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Show Thursday, February 15, 2007 Page 6 0 R E M TIMES , . . . .. notes- m IJ Ml', AND IDEA Mountain View choirs set for Broadway concert Michael Rigert Audii'iu 'os lotluniili.' enough tn ;iil-ncl Mount iiin View High S ImkiI's "liro;i(lw;iy 2007" choral concerts next weekend won't only le wowed by students' stu-dents' H i lor rrian( es of some 01 Hroadway's (cst, but will also ! Heated to sM'cial er-loirnaiK er-loirnaiK es by Michael Hallam and other featured guests. I be program for the I eb 2 ' and 21 benefit concerts in- ( hides some of the most memorable memo-rable selections from Broad-wmv Broad-wmv product ions "Wk ked." " I he Music Man," 'Tiddler on the Kool," "l.es Miserables" ,inl others The concerts will show ase the vocal talents ol 22a voices I hat comprise Mountain View I ligh School's looi student choral groups A ( 'appella Choir, Chamber ' In hi , Men's (.'hoi us, and Li-dies Li-dies S mphonic Voices I'.allam, a world-renowned opera singer, professor of music at Utah Stale University and founder and director of the I lab festival )cra Company, will conclude the concerts' first hall with selections including I. I km (Quixote" and " The Impossible bream" Irom "Man ol hi Mancha," said Kosemary Mathews, Mountain View I ligh School's choir director Mathews attended high school with Ballam and attended attend-ed Ins performance in "Man of I .a Mancha" at last year's Utah festival ()MTa in ('ache Valley. "I e-mailed him and he answered an-swered ... 'Rosemary, I'd be delighted to come,'" she said, which thrilled her since Kalinin and the other special guests are donating their talents and time in order to help generate lunds to send the Bruin choirs to a i omK-tition in New York ( 'it y next month. " The perfor mers are coming out of the goodness ol' their own hearts," said Mathews, herself a veteran oera so- Guardsman debriefs students Michael Rigert "Is it loud' Has anyone Ix-en captured'.'" "What do you eat?" "Have eople gotten hurt'.'" "Have you used your gun'r' Those were some of the questions posed by students m Kathryn Rappleye's fourth grade class at West more Elementary El-ementary Sch(x)l to Col. Jerry Acton during his presentation I riday morning. Acton, who has two daughters daugh-ters attending the school, is a full-time member of the Utah Army National (iuard and was borne on a two-week leave during the mid-way point of his one-year deployment to Afghanistan. A 2,'5-year veteran ol the National Ciiiard. Acton is deputy commander of I Corps Artillery and is currently in command of alxmt 250 U.S. and Rumanian troops tasked with I I aining Afghani Army soldiers in eastern Afghanistan. In spite of a short 14-day leave, Acton accompanied by wile Kristy Acton, made several ( lass presentations at West more and a school in Pleasant Grove, experiences he thoroughly enjoyed. "1 love working with kids. I do it with church and Scouts," said Acton, w ho when he eventually even-tually retires from the National ( iuard would like to teach history. his-tory. The colonel apxared well Rebecca Johnson, DryCreek FdniilyPidtlKc Certified Family Nurse Practitioner 766-4214 7 7 (VI M Dnnninn TreoU JJUU MM. nU II III I Wl lt.lX Most insurance Plans Accepted - I KNOW YOUR HOME'S VALUE, ITS NO SECRET CALL TODAY 1-888-482-0340 ext. 100 NO HASSLE - NO OBLIGATION TheBirdDogRealtor.com Dl ' J. Darren Burrup f R 0 M C I A 'j Members of Mountain View High Monduy in irepuration or be featuring Michael Hallam. prano. Other guest performers at "Broadway 2007" include professional pro-fessional soprano I.isanne Norman, Nor-man, K-year-old child theatrical sensation Talon Ackerman, )rem's own Jim Shumway, and a barbershop quartet number num-ber by several Utah and Salt Lake county singers who are also members of the Mormon Tnlx'rnacle Choir. Nancy Sept on, a member of the A Cappella and Chamber choirs, is alto section leader and will provide piano accompaniment accom-paniment for several of the selections. IVepai ing lor all the Broadway tunes has been a blast as well as a refreshing change of pace after the pressure pres-sure of several Christmas performances, per-formances, she said "Now, we're taking a break and doing fun music," she said. l or every $10 general admission admis-sion ticket the students sell for the benefit concert, ,$X will go toward expenses to send the A 1)1 Courlesy Westmore Elementary School Thomas Redford and Amanda Rolim, students in Kathryn Ruppleyc's fourth-grade class at Westmore Elementary School, try on native hcudwear from Afghanistan during Col. Jerry Acton's presentation about his military service in the country. prepared I riday with a complete com-plete presentation including a slide show of soldiers and people he's met in Afghanistan and examples of men's and women's traditional Afghani headgear that he passed around the class for the kids to try on. I'or each slide photo, he had a story or ex)erience to tell, and frequently referred to a map of the country pinned up on the blackboard with a pointer stick. "That comes from briefing generals," Acton joked alxmt his smooth and carefully orchestrated or-chestrated delivery. "They're very particular and they don't RN, MSN Now Accepting New Patients lAu . 