.

A total of six songs and six scenes chosen from an assortment of the participating high schools’ plays and musicals were performed in between the announcement of the winners for each category of cappie award.  

There was also a recognition for the sponsors who made the nonprofit organization possible with their adds placed in the programs and by donating generously, as well as recognition of the theatre teachers and critics, a retirement tribute to Lee’s Summit West’s theatre teacher Ben Martin, and a congrats to the commendees.  Belton’s commendees included Matt Caddell, Dylan Corlee, Gabby Deaton and Nick Wright.
The nominees who won did so by being voted upon by the critics.  The critics were required to go through training and to have been to at least five shows in which they also wrote reviews on.  Belton’s critics included Deaton, juniors Andi Replogle, Suzy Replogle and Macy Routh, and sophomore Nate Ulmo.

Belton had nine nominations, but only two students brought home cappies.  Junior Skyler Ashmore won the cappie award for Comic Actress in a Play for her role in “John Lennon and Me” and sophomore Lauren Gardner won the cappie award for Lead Actress in a Play, also for her role in “John Lennon and Me”.  
Gardner said she was shocked beyond words and grateful, not only when Babcock told her she had been nominated, but also when she won the award because this was her first lead role.
“I couldn’t believe that I won over everyone else that was up,” Gardner said.

Ashmore said she did not expect to win the award because it came as a surprise that she had even been nominated.  

“My part was so silly and weird,” Ashmore said.  ”I had to stuff a whole gross ho ho in my mouth, spit it into my hand and eat it again, and I also stalked one of the main characters.”
Although she was “happy as a lark” to have won the award, she said she felt she did not deserve it because she said everyone in theatre is funny.
“So many people could have gotten it,” Ashmore said.  ”I tried really hard, but I don’t think I deserved it over everyone else.”
Once all of the awards had been handed out, a slide show including pictures of the year in cappies to the song “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was presented, and a thanks to all who made the night possible was given.  The event ended after everyone moved to the Lecture Hall for the reception where they enjoyed cake and punch.

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