PYT’s Youth Advisory Board presents the fifth annual PYT Tony & Techie Awards Oct.7th from 6:30 to 9pm at the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Rd. This event features awards for on and back-stage performance, and honors our super volunteers of the past season.

Participants from each production have voted at the end of the show for who should win awards in categories ranging from best vocalist to most motivated.

At the end of the season, all participants were mailed a ballot to vote for their favorite show, director, designer, etc., for the entire season.

The evening includes dinner, the award presentation and entertainment. Come help us celebrate the end of the 05-06 season and the beginning of the 06-07 season. Tickets are $20 at the door.

PYT held its second annual "Hollywood Hosts" special fundraising event on Sept. 15 at the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park.

Attendees enjoyed great food prepared by seven local restaurants, a silver-screen silent auction, fantastic entertainment and the opportunity to win stunning tablescapes by local designers.

Families also bid to win star sponsorships for PYT shows, which include the coveted dedicated PYT parking space. Winners for this season were the Wyman and Dow and Feingold- Wallach families for Fiddler on the Roof, the Abel-Lauritzen family and Kranz & Associates for Thoroughly Modern Millie, the Healy and Murphy families for Cinderella, Paul and Susie Chermak for A Little Princess, and Paul DeMartini for Sweet Charity.

In all, the event raised more than $42,000 for PYT programs and services!

Our deep thanks to our sponsors - Gentry Magazine, Stanford Park Hotel, The Putnam Automotive Family, First Horizon Home Loan Los Altos and Medallion Rug Gallery for making this evening possible!

Are you planning to audition for PYT’s next show, Thoroughly Modern Millie? Get a leg up on those tricky time steps by enrolling in PYT’s tap workshop, taught by Kevin Hammond, choreographer of this season’s Millie and last season’s Honk! Space is still available in the four-week workshop for ages 10 and up, which runs from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. starting this Saturday at PYT. The cost is $100

Kevin has worked throughout the Bay Area as a dance instructor and choreographer. Recent choreography credits include Oklahoma! (Valley Christian High, San Jose), Anything Goes (Stage 1, Newark), and Godspell and Footloose (both for Musical Theatre Works, San Francisco). As a performer, Kevin has appeared in such productions as The Music Man, 42nd Street, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line, Cabaret and Grease, among many others.

Limited spots are still available on a first-come, first- serve basis. To enroll, call the office at (650) 988- 8798 x303 by 5pm on Oct. 6.