[NEohioPAL]Improv Olympic Winners Announced!!

Tue May 1 10:59:27 PDT 2007

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Mayfield H.S. Grabs The Gold; Lake Catholic Takes Silver at Improv Olympics
Beachwood Wins The Bronze

April 29, 2007

CLEVELAND, OHIO----Mayfield High School won the Gold Medal in Cleveland's 
first-ever, city-wide Improv Olympics for area high schools, held last Sunday 
(4/29) at The Cleveland Play House (8500 Euclid Avenue).
    Lake Catholic High School in Mentor took the Silver Medal, and Beachwood 
High School took the Bronze.
    In addition, other students won individual awards such as "Most 
Fearless", "Team Spirit", "Champion", "Stage Presence", "Movement", "Nice Guy", "Vocal" 
and others.  Hathaway Brown took several of these individual awards.
    Ten teams (4 or 5 students on each team) competed, including performers 
from Shaker Heights High School, Cleveland Heights High School, Hathaway Brown 
School, Three All-City Teams from Cleveland Municipal Schools, and Streetsboro 
High School.  
    The event was a partnership between Kulture Kids (_www.kulturekids.org_ 
(http://www.kulturekids.org/) ) and The Cleveland Play House's Education 
Department.
     In addition, around 100 family, friends and faculty watched the 
five-hour long set of Improv Olympic events.  It began with an Olympic procession 
where all participants marched in with flags and fanfare.  Students worked with 
their own teams as well as mixing it up with students from other schools.
    Judges included local theater professionals Fred Sternfeld, Jean Zarzour, 
Jimmie Woody, George Crenshaw, Kristoffer Diaz, and Lisa Ortenzi.  The event 
was emceed by Russ Stich and Maria Livers (performers from the local comedy 
troupe Something Dada).  
    Two Seniors from Hathaway Brown School (Sarah Pease-Kerr and Elizabeth 
Porter) coordinated the event as part of a special Senior Project.  
    "This was absolutely fantastic!" said Domenick Danza, Play House 
Education Director.  "All the kids were winners.  We want to do this again next year." 
 This sentiment was echoed by many others in written evaluations collected at 
the end of the day.
    For more info and/or photos, contact Tom Kerr at 216-371-2867 or e-mail 
_kerrcomm at aol.com_ (mailto:kerrcomm at aol.com) 

KULTURE KIDS
_www.kulturekids.org_ (http://www.kulturekids.org/) 

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<DIV><FONT size=3D4><STRONG>Mayfield H.S. Grabs The Gold; Lake Catholic Take=
s Silver at Improv Olympics</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=3D3><U>Beachwood Wins The Bronze</U></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>April 29, 2007</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>CLEVELAND, OHIO----Mayfield High School won the Gold Med=
al in Cleveland's first-ever, city-wide Improv Olympics for area high school=
s, held last Sunday (4/29) at <STRONG>The Cleveland Play House</STRONG>=
 (8500 Euclid Avenue).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    Lake Catholic High School in Mentor t=
ook the Silver Medal, and Beachwood High School took the Bronze.</FONT></DIV=
>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    In addition, other students won indiv=
idual awards such as "Most Fearless", "Team Spirit", "Champion", "Stage Pres=
ence", "Movement", "Nice Guy", "Vocal" and others.  Hathaway Brown took=
 several of these individual awards.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    Ten teams (4 or 5 students on ea=
ch team) competed, including performers from Shaker Heights High School, Cle=
veland Heights High School, Hathaway Brown School, Three All-City Teams from=
 Cleveland Municipal Schools, and Streetsboro High School.  </FONT></DI=
V>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    The event was a partnership betw=
een Kulture Kids (</FONT><A title=3Dhttp://www.kulturekids.org/ href=3D"http=
://www.kulturekids.org/"><FONT size=3D3>www.kulturekids.org</FONT></A><FONT=20=
size=3D3>) and The Cleveland Play House's Education Department.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>     In addition, around 100 family,=
 friends and faculty watched the five-hour long set of Improv Olympic events=
.  It began with an Olympic procession where all participants marched i=
n with flags and fanfare.  Students worked with their own teams as well=
 as mixing it up with students from other schools.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    Judges included local theater profess=
ionals Fred Sternfeld, Jean Zarzour, Jimmie Woody, George Crenshaw, Kristoff=
er Diaz, and Lisa Ortenzi.  The event was emceed by Russ Stich and Mari=
a Livers (performers from the local comedy troupe <STRONG>Something Dada)</S=
TRONG>.  </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    Two Seniors from Hathaway Brown Schoo=
l (Sarah Pease-Kerr and Elizabeth Porter) coordinated the event as part of a=
 special Senior Project.  </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    "This was absolutely fantastic!" said=
 Domenick Danza, Play House Education Director.  "All the kids were win=
ners.  We want to do this again next year."  This sentiment was ec=
hoed by many others in written evaluations collected at the end of the day.<=
/FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>    For more info and/or photos, contact=20=
Tom Kerr at 216-371-2867 or e-mail </FONT><A title=3Dmailto:kerrcomm at aol.com=
 href=3D"mailto:kerrcomm at aol.com"><FONT size=3D3>kerrcomm at aol.com</FONT></A>=
</DIV>
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