Committee Award Winners

There have been many people who have contributed a great deal to Holiday Actors over the years, and as such have been recognised with various awards.

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The Laurel Langdon Award acknowledges those people who have given of their expertise, time and energy to the promotion and advancement of Holiday Actors Inc through their contribution to the current annual production. Laurel Langdon was elected Secretary of the Inaugural Committee in 1986 and worked tirelessly for Holiday Actors Inc in that capacity until her death in December 1995.

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Life Membership is granted to recipients for their outstanding and/or extraordinary service to Holiday Actors Inc.

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Inductees into the Hall of Fame are current or former junior members who have made an outstanding contribution to Holiday Actors, usually over a period of some years.

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The Bernie Award acknowledges outstanding effort and committment by a Holiday Actors member (usually a cast member) involved in the current production. This award is named in recognition of the outstanding contribution made to Holiday Actors by Bernie Noonan (now Tichbon). Over a period of twenty years Bernie filled many roles, including Costume Coordinator, Advisory Committee member, President and Production Manager. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997 and was awarded Life Membership in 1999.

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The Merran Adams Award acknowledges outstanding effort and commitment by an orchestra member involved in the current Holiday Actors production. The award is named in recognition of the outstanding contribution made to Holiday Actors by the late Merran Adams. Merran was a “founding” member of Holiday Actors, being the music teacher at St Ann’s when the company began, and she continued to take a keen interest in, and provide generous support to, Holiday Actors until her passing in 2010.

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The President’s Award introduced in 2023, to recognise the kind and quiet
achievers in our club. People that pitch in in a quiet way but make a huge difference to the
‘feel’ of our club.

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The Top Gunn Award is an award created in 2024 in honour John Gunn, who has worked on over 30 productions with Holidays Actors. The Top Gunn award will be presented to a member of the production team that has gone above and beyond to assist with any part of production.