Please note that the listings below are NOT nominations. The following names are the choices the critics made on Cappies show night. These names will be the names on the ballot from which the top five nominees will be selected.

2017-2018 Season Critics Choices for Orchestra


Einstein Pit Orchestra, Albert Einstein High School, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Circle of Fifths Orchestra, Annandale High School, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
ORCA-stra, Fairfax High School, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Spamalot Orchestra, George Mason High School, Monty Python's Spamalot
Heritage High School Orchestra, Heritage High School, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Putnam County Marching Porpoises, Loudoun Valley High School, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Parton Me, Sir Orchestra, McLean High School, 9 to 5 the Musical
The Titanic Band, Oakton High School, Titanic
PHS Pit Orchestra, Poolesville High School, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Robinson Pit Orchestra, Robinson Secondary School, Monty Python's Spamalot
RRPA Orchestra, Rock Ridge High School, Mary Poppins
South County High School Orchestra, South County High School, Legally Blonde
The Phantom Pit, South Lakes High School, Phantom
The Poppin Pit, Thomas Jefferson High School for Sci/Tech, Mary Poppins
Wootton Pit Orchestra, Thomas S. Wootton High School, The Music Man
Tuscarora Pit Orchestra, Tuscarora High School, Disney's The Little Mermaid
The Mr. E Street Band, W. T. Woodson High School, Pippin
The "Not-So-Drowsy" Pit Orchestra, Wakefield High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
Cathy & the Roos, West Potomac High School, Dogfight
Into The Woods Orchestra, West Springfield High School, Into the Woods
The Don Juannabes, Westfield High School, The Phantom of the Opera
Cousin Pitt (orchestra), Woodgrove High School, The Addams Family

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