1 V. IICJ t'A. Z 1. ,1 - Ji ROOMS AND EDUCATORS MICHAEL RIGERTNorth County School's Men's Chorus rehearse selections from "The Music Man" (.'bond Department's "Broadway 2007" concerts Feb. 23 and 24 Cappella Choir to the Festival of (iold a cappella competition competi-tion in New York City March 22-25, Mathews said. Thirty of the lop high school a cappella cap-pella choirs from around the nation will be at the festival. The Mountain View choral students will also perform at a concert in New Jersey, visit sights in Manhattan, and take in a Broadway performance of "Wicked." Randal Ellsworth is a member mem-ber of the Bruins' Chamber and A Gippella Choirs and will reprise his most recent role during the concerts as the relentless Inspector Javert from the school's production of "I.es Miserables" in a selection selec-tion called "The Confrontation" with nemesis Jean Valjean. I le and other students are ecstatic about the chance to share the same stage with Ballam Bal-lam and other guests. "Mountain View has always had top-level performances ... on life, mission P:-hPi accept mistakes." Though part of a military unit, Acton emphasized that America's mission in Afghanistan Af-ghanistan is not to be foreign occupiers, but to help restore order in the country and help the Afghani people get back on their feet, rid themselves of terrorists and live in freedom. Much of the U.S. soldiers work in humanitarian, he said. "I want people to know we're doing good things, we're making a difference, and people peo-ple need to hear that from the soldiers," Acton said. Kristy Acton, who works as Your Source For... Ornamental Iron Scroll Patterns 7 Huge Selection-Low Prices! METAUfiart Q-3? mlalmartite i l and mil M-r tsam - opm fv5 j 181 South 1200 East Lehl Sat 8am - Noon SAVE Thousands! 1 1 teMmr LtfjM -LJ If you go: What: Mountain View High School Chora! Department's presentation its "Broadway 2007" benefit concert featuring featur-ing several guest performers including the Utah Festival Opera's Michael Ballam When: Friday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Where: Mountain View High School, 665 W. Center Street, Orem Tickets: Tickets may be purchased at 227-2400 ext. 225 or online at www. myschoolfees.com. All tickets tick-ets are $10. Refreshments will be sold at intermission. but when other people come, it just elevates the program," Ellsworth said. in Afghanistan a class aide at Westmore, said it's been awesome having her husband home and after the first day of him being with the family, it was almost like he hadn't been gone. "I'm so not looking forward to taking him to the airport," she said. The school presentations have not only been fascinating eye-openers for the students for whom the Afghani religious reli-gious practice of women wearing wear-ing veils and full-body concealing conceal-ing burkas seems so alien, but they've also been rewarding experiences for Acton and his wife. "He's so proud of what he's doing and it makes me feel proud," she said. It was obvious through word and image Friday that Acton has a healthy respect and interest in learning about the Afghani people and their culture and has even made some good friends. He said the fact that the Afghani society is so family oriented and treats the elderly with respect has a great appeal to him. Yet more than anything, Acton Ac-ton stressed how few Afghani children and adults have any kind of education and the great opportunity Americans have to get a quality education. "I hope they go home and say 'A guy came to our school and he's been to Afghanistan,' because then the parents are learning, too," he said. Iron Decor! SL i Rosettes & Flowers FREE Trials !T2 Intanl torn KBtllU Call Today! All Schools No School Feb. 19 In observance of Presidents Day, there is no school Monday, Feb. 19. Mountain View High School I "Broadway 2007" featuring featur-ing Michael Ballam The Mountain View Choral Department De-partment will present "Broadway "Broad-way 2007" featuring Michael Ballam as Don Quixote Feb. Zi at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at 227-2400 