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Show OREM TIMES Page 1 NEWS AND 'IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Thursday, February 21, 2008 n Canyon View presents 'Me and My Girl' I r Melissa Mayntz NORTH COUNTY STftfF There is high humor and dry British wit at Canyon View Junior High this week as the drama department presents pres-ents the British musical comedy com-edy "Me and My Girl," with performances beginning tonight to-night and continuing through Wednesday, including a special matinee performance 4 at 1:30 pin. Saturday. All evening eve-ning performances begin at 7 p.nt and there is no show on Sunday. Tickets are $5 each,, with a one night immediate family pass available for $25 and a full run, five night, five guest pass available for $120. Me and My Girl" tells the story of Bill Snibson, a lost heir to a British fortune who is discovered dis-covered living as a commoner. His confidence in himself but his naivete with proper decorum deco-rum leads to hilarious