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PHOTO:
Dale Johnson
Cari
Clara wins New Artist of the Year / Critical Achievement Category . |
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CEA
2003 -
They
Were All Winners
The annual lovefest
known as the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards celebrated the local
music and theater communities with a packed house Nov. 24 at Old St.
George. A Cincinnati Police events detail estimated the crowd at 500,000
Fox19’s Regina Carswell sparkled as this year’s host and
kept the crowd involved throughout the three-hour festivities. Awards
were handed out in 28 categories (click on the Theater and Music buttons
above to see the winners) and new members were added to the CEA Hall
of Fame.
Among the evening’s many highlights: a transcendent solo piano-and-vocal
performance of “Ohio” by Over The Rhine’s Karin
Bergquist, who along with husband Linford Detweiler were installed
in the Hall of Fame by City Councilman Jim Tarbell; heartfelt remarks
in support of Cincinnati’s arts community by director/actor
and CCM professor Michael Burnham, also inducted into the Hall of
Fame; great performances by Pearlene, CCM’s Betsy Wolfe, William
Menefield on piano, NKU’s Bridget Conforti, Ma Crow, Five Deez
(who’d just returned from a European tour the day before) and
The Light Wires; and an amazing spoken word performance by Cincinnati
Shakespeare Festival’s Taylore Mahogany Scott.
Among the big winners: Pearlene, Artist of the Year; Mallory’s
The First One Hundred Years, Album of the Year; and Playhouse in the
Park’s The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Best Production
and Best Local Premiere. Several young lions on the music scene won
awards, including Natalie Wells (Blues), Brian Newman (Jazz), Jason
Ludwig (Singer/Songwriter) and Cari Clara (Best New Artist). Eight
different local theater companies won CEAs, a new record.
The show production, headed by CityBeat’s Dan McCabe, was again
top notch. The bar was packed all night. The backstage area hummed.
And the aftershow party at Cody’s Café was crowded well
into the wee hours.
Many thanks go to the presenting sponsor, Time Warner Cable, as well
as Budweiser, Sam Ash Music and CityBeat. To all the professionals
who worked the graphics, the lights, the sound and show direction;
to the presenters who helped remind us of the local arts community’s
depth and breadth; to the behind-the-scenes people taking photos,
shooting video and selling tickets; and to the volunteers who sold
beer, collected money, helped with parking and cleaned up —
we couldn’t have done it without you!
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