Bubba Hammack, now that he’s all grown up… is now Bill and married.  Bill and Jessica were married May 9^th 2009 in Nigrel, Jamaica.

Larry Sharp planned a surprise vow renewal ceremony at the Valentin Imperial Maya Resort in Mexico where he and Jeri were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.  To top it off, he flew Adam and Oliver in from Minneapolis to share in the celebration.  The ceremony was beautiful!  Adam suggested doing this again every year!

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Ken Lambert (affectionately known as Kenny to those who remember him from SYM in the 1980's) is all grown up and practicing law in Dallas.  He's also a member of the Vocal Majority and, in his spare time, uses that old Backdoor Training in the Dallas Bar Association's annual Bar None fundraiser.  Follow this YouTube link and you'll see Ken doing his best Michael Jackson impersonation in a "Thriller" parody and then channeling Paul Simon in a lawyer's version of "Homeward Bound".

Genesius Award Winners for 2008

Best Production: Always Patsy Cline

Best Actor – Main Stage: Patrick Jackson as Carl Bolton in Morning’s At Seven

Best Actress – Main Stage: Jennifer Wicker as Louise Seger in Always Patsy Cline

Best Supporting Actor – Main Stage: Jon Krueger as Homer Bolton in Morning’s At Seven

Best Supporting Actress – Main Stage: Elizabeth Speer as Patsy Cline in Always Patsy Cline

Best Actor – Dinner Stage: Gare Brundidge as Philip Markham in Move Over Mrs. Markham

Best Actress – Dinner Stage:

Gail Fuller as Correen in When Bullfrogs Sing Opera –AND–

Delight Clements as Joanna Markham in Move Over Mrs. Markham (tie)

Best Supporting Actor – Dinner Stage: David Cerreta as Alistair Spenlow in Move Over Mrs. Markham

Best Supporting Actress – Dinner Stage: Jeri Sharp as Frances Kupperman in When Bullfrogs Sing Opera

Trouper of the Year: Jayme Hulse

Rookie of the Year: Henry Petrosian

Outstanding Technical Achievement:

Sumi King for Costumes for “Kiss Me Kate” – AND –

Keith Koontz for Lights for “Always Patsy Cline”

Outstanding Volunteer Achievement:

The Barnhart Family

The Cerreta/King Family

Delight Clements

Diane Dockery

Gail Fuller

The Koontz Family

Erma Mehew

Larry Sharp

Gloria Steimel

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Ty Walker is a father again: Logan Colt Walker was born on October 1, 2008.  He was 8 lbs. 2 oz. and 21 inches long.  Kirsten is doing well and is enjoying being a big brother.  They are very excited and having a good time enjoying their new addition!

Sydney Rush, a sophomore at Bowie High School, has been awarded a Spectrum Scholarship by Midwestern State University.  Sydney was awarded this scholarship based upon her SAT scores, records of academic excellence, and recommendations from the school counselor, her PAP English teacher, Ms. Baker, and her AP Chemistry teacher, Mr. Brown. A total of 85 students applied to the 2009 program, and 34 were extended invitations.
Spectrum is an elite four and one-half week scholarship program for academically talented high school students, with the scholarship providing for tuition and fees for 6-8 hours of university courses taken during the Summer I term at MSU. High-achieving Spectrum students automatically qualify for post-high school scholarships at MSU through the Spectrum Scholars program.  If Sydney maintains a 4.0 GPA for the two classes, she qualifies for a $2500 scholarship while a 3.5-3.9 GPA qualifies her for a $2000 scholarship at Midwestern. Scholarships may be renewed for up to three additional years for students who meet yearly GPA and credit hour standards.
As a Spectrum Scholar, Sydney will be taking Survey of American Literature 2623 and Pre-1865 American History alongside regularly enrolled university students.  While taking university-level classes for college credit, Sydney also will be receiving dual credit for high school history and American literature. 
Sydney is the daughter of Bob and Versel Rush of Bowie.

Oh, look at this! Dana Dixon is now married, her new name is Dana Naughton, and she's as gorgeous as ever!
It seems like only yesterday that Dana was playing a young bride in The Royal Family!

Gail Fuller, a volunteer at Backdoor Theatre, answers the phones, makes reservations, coordinates volunteers for every performance, oversees season-ticket sales and renewals, chairs the New Play Committee, procures props and costumes for each performance and has even gotten into character a few times.“Without the contributions of Gail Fuller,” the nomination form reads, “the show would not go on at Backdoor Theatre. Not only would there be no props or costumes, there would be no ushers, box office attendants or tickets.” She’s served at Backdoor for 30 years, giving up to 160 hours a month without earning a dime.

Can anyone name all four of these kids, and the show they were in?

: John is still a stay at home dad.  Aaron turned 3 on 2/16, and Zach was 8 months old on 2/5.  Here they are for your enjoyment:

Georganne Payne passed her CFRE exam in Midland TX recently, on her first attempt. This is not done often. She is the fourth CFRE to accomplish this in the Permian basin (which is 22 counties). There are about 4500 in the entire world. Georganne currently works for MD Anderson in Houston, TX,  and sometimes advises the board at Backdoor Theatre about fundraising skills.

Cayti Reed has finished her first year of Law School at University of Cincinnati.  She and David are celebrating their first wedding anniversary.  David has finished 2 years of his MD/Phd program, he will begin his Phd lab in August.  Cayti is doing an intermship with an Immigration law firm in Cincinnati. Here are photos:

 




 

Breonna McNeely, with a double major in Musical Theatre and Technical Theatre design, is the costume designer at the Sandpiper Club Med resort. See photo at right.                    >>>>>>

Our very own webmaster is enjoying writing success!
William Payne's play Wee Care  was the 2005 winner of the McLaren Comedy Playwriting Competition at Midland Community Theatre in the full length division! It received a full production in September 2006, with sold out houses and two hold-over weekends. It brought in triple the budgeted ticket sales, and broke a record for the length of the waiting list to get in. Later that same year, the show was produced at Backdoor theatre in December, and then in the summer of 2007 it was produced at the Garza theatre in Post, TX. In 2009, it will be produced at the C.A.T.S theatre in Lubbock.

  What are David J. & Melissa N. Wallis doing?

William will be turning four years old this year, and is growing like a weed. His newest obsession is watching "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and he will be Raphael for Halloween this year. Melissa continues to work at HKS, Inc. and is currently working on several different projects. David is currently working for the Best Buy Services Warehouse in Flower Mound and even serves as Artistic Director for Lakeside Community Theatre. He is working on his next project, directing Lakeside Community Theatre's next production "Murder at 1440Kw: A Fatal Freqency." For more information on the show, you can visit http://www.lctthecolony.org/