{"id":849,"date":"2011-07-22T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T14:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=849"},"modified":"2011-08-03T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T19:17:16","slug":"freddie%e2%80%99s-20th-huffington-post-blog-07-20-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=849","title":{"rendered":"Freddie\u2019s 20th Huffington Post blog, 07-20-11."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/freddiesblog\/regularPics\/BigGroupPicWfreddie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In his 20th <em>Huffington Post<\/em> blog, entitled: <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">James and The Giant Peach Meets Josephine Baker and Bernadette Peters&#8230;<\/span> Freddie announces the eight outstanding teachers who were the recipients of the Second Annual Freddie G Experience Award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As with the first awards, these winners were selected from among the instructors who put on shows at the Broadway JR. Festival, held every year in Atlanta. (Both the Festival and Award Weekend are underwritten by Freddie and Myrna Gershon.)<\/p>\n<p>The lucky eight were treated to an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to New York, which included a master-class with Broadway luminaries. (See below for the link to the <em>Huffington Post<\/em> blog and to photos, videos and details about the weekend posted on MTI&#8217;s website.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/freddiesblog\/regularPics\/groupShotSilouettes50pc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>The winners this year are:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John Jung<\/span>, Our Lady of Victory Grade School Players, North Bend, OH; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lynne Bordelon<\/span>, JPAS Theatre Kids!, Ponchatoula, LA; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Rozalynn Taylor Fulton<\/span>, Community Theatre of Greensboro Greensboro, NC; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tiffany Dunagan<\/span>, Queen\u2019s Grant Community Charter School \u2013 Mint Hill, NC; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Paula Chanda<\/span>, Hub Performing Arts School \u2013 Lubbock, TX; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Steven Spicher<\/span>, Casper Children\u2019s Theater \u2013 Casper, WY; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Shell Ramirez<\/span>, International Community School \u2013 Avondale Estates, GA; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nicole McGann<\/span>, Youth Theatre Company \u2013 Walnut Creek, CA.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/freddie-gershon\/james-the-giant-peach-mee_b_904659.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to see the full blog at the <em>Huffington Post<\/em> site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtishowspace.com\/groups\/228056\/freddie-g-teacher-experience-class-of-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to see the in-depth coverage Freddie&#8217;s <em>Music Theatre International<\/em> gave the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/freddiesblog\/regularPics\/NicoleHeadShot110x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"69\"\/><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?page_id=890\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to see one of the many thank you notes Freddie and Myrna received from this year&#8217;s winners.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his 20th Huffington Post blog, entitled: James and The Giant Peach Meets Josephine Baker and Bernadette Peters&#8230; Freddie announces the eight outstanding teachers who were the recipients of the Second Annual Freddie G Experience Award. 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