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Annies Arts Awards

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Chico Palio is the official kick-off event for Artoberfest, a Month-Long Festival of Arts & Culture, featuring more than 85 events during October.

Friends of the Arts will hold the13th Annies Arts Awards 8–10 p.m. Saturday, September 29, 2007, as part of the Artoberfest Kick-Off Celebration in Chico’s Downtown Plaza. The work being considered must have occurred during 2005 and/or 2006.

The Annies honors individuals, groups and/or organizations in 7 disciplines of the arts—music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film & video, literature and architecture.

We need your help choosing our 2007 winners. Please take some time, fill out this ballot and then press the submit button.

You can use the form below to vote or you can download the Annie's Ballot and Annie's Ballot Letter. Fill them out and send them to:

Attn: Debra Lucero
805 Whispering Winds Ln.
Chico, Ca. 95928

THEATRE

“Drama is like a dream, it is not real, but it is really felt.”

- Abhinavagupta

Nominate three winners in the THEATRE category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • Best Actor:
  • Best Director:
  • Best Staging:
  • Best Lighting:
  • Best Play:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your THEATRE nominees should win?
MUSIC

“Where words fail, music speaks”

- Hans Christian Andersen

Nominate three winners in the MUSIC category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • Individual Artist:
  • A Production:
  • A Teacher:
  • A Student:
  • A Performance:
  • A Chico Musician:
  • Best Lighting:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your MUSIC nominees should win?
LITERATURE

“All art requires courage.”

- Anne Tucker

Nominate three winners in the LITERATURE category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • A Teacher:
  • A Poet:
  • A Writer:
  • A Screenwriter:
  • A Novelist:
  • A Student:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your LITERATURE nominees should win?
VISUAL ARTS

“Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.”

- Roy Adzek

Nominate three winners in the VISUAL ARTS category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • 2-Dimensional Art:
  • 3-Dimensional Art:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your VISUAL ARTS nominees should win?
ARCHITECTURE

“Any authentic work of art starts an argument between the artist and his audience”

- Dame Rebecca West

Nominate three winners in the ARCHITECTURE category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • Best Design:
  • Best Use Of Space:
  • Best Use Of Land:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your ARCHITECTURE nominees should win?
FILM & VIDEO

“Countless unseen details are often the only difference between mediocre and magnificent.”

- Anonymous

Nominate three winners in the FILM & VIDEO category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • Best Film:
  • Best Animation:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your FILM & VIDEO nominees should win?
DANCE

“Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.”

- Maya Angelou

Nominate three winners in the DANCE category. Winners can be any of the following:

  • Best Choreography:
  • Best Dance Performance:
  • Best Dance Program:
  • Other:
  • Why do you think your DANCE nominees should win?
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