Golden Ticket Prizes!!

Yesterday the four golden ticket winners gathered at New England Youth Theatre, 100 Flat St. in Brattleboro, to draw their prizes.  The kids who found the tickets got to draw their prizes out of Willy Wonka's top hat.  NEYT costumers Sam, Phoebe, and Tilden drew first, pulling out the $300 gift certificate to Vermont Artisan Designs. 
Next was Connall, who found his ticket at a Wonka performance that he was attending with his grandmother.  He squeezed his eyes shut so tightly and reached into the hat, pulling out the BIG prize - $500 cash!  When he drew the ticket, Connall said he wanted to win the big cash prize most of all. "I would give $100.00 to my sister Elizabeth and then i would buy lots of things for my many pets I have.  Then i would buy a DSI."
The third winner is David Petrie of Brattleboro, who brought his family to see the show and surprised them all when he opened his chocolate bar at intermission. His daughter drew the prize out of the hat - a year of free tickets for two to all of NEYT's productions.  And last was fourth winner, 10-year-old Zoe Baker of Putney who capped the special gala night festivities on December 18, by finding a golden ticket in her chocolate bar. She pulled out the $200 gift certificate to GameStop.  

There was a fifth golden ticket hidden in the chocolate bars, but no one came forward to claim their prize in time.  Maybe the ticket was lost, or the dog ate it.  We may never know...