Meet the Blumey critics

Kids competing for Blumey Awards as critics. They are: left to right front row: Ellen Goodling, Hannah Ertel, Gabby Hubert, and Lauren Hunkele (far right front). Back row left to right: Annie Saum, Madison Lorello, Demi Harris, Katelyn Petersen, Helen Coats, and Sarah McCulla (in black top). Every year, The Observer works with Blumenthal Performing Arts on the Blumey Awards, which give local high school actors and writers prizes for their theater-related work. We will run one review by each of the entrants, whoever many that may be -- usually somewhere around 15 -- so we need individual mug shots of each of the kids and a group shot of all of them together. Diedra Laird dlaird@charlotteobserver.com

Meet the high school students competing for the Blumey student critic award. Every year, The Observer works with Blumenthal Performing Arts on the Blumey Awards, which rewards achievement in musical theater among high school students. Students compete for awards including best musical, actor and actress, orchestra. The writers, left to right front: Ellen Goodling, Hannah Ertel, Gabby Hubert and Lauren Hunkele (far right front). Back row, from left: Annie Saum, Madison Lorello, Demi Harris, Katelyn Petersen, Helen Coats and Sarah McCulla. Winners are announced May 17. Details: blumenthalarts.org.

This story was originally published March 14, 2015 at 12:13 AM with the headline "Meet the Blumey critics."

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