ext. 225 or online at www.myschoolfees.com. All tickets are $10. Refreshments Refresh-ments will be sold at intermission. intermis-sion. I Sweetheart's dance The Sweetheart's Dance is Saturday Satur-day at 8:30 p.m. I Parent-teacher conferences conferenc-es Parent-teacher conferences confer-ences are Wednesday from 3-6:30 p.jn. I Freedom Week Freedom Free-dom Week starts Monday. Lakeridge Junior High School I Community Council meeting meet-ing The Lakeridge Community Com-munity Council will meet Tuesday, Feb. 15, from 12 to 2 p.m. I Multicultural Assembly The multicultural assembly will be held Friday, Feb. 23. I Ninth grade Snowshoe-ing Snowshoe-ing Activity Ninth graders and BYU physical education students will go snowshoeing Friday, Feb. 16. I Midterm Friday, Feb. 16, is the midterm for Lakeridge Lak-eridge students. I Scholarship club The Scholarship Club will meet Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Cherry Hill Elementary School I Fall Kindergarten Registration Regis-tration Tuesday, Feb. 27, will be Fall Kindergarten bruin BRAYDFN SANTO Well Bruins, I'm writing this as I am sick, so "bear" with me. Anyway, this week has been a little bit strange. Today To-day ended the UBSCT, which was what caused this week to be strange. Schedules were flung all over the place and classes were really short, it doesn't get much better. Saturday is the Sweethearts Dance, so get your dates boys. That's basically it for school. Remember my Buick LeSabre? The "Grandma car?" Well, it had its first little encounter with something it didn't like. Basically what happened was I wanted to make an unprotected left-hand turn. I waited until all the cars were gone, and I just assumed at the point where I was going www.heraldextra.comyellowpages Edison Stanford 777 N. 500 W. 005 Doctor's Park Provo 373-5887 Spring Ahead to the Habitat for Humanity Restore! OUTLET PRICES New & Used Building Materials: Cabinets, countertops, lighting, doors, windows, & much Stop hibernating and spruce up your home for Spring! Habitat for Humanity JH9 South 1680 West, Oran QoQfrYO 80 1 344 8527 mwhff," itij 1 1 (Call for directions and hours) Registration for all children turning age 5 by Sept. 1, 2007. Parents need to bring an original copy of the child's birth certification (no photo copies or wallet size copies) and an updated immunization record. Suncrest Elementary School Moms and Muffins Moms will be reading to their second graders and sharing muffins on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 9:30 a.m. Suncrest Storytelling Assembly As-sembly Selected students from grade levels will spin their tales before the entire student body, teachers and parents Friday, Feb. 23, at 9:30 a.m. I Community Council The School Community Council will meet today at 3:45 p.m. I Direct Writing assignment The Direct Writing assessment as-sessment window for the 6th grade starts Tuesday. Vineyard Elementary School I Second Trimester Ends The school's second trimester trimes-ter ends Friday, Feb. 23. t Fall Kindergarten Registration Registra-tion Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. will be Fall Kindergarten Registration for all children turning age 5 by Sept. 1, 2007. Parents need to bring an original copy of the child's birth certification (no photo copies or wallet size copies) and an updated immunization record. Westmore Elementary School I Patriotic Program A first-grade patriotic program will be held at the school, Thursday, Feb. 22, at 12:30 p.m. and again in the evening 6:30 p.m. I Fall Kindergarten Registration Registra-tion Will be held Monday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m. in the cafeteria. that there was a shared left turn lane. I committed, hit the gas and next thing I know, I'm on top of an island barrier, and I hear a sickening scraping noise. I swerve again, nearly missing other cars waiting to turn left. I hit the sidewalk, and pull into a less busy street, and then into a parking park-ing lot. Then I see a big truck following me. I assume the worst, that I had hit it. I guess I was lucky, because I didn't, but the people in the truck said I was leaking something. They helped me determine what I was leaking, and stayed with me till my parents par-ents came. (Who were, by the way, on a date.) To make a long story short, I scraped the transmission transmis-sion fluid pan and lost all of my fluid. I totally broke my car rim, and I need a new alignment. Its not that I'm a reckless driver or anything, I just didn't know the barrier was there. Now I'm out of a car, and I feel really stupid. But I'll get over it. I'll have to if I want to drive again. Hearing Centers on more! pOOiR |