Bay Street Players of the historic State Theatre in Eustis, Florida

March 15, 2008 - SECOND INTERNATIONAL BARTO PRIZE Concert & Reception

Barto Prize Logo

Tzimon Barto,
International
Concert Pianist

The winning composition of the second International Barto Prize will be performed by Tzimon Barto during his concert on March 15, 2008. The concert will be at the Bay State Theatre, 109 North Bay Street, Eustis, at 7:30 PM. There is a reception following the performance at A Third Place, 12 East Magnolia Avenue, Eustis, where you may meet Barto.

Sign up for tickets early as the concert sold out in 2006. Concert tickets are $30 and are available online through the "tix.com" icon above or through our box office at 352-357-7777. The reception after concert is $20 and reservations may be made through the Lake Eustis Institute by phone at 352.357.3995.

Lake Eustis Institute has tripled the number of entrees from 2006 and the quality of the work is very high. The winner is selected from scores submitted from all over the world.

Barto, an international pianist, created the Barto Prize in 2006 as a way of giving back to the central Florida community where his roots lie. Barto will perform the winning piece during his 2008/2009 concert season, beginning September 2008. There will also be a $5,000 monetary prize.

The judges are Tobias Picker, composer, USA, Tzimon Barto, pianist, USA, Wolfgang Rihm, composer, Germany, Bright Cheng, composer, China and USA and Marc-Andre’ Dalbavie, composer, France.

The first Barto Prize was awarded in March 2006 to Claude Baker for his composition FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE: From Silent Sun to Starry Night. Baker said, “It was indeed an honor to have been selected as the first recipient of the international Barto Prize and to have been given an opportunity to work closely with such a superb pianist as Tzimon Barto”.

2006 Barto Prize Winner Claude Baker

Before a sellout crowd, Friday, March 24th, at the historic Bay State Theater in Eustis, Eustis native and international pianist Tzimon Barto presented the first Barto Prize for solo piano composition to Dr. Claude Baker, professor of composition at Indiana University’s School of Music.

Baker’s winning composition, Flights of Passage, was played by Barto in the second half of a brilliant concert that featured works by Haydn, Schumann and Liszt. Barto also played excerpts from his new recording of works by Jean Philippe Rameau; A Basket of Wild Strawberries. The pianist’s virtuosity brought the hometown audience to its feet on several occasions.

The prize winner attended the concert and received a trophy, a check for $5,000 and the promise that Barto will play the composition during his 2006-2007 concert tour.

Claude Baker
2006 winner of
The Barto Prize

Claude Baker attained his doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music, where his principal composition teachers were Samuel Adler and Warren Benson. As a composer, Mr. Baker has received a number of professional honors, including an Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; two Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards; the Eastman-Leonard and George Eastman Prizes; a “Manuel de Falla” Prize (Madrid); BMI-SCA and ASCAP awards; commissions from the Fromm and Koussevitzky Music Foundations; and grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation and the state arts councils of Indiana, Kentucky and New York.

Among the orchestras that have performed his music are those of Saint Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Louisville, as well as the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de RTV Española and the Orquesta Nacional de España. His works are published by MMB Music and Carl Fischer, and are recorded on the ACA, Gasparo and Louisville First Edition labels.

Mr. Baker has served on the faculties of the University of Georgia and the University of Louisville and has been a Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music. He is currently Professor of Composition in the School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington. At the beginning of the 1991-92 concert season, he was appointed Composer-in-Residence of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for eight years. In recognition of his contributions to the St. Louis community during that period, Mr. Baker was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1999.

The Lake Eustis Institute
129 North Grove Street
Post Office Box 1060
Eustis, Florida 32727
Tel: 352-357-3995
Fax: 352-357-3949

http://www.lakeeustisinstitute.org/

March 1, 2008 - BRAVO BROADWAY GALA 2008 Cocktails, Dinner, Silent Auction, Entertainment & Dancing

Bravo Broadway 2008 Gala

Cocktails, Dinner, Silent Auction
Entertainment by your
Favorite Bay Street Performers
Dancing under the Stars

Saturday, March 1, 2008
at six o’clock in the evening

RedTail Country Club
Heathrow Country Estates
on County Road 46A

R.S.V.P. 352-357-7777 by February 25th
Black Tie Optional
Cash Bar
$100 per person

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - DOLLY AWARDS - A NIGHT OF STARS a 32nd Annual Celebration

BAY STREET PLAYERS ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS AT A NIGHT OF STARS – 32ND ANNUAL DOLLY AWARDS, SATURDAY AUGUST 25th

An elegant evening of entertainment and awards celebrated the 32st Season at the State Theatre.

(Eustis, FL)…The 32nd Annual Dolly Awards event, A Night of Stars, marked the culmination of the Bay Street Players season. The celebration began with an awards show at the State Theatre and continued with desert and a champagne toast, led by City of Eustis Mayor, Jim Rotella, at A Third Place Pub and Café located in historic downtown Eustis.

The Dolly Awards – so named because the first show presented by Bay Street Players was Hello Dolly– enjoyed a new format this year. Fashioned after classic award ceremonies such as Broadway’s Tony Awards, this black tie requested event was fast paced and fun. Bay Street Players’ board President, Stephen Toth, Elizabeth Drew Scholl, Executive Director, and David Clevinger, Artistic Director were hosts of the evening which served to celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful season in the organization’s history.

