SOMERSET FELLOWSHIP of DRAMA
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Sue Pomeroy Director of 'Oklahoma' 2008
with the delighted recipients of David Beach Trophies at the Somerset Fellowship of Drama award ceremony
Tony Pomeroy received the Award for Best Musical Direction 'Oklahoma'
'The adjudicator said of the music........ 'The opening chords of the overture immediately confirmed the quality of the orchestra's playing as it was a lovely full sound. Musically the band never missed a beat and thier playing was well controlled to allow unamplfied voices to be heard without us having to struggle
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Dannielle Redmond recieved the Best 'female in a supporting role' award for her role as
'Ado Annie' 'Oklahoma'
The adjudicator said of 'Ado Annie'........ Your character was full of the comedy that was needed. You also provided some lovely vocal work and business. At all times you were bright and breezy and looked so right. We could easily understand that you would be happy to settle down with Will.... or Ali... or, well we just enjoyed everything you did'
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Also nominated for awards in 'Oklahoma' were
Best Male performance .......Matt Bell as 'Curly'
Best Female performance.......Gemma Coombs as 'Laurey'
Best Male in a supporting role....... Dean Brammell as 'Will Parker'
'Oklahoma' also received
A highly commended certificate for Chorus
'Oklahoma' was also nominated for
The Best Small Venue Trophy
Best Sound
Best Show stopper ... the song 'Oklahoma'
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Nominations for the 2009 awards have been announced
Darren Oxman for Best Supporting Actor as Cornelius in ‘Hello Dolly’
James Browne for Best Performance (under 21) as Barnaby in ‘Hello Dolly’
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James Brown and Darren Oxman in 'Hello Dolly'
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Tony Pomeroy for Best Musical Direction ‘Scrooge the Musical’
Alan Coles for Best Male Performance as Scrooge in ‘Scrooge the Musical’
Sheila Street for Best Supporting Actress as the Ghost of Christmas Past in ‘Scrooge the Musical’
Brian Sands for Best Cameo Role as Mr Fezziwig in ‘Scrooge the Musical’
We congratulation them all and wish them good luck at the Awards ceremony on March 19th.