Finally, things could be heard bumping in the dark. It started at the rear of the room, and soon monsters were running through the audience. Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt was presented with the Thea Classic Award amid monsters, music, and sounds. Accepting were Susan Tierney, and Todd Faux, Manager, Entertainment Design, and several lucky monsters who got a break from the Farm.

A Monster poses with presenter Tony Baxter and Susan Tierney of Knott’s, holding the Thea Award.

Another Thea Awards Gala had come to an end. The people who made it possible gathered for a photo.

But the night wasn’t over! Now it was time for the Post Awards Celebratory Party, which was scheduled to go until Midnight. It did, and then the party moved upstairs to the bar, where people were still chatting it up, reminiscing, and networking for a couple more hours before finally calling it a night.

Ken of Kenversations, just happy to have a lovely glossy Thea Awards Gala Program to add to his collection.

Special thanks to Adam Bezark of The Bezark Company, and Raina Ross, Membership and Marketing for TEA. Without their help, this report would not have been possible.

If you are looking to get into the industry, want to learn more about it, or just want to support it, I highly suggest getting more information from the Themed Entertainment Association website. They are a great, creative, fun, professional group of people who are behind some of the world’s finest entertainment.

The official Themed Entertainment Association website: http://www.ThemeIt.com

2003 Thea Awards Gala
Adam Bezark - Show Director/Writer
Marc Rosenthal - Executive Producer
Steve Ryan - Producer
Marc Romero - Creative Director
David Cohen - Show Writer (Lead Writer)
Dave Cobb - Writer
Ryan Harmon - Writer
Nathan Wang - Musical Director

There were also many other people who helped to make it happen. To all of them, I say “Good show.�?

This is Ken’s third annual report from the Thea Awards Gala. You can find his previous reports in his column archives.