Artistic Director David Clevinger designed A Night of Stars set for the award presentations and entertainment. William A. Dumas designed the lighting. The new format was championed and implemented by board members Jeff Lindberg and Glen Howard. The entertainment led by Musical Director Timothy D. Turner featured the Dolly Singers--eight performers from the BSP 2006-2007 season-- performing contemporary Broadway musical selections including his original arrangement of Hello Dolly in eight part harmony.

Dolly Award Nominees are selected by a private jury that completes ballots throughout the season. Bay Street Players is pleased to announce the 2006-2007 Dolly Award recipients as follows:

Dolly Award Recipients 2006-2007 Season

Volunteer of the Year
Frank Barto

Youth Volunteer of the Year
Sarah Redmond

Young People’s Theatre Student of the Year
Philadelphia Shoop

Artistic Director’s Award
Rick Breese

Executive Director’s Award
Lila Shoop

President’s Award
Paula Keenan

MUSICAL

Actress
Stephanie Adams as Becky in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Actor
Ken Rush as Cervantes in Man of La Mancha

Supporting Actress
Francie Moon as Mary in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Supporting Actor
Steve Merens as Sancho in Man of La Mancha

Featured Actress
Heather Good as the Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha

Featured Actor
Jonathan Olson as the Padre in Man of La Mancha

Female Bit
Irene DeLorme as Prisoner with Earpiece in Man of La Mancha

Male Bit
Al Brosman as Pedro in Man of La Mancha

PLAY

Actor
James Zelley as Oscar in The Odd Couple

Supporting Actress
Deborah J. Carpenter as Demetria Riffle in On Borrowed Time

Supporting Actor
Adrian LePeltier as Dr. Evans in On Borrowed Time

Featured Actress
Sylvia Whitney as Nellie Northrup (Granny) in On Borrowed Time

Featured Actor
Ashley Richards as Vinnie in The Odd Couple

Male Bit
Ashley Richards as Mr. Grimes in On Borrowed Time

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
Man of La Mancha

2006-2007 SEASON - DOLLY AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED a 32nd Annual Celebration

BAY STREET PLAYERS ANNOUNCES 2007-2008 DOLLY AWARD NOMINEES

The Dolly Award recipients will be announced during the award ceremony beginning at 7:00 PM, August 25, 2007 at the State Theatre. The 32nd Dolly Awards event includes a cash bar prior to the show (7-8PM), Awards Ceremony and Entertainment (8 – 9:30PM), immediately followed by Champagne Toast and dessert buffet and more entertainment by featured performers from the 32nd Season at A Third Place Pub and Café. Black Tie Requested. Tickets are $25.00 and are available at the box office 109 North Bay Street, Eustis or by calling 352-357-7777.

MUSICAL

Actress
Stephanie Adams as Becky in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Kelly Fagan as Aldonza in Man of La Mancha
Elizabeth Drew Scholl as Kaye in The Taffetas
Debra Sussman as Donna in The Taffetas

Actor
Rick Breese as Eddie in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Ken Rush as Cervantes in Man of La Mancha

Supporting Actress
Joanne Marchand as Nancy in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Francie Moon as Mary in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Ashley Willsey as Virginia in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Supporting Actor
Glen Howard as Louie in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Steve Merens as Sancho in Man of La Mancha
Adam Pate as Felix in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Featured Actress
Jennifer Bonner as Antonia in Man of La Mancha
Heather Good as the Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha
Paula Keenan as Sister Lee in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Featured Actor
Lyle Moon as Father O'Reilly in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Jonathan Olson as the Padre in Man of La Mancha
Kent Walker as the Innkeeper in Man of La Mancha

Female Bit
Irene DeLorme as Prisoner with Earpiece
Noel Miner as Maria in Man of La Mancha
Susan Trewyn as Sister Monica Marie/Secretary in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Marnie Whitehead as Sister Melanie in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Male Bit
Al Brosman as Pedro in Man of La Mancha
Ashley Richards as the Barber in Man of La Mancha

PLAY

Actor
Ken Rush as Julian Northrup (grandpa) in On Borrowed Time
Bill Welter as Felix in The Odd Couple
James Zelley as Oscar in The Odd Couple

Supporting Actress
Gail Baumann as Vivian Trachtman in Love Sex and the IRS
Deborah J. Carpenter as Demetria Riffle in On Borrowed Time

Supporting Actor
Al Brosman as Murray in The Odd Couple
Hanri "Hank" Delorme as Floyd Spinner in Love Sex and the IRS
Adrian LePeltier as Dr. Evans in On Borrowed Time

Featured Actress
Brittany Heitling as Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple
SaraJane Olson as Cecily Pigeon in The Odd Couple
Sylvia Whitney as Nellie Northrup (Granny) in On Borrowed Time

Featured Actor
Rick Breese as Speed in The Odd Couple
Gerald Heitling as Roy in The Odd Couple
Ashley Richards as Vinnie in The Odd Couple

Male Bit
Rick Davis as Sheriff in On Borrowed Time
Jim Mesler as Mr. Pilbeam in On Borrowed Time
Ashley Richards as Mr. Grimes in On Borrowed Time

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

The Odd Couple
The Taffetas
On Borrowed Time
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Love Sex and the IRS
Man of La Mancha

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