To celebrate the Freddy Awards' 10th anniversary, the event is setting another record by featuring an unprecedented number of participating schools:  30!

This is the first year Nazareth High School in Northampton County will participate in the show.

The State Theatre in Easton will host the 2012 Freddy Awards' 10th anniversary of the award-winning show:  Fred X.

The Freddys recognize and reward exceptional accomplishments in the production and performance of musical theater in high schools in Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County, N.J.

The Freddy Awards program will culminate in a three-hour television awards ceremony on Thurs., May 24 at the State Theatre.

Produced in partnership with 69-WFMZ, the show will air live from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. on TV and on WFMZ.com.

69 News' Ed Hanna will co-host the ceremony with the State Theatre's Shelley Brown.

For more information, check out WFMZ'S Freddys page.

2012 Freddy Awards high school performances (listed by date)

October 2011           

Salisbury.....( Chess ).....Oct. 21, 22 @ 7:30pm, Oct. 23 @ 2pm
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February

Blair Academy.....( Sweeney Todd ).....Feb. 16, 17, 18 @ 7:30pm
Moravian Academy.....( Man of La Mancha ).....Feb. 24, 25 @ 7:30pm, Feb. 26 @ 2pm
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March    

Bangor.....( Hello, Dolly! ).....Mar. 1, 2 @ 7pm, Mar. 3 @ 2pm & 7pm
Southern Lehigh..…( CATS ).....Mar. 1, 2, 3 @ 7:30pm, Mar. 4 @ 2 pm
Saucon Valley.....( Aida - School Edition ).....Mar. 1, 2, @ 7:30 pm, Mar. 3 @ 2 pm & 7:30 pm, Mar. 4 @ 2 pm
Easton.....( Damn Yankees ).....Mar. 2 @ 7pm, Mar. 3 @ 2pm & 7pm, Mar. 4 @ 2pm
Northwestern Lehigh.....( Barnum ).....Mar. 8, 9, 10 @ 7pm, Mar. 11 @ 2pm
Belvidere.....( 13 ).....Mar. 9 @ 7pm, Mar. 10 @ 11am & 7pm
Northern Lehigh.....( Gypsy )..... Mar. 9 @ 7pm, Mar. 10 @ 2pm & 7pm, Mar. 11 @ 2pm
Wilson.....( Disney’s Beauty and the Beast ).....Mar. 9 @ 8pm, Mar. 10 @ 3pm & 8pm, Mar. 11 @ 3pm
Freedom.....( Thoroughly Modern Millie ).....Mar. 15, 16, 17 @ 7pm, Mar. 18 @ 2pm
Northampton.....( big, The Musical ).....Mar. 29, 30, 31 @ 7:30 pm
Warren County Tech.......( Seussical ).....Mar. 29, 30 @ 7PM, Mar. 31 & Apr. 1 @ 2pm
Allentown Cent. Cath.......( Seussical ).....Mar. 29, 30, 31 @ 7pm, Apr. 1 @ 2:30pm
Catasauqua.....( Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ).....Mar. 29. 30. 31 @ 8 pm, Apr. 1 @ 2 pm
Pen Argyl.....( Pippin ).....Mar. 30, 31 @ 7pm & Apr. 1 @ 2pm
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April      

Emmaus.....( Guys and Dolls ).....Apr. 11, 12, 13 @ 7pm, Apr. 14 @ 2pm & 7pm
Liberty.....( Les Miserables – School Edition ).....Apr. 12, 13, 14 @ 7pm
Parkland.....( Hello, Dolly! ).....Apr. 12, 13 @ 7:30pm, Apr. 14 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
Whitehall.....( Once Upon A Mattress ).....Apr. 13 @ 7:30 pm, Apr. 14 @ 2 pm & 7:30 pm, Apr. 15 @ 2 pm
Bethlehem Catholic......( The Wizard of Oz ).....Apr. 13, 14 @ 7pm, Apr. 15 @ 2pm; Apr. 20 @ 7pm, Apr. 21 @ 2 pm
Hackettstown.....( big, The Musical ).....Apr. 19, 20, 21 @ 7pm, Apr. 22 @ 2pm
William Allen.....( A Chorus Line ).....Apr. 19, 20, 21 @ 7pm, Apr. 22 @ 2pm
Notre Dame.....( Little Women ).....Apr. 19, 20 @ 7:30pm, Apr. 21 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
Warren Hills.....( Legally Blonde ).....Apr. 19, 20, 21 @ 7:30pm
Phillipsburg.....( Legally Blonde ).....Apr. 20 @ 7:30pm, Apr. 21 @ 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Nazareth.....(Singin' In The Rain ).....Apr. 20, 21 @ 7:30pm, Apr. 22 @ 2pm; Apr. 27, 28 @ 7:30pm, Apr. 29 @ 2pm
Pius X......( The Boy Friend ).....Apr. 26, 27, 28 @ 7pm
Dieruff.....( Hairspray ).....Apr. 26, 27 @ 7pm & Apr. 28, 29 @ 2pm

The list is also available on the Freddys website or through the Freddy Awards iPhone app, available for free at iTunes.

Ticket information and links will be added to the Freddys website as it becomes available.