! Newark High School won four runner-up Elenbe awards May 29 at the 16th annual Wayne County Performing Arts Celebration.! Two of the awards relate to the fall Newark High School dramatic production of “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten,” directed by Steve Duprey. ! The other two relate to the Spring musical production of “Kiss Me Kate,” also directed by Duprey.!

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• Junior Hannah Rothpearl was the runner-up for best actress in“Kiss Me Kate.”• Sophomore Katie Brinkman was the runner-up for best supporting actress in “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten.”

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• “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” was the runner-up for best dramatic production.!

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• “Kiss Me Kate” was the runner-up for best musical production.!

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“We’re very pleased with the awards because the overall quality of the shows was recognized,’’ Duprey said afterward.! Elenbes are given out each spring at NHS to students and directors involved in musical and dramatic productions in 10 Wayne County schools.!

! !! Newark has won a great many of them.! Last year (2010-2011), Newark won four Elenbes; in (2009-10) Newark won five Elenbes; it won three Elenbes in 2008-09; it won six in 2007-08; 11 in 2006-07; and five in 2005-06. Duprey directed all of the productions. Judges in the contest, sponsored by the Lyons National

Bank, are members of the Wayne County Council For the Arts who attend every performance. Prior to the awards presentation May 29, three-to-four minute vignettes from the various school musical and dramatic productions, were performed in the auditorium. Again this year, as he has done for 15 out of 16 years that the Elenbes have been presented, Don Alhart,13-WHAM TV anchor was the Wayne County Performing Arts Celebration Master of Ceremonies. !!