In early fall, each school selects a Cappies Show, usually its big play or musical.
Students form critics teams, and teachers volunteer as mentors.
Critics are trained, often with help from local papers.
At each Cappies show night, parent boosters set up a Cappies Room, with decorations and refreshments
Two or three dozen student critics arrive to review the show and sit together.
Before the show, during intermission, and after the show, teacher-mentors lead critic discussions.
Critics go home and write 300 to 400 word reviews, on deadline, via the Cappies' web site.
In their reviews, the critics are encouraged to criticize, but not name the respoinsible individuals.
Teacher-mentors select which reviews should be published, usually five or six per show.
All reviews are sent to the school that put on the show.
Throughout the year, each critic reviews five shows, and each teacher-mentor volunteers twice.
In late spring, critics vote for Cappie awards.
Five Nominees are selected in each of 35 categories, along with four Commendees per school. (Each year, over 200 students receive honors of some kind.)
At the end of the year, the Cappie awards are presented by local V.I.P.s at a Cappies Gala.
Some Galas are held in a high school, others in the largest theater in the area.
At the Gala, students perform songs and sketches from nominated shows.
In the summer, top Cappie winners from across the U.S. are invited to perform shows together at the Kennedy Center.
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