Seattle Center Teen Tix Reveals Teeny Award Winners

Seattle Center Teen Tix announces the winners of its 3rd annual Teeny Awards. The Awards are given each year by the Teen Tix Teen Steering Committee, based on voting by Teen Tix members. The awards honor local teens' choices for the best in Seattle area arts and culture. They also recognize those organizations that have done a particularly good job of welcoming young patrons over the past year.

On July 22, Teen Tix surprised the winning organizations with a special cheer and dance routine choreographed by local choreographer Christy McNeil and performed by the Teeny Awards Delivery Squad: Teen Tix members Ivy Raines, Aeon Gaines, and Megan Chun.

The list of this year's awardees includes some of the Seattle area's most venerable large arts organizations as well as severAl Smaller professional arts groups. Shows and exhibits that took place between May 2010 and May 2011 at 38 organizations participating in Teen Tix were eligible for awards. New categories this year include Best Bathrooms and Crush of the Year, which celebrates one artist previously featured in Teen Tix's popular Crush of the Month blog series. For a complete list of winners and runners-up, please visit the Teen Tix blog: www.teentix.blogspot.com.

Best Date Venue: Seattle Art Museum
Best Seats in the House: Seattle Symphony
Best Box Office Experience: Pacific Northwest Ballet
Best Bathrooms: McCaw Hall, home of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera
Best Group Venue: Pacific Science Center's IMAX & Laser Dome
Venue I Want to Attend More: ACT Theatre
Favorite Organization, Large: Pacific Northwest Ballet
Favorite Organization, Medium: Seattle Shakespeare Company
Favorite Organization, Small: Seattle Musical Theatre
Best Film Organization: SIFF
Best Museum or Art Gallery: Seattle Art Museum
Best Performing Arts Organization: Seattle Repertory Theatre
Best Multi-Disciplinary Organization: Seattle Arts & Lectures
Best Art Exhibit: Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth at Seattle Art Museum
Best Dance Performance: A Midsummer Night's Dream at Pacific Northwest Ballet
Best Play: Hamlet at Seattle Shakespeare Company
Best Musical or Opera: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog at Balagan Theatre
Best Film or Film Event: Willy Wonka in Smell-o-Vision at SIFF Cinema
Best Music Performance: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at Seattle Symphony
Best "Other" Show: TheatreSports at Unexpected Productions
Crush of the Year: Spectrum Dance Theater's Amber Mayberry

Seattle Center Teen Tix, an arts access program for teenagers, partners with local arts organizations to engage young people in the arts through $5.00 tickets, special events, the Teen Press Corps, and other opportunities. Now in its seventh year of operation, Teen Tix provides nearly 20,000 Seattle area teenagers with access to 38 arts and culture organizations. For more information on the Teen Tix program, as well as other youth and family attractions and activities at Seattle Center, visit www.seattlecenter.com or call 206 684-7200.

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