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December 06, 2023

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Local Schools Compete for Spotlight Awards

Who will win best actor? Best actress? And which high school will win best musical? Twenty-six Tennessee high schools are competing for a 2018 Spotlight Award which culminates May 12 with a Tony Awards-like evening at TPAC. The schools in the running include six from Williamson County. They are:

WILLIAMSON County

Battle Ground Academy – β€œThe Drowsy Chaperone”
Brentwood High School – β€œThe Sound of Music”
Franklin High School – β€œGrease”
Independence High School – β€œLegally Blonde”
Page High School – β€œShrek the Musical”
Ravenwood High School – β€œCatch Me If You Can”

Other Schools Entered:

DAVIDSON County

Cane Ridge High School – β€œYou’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”
Christ Presbyterian Academy – β€œOklahoma”
Davidson Academy – The Wizard of Oz”
Father Ryan High School – β€œSeussical”
Hillsboro High School – β€œInto the Woods”
Hume-Fogg High School – β€œHello, Dolly!”
Lipscomb Academy – β€œCinderella”
Nashville School of the Arts – β€œHairspray”
Overton High School – β€œUrinetown”
St. Cecilia Academy – β€œThe Wizard of Oz”

RUTHERFORD

Central Magnet High School – β€œThe Fantasticks”
Siegel High School – β€œHairspray”

SUMNER

Hendersonville High School – β€œNice Work If You Can Get It”
Station Camp High School – β€œOn the Town”

DICKSON

Creek Wood High School – β€œGrease”

HAMILTON

Chattanooga Christian School – β€œMeet Me in St. Louis”

KNOX

Grace Christian Academy – β€œBeauty and the Beast”

MAURY

Columbia Academy – β€œGuys and Dolls”

PUTNAM

Monterey High School – β€œThe Sound of Music”

WILSON

Mt. Juliet Christian Academy – β€œSingin’ in the Rain”

The Spotlight Awards were founded by Mike Fernandez, dean of Lipscomb’s George Shinn College of Entertainment & the Arts. The program is now in partnership with TPAC. Participating schools submit their musicals for review by a group of judges made up of Lipscomb faculty, TPAC staff and local theater professionals.
    The Spotlight Awards ceremony takes place in Andrew Jackson Hall and is open to the public. Tickets start at $15 and are General Admission. Learn more here.

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Susan Swindell Day is the editor in chief of Nashville Parent and the mom of four amazing kids.