Upper School students from the cast of the St. Margaret’s production of Children of Eden participated in the 47^th annual Spirit of the MACY Awards, held at Segerstrom Hall last week. This year, 58 high school musical productions were adjudicated by the MACY judges. St. Margaret’s was one of the productions selected to perform at the awards ceremony.

 

The MACY Awards, short for Music and Arts Commendation for Youth, have been awarded to Southern California performing arts students since 1969. MACY directors and judges attend shows in Orange, San Diego, Riverside and Los Angeles counties to carefully select winners in a number of categories.  

This year, 20 Tartans received individual recognition at the awards ceremony:

 

Highest Achievement: Blake Stevenson, Daisy Sellas, Katherine Parrish, Tyler Ashman

Outstanding Achievement: Anneka Miller, Bryce Victor, Garrett Higgins

Achievement: Jaden Cloobeck

Special Recognition: Jack Westhead, Jacob Kuljis, Katherine Sele, Nathan Soto, Tyler Jones

Bright Spot: Alden Copps, Casey Healy, Lulu Arundale, Michaela Xu, Mitra Alikhani, Rylan Rodrigues-Zahn, Tyler Genevay

 

Two St. Margaret’s students also were named finalists for Individual Highest Achievement Awards in the following categories:

 

Best Female Vocalist: Katherine Parrish

Best Actor, Best Male Vocalist: Blake Stevenson

 

Click here for a story about the MACY awards in the OC Register.