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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com SATSUNMONTUES, JULY 3-6, 2004 Education. B-7 EDUCATION EDITOR: Jared Whitley 649-9014 ext.1 18 educationparkrecord.com Briefs Carter leaves musical mark on the Park Academic accolades Leery Colston, daughter of Parkite Wendy Cole and Don Singleton, is a recipient of the Dean's Award for academic aca-demic excellence during , the spring and fall 2004 semesters at Colgate University in Hamilton. N.Y. To qualify for the award, students must get a 3 30 or higher GPA. 4 Jacob Robinson, son of Carol and Edward Robinson11recently graduated with high honor! from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Robinson, who earned a bachelor of arts degree in theater and government, govern-ment, is a graduate of Saint John's School and a resident of Park City. Matt Weight, Park City High School class of 2002, placed on dean's list at Boston University's college of fine arts in the spring 2004 semester. In order to qualify, a student must earn at least a 3.4 GPA. Weight is an acting major and recipient of the Robert Urich Award. , Book of the month As part of her continued effort to promote pro-mote literacy and highlight quality reading material for Utah's children, Gov. Olent Walker has selected "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst as June's book of the month. " "This is a fun book that children of all ages will enjoy," Walker said in a press release. "Everyone has had bad days, and it's good to let children know there are others out there who understand." under-stand." Viorst' s book acquaints children with Alexander, Who starts the day by finding gum in his hair and ends the day by wearing his hated railroad-train pajamas. Throughout the book he describes his day as a "terrible, horrible, horri-ble, no good, very bad" one. His mother moth-er tells him simply but wisely, "Some days are like that." Public school veteran departs high school to bean teaching at Southern Virginia University in the fall By JARED WHITLEY Of the Record staff After five whirlwind years of blessing Park City with her music, choir leader LaRae Carter is leaving to teach college in Virginia. "We hate to leave Park City," she said. "And it's the people that we hate to leave." One of Carter's challenges in running a quality music program has been Park City's emphasis on sports, Carter said. Students get into an athletic mindset in middle school that it's hard to get them out of in high school, she said. "Especially with the boys, because they get their minds set on sports and they don't think they have room for other things," she said. "That's always a challenge to overcome that." One year. Carter said proudly, she had 10 football players in her choir. Overture, curtains, lights A highlight for Carter has been the annual choir trip she takes students on every May. She's taken students to Canada, Mexico, Disneyland, Seattle, and San Francisco. One memory that especially stands out for Carter was the opportunity to sing at an Oakland As baseball team on the San Francisco trip last year. The choir sang pieces to honor the soldiers in Iraq, and were well received by A's fans. Carter said. "I cannot express to you what a thrill it was for these young people to see 30,000 people come to their feet and cheer for them," she said. "I think there's nothing like the thrill at the end of a concert when you see that . S-li ' :-v, "V----'. ;,.'. mtk .'..; is. v , t v l ' ; jr - j -i, ." rot- ' it 4 -.. O r -1 X) r COURTESY OF LARAE CARTER Carter leads the high school choir at an Oakland A's game in 2003. your youngsters have achieved what they set out to do," she said. One of the achievements she's strived for is variety of music. The choir's variety vari-ety of performances reflects her philosophy philoso-phy The Broadway Night features tunes from a specific musical like "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" or "Chicago," whereas the holiday program pro-gram focuses on classical and jazz music. The choir also does either a Renaissance dinner or a Cabaret night, she said. We'll hit the heights Carter has appreciated Park City's emphasis on academics. "If they students stu-dents want to excel in their academics, they'll excel in whatever subjects they take," she said. "It makes for a much higher quality musician." Carter cited several students whose music has stood out during her time in Park City. From the class of 2004, she mentioned "wonderful students" Sydney Brown and Ramona Lambert, "one of our shining stars" Dave Gitlin, and Chris Coonradt. "one of the most well-rounded musicians we've ever had." From 2003, she praised pianist-vocalist-actress Amanda Edwards, harpist Alyssa Smith who helped her with musical arrangements. Carter also mentioned 2000 graduate Jayna Winn, "one of the most outstanding outstand-ing students I've ever had." Carter praised Booster Club President Sherry Hardman for her help in fundraising efforts. Hardman helped organize about five fundraisers per year - dinners, bake sales, shows - to finance the choir's annual tour in May. 'Hie tour usually costs $800 per student for 65 students, stu-dents, Hardman said. "I think that she Carter has just turned these kids into a professional choir, she has just raised the bar," Hardman said. "She's produced some harmonies that are incredible." Principal Hal Smith said. "Its just been delightful. ..We 're sorry to see her go. I was hoping we'd get 10 years from her instead of five. It'll be hard to replace her." The high school's new choir leader will be Derek Furch, pending final approval by the school board in August. Furch has spent the last 20 years teaching teach-ing choral groups at Utah State University. This will be Furch s first full-time full-time foray into public education. "I'm just so impressed with LaRae. I have big shoes to fill." he said. "One of f . X" - 5 ' , , ... COURTESY OF LARAE CARTER LaRae Carter will become a college teacher after leaving her musical legacy at the high school. my goals is not to damage or detract from all she's accomplished." On with the show, this is it Carter will be an adjunct professor at Southern Virginia University, where she will develop a musical theatre class and lead a musical workshop. Carter earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Brigham Young University, and her doctorate doc-torate from Claremont Graduate University in Southern California. She was teaching full-time, so the doctorate program took her eight years. Another reason she and her writer husband, Ron, are Virginia-bound is so he can promote his "Prelude to Glory" series of historical fiction about the Revolutionary War. "My husband and I don't plan to retire," Carter said. "We can't see ourselves our-selves in a rocking chair." She said she's too busy to feel nostalgic nostal-gic though. She and her husband are writing a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Park City, so they "don't have time to be nostalgic. "I don't like to think of leaving the people that we love." she said. "It's time though." Make the Right Connection for Friendly, Efficient Professionalism TTE7T J LJjS If I ! I If' EDELWEISS HAUS 1482 Empire Avenue 05 Wonderful fully fur-riished fur-riished and professionally decorated top floor unit with great ski resort views, many upgrades and large deck. 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