Sally Awards.

Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre will hold their 26th Annual "Sally" Awards at the Theatre on Saturday, September 11, 2010. This event honors those actors, crew and volunteers who have given outstanding service to the theatre during the 2009-2010 season.

The "Sally" awards are named after longtime Carthage resident, educator and drama enthusiast Sally Anne Crawford, who died on Oct. 30, 2008, at the age of 91. She spent most of her career at the Carthage High School, teaching English, speech, debate and drama classes between 1952 and 1979. During 36 years as a teacher, she donated thousands of hours outside the normal school day in fine-tuning the dramatic and public speaking skills of hundreds of students.

This year’s nominees include:

Best Actor- Bill Welsh in Tiptoe Through the Tombstones, Paxton Williams in Othello, Kevin Provins in Twelve Angry Men, Bill Welsh in Twelve Angry Men, Paxton Williams in Twelve Angry Men.

Best Actress- Rachel Stanley in Proof, Karen Laseter in Othello, Cheyla Navarre in Tiptoe through the Tombstones, Whitney Dodson in Tiptoe through the Tombstones, Betsy Fleischaker in Tiptoe through the Tombstones.

Best Show- PROOF directed by Vicki Dickey, BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER directed by Betty Bell, Betsy Fleischaker, Judy Boyd, TIPTOE THROUGH THE TOMBSTONES directed by Becki Gooch, TWELVE ANGRY MEN directed by Doug Dickey and Shawn DeGraff, GODSPELL directed by Shanti Navarre, 30 REASONS NOT TO BE IN A PLAY directed by Shanti Navarre and Betsy Fleischaker, and OTHELLO directed by Paxton Williams.

*Awards will also be given for Best Costumes, Best Set Design, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Stage Manager, and Outstanding Volunteers in the Kitchen, Dining Room, Usher and Box Office areas.

Doors will open at 6:30 pm, with program beginning at 7:00pm.

The evening will include special talent performances by some old and new Stone’s Throw favorites. Master of Ceremonies Mike Pound will host the festivities.

This event is free and open to the public.

Light Hors O’doeuvres, Desserts, Coffee and Tea will be available.

Business casual dress please.

Seating is limited, so please call the theatre at 417-358-9665 to reserve your seats now.

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I’m sure someone has good reason for askin’ all those seemingly whacko questions on the long census forms. I’m just not sure I woulda thought they were good enough ta warrant an answer. I’d be interested ta know how often folks trim their toenails.

I haven’t heard any clarification, but I’d have ta guess all forms will at least count heads, even if they don’t go into the detail requested.

There are some good reasons to get an accurate count, maybe they should just count legs and divide by two.

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Just Jake Talkin’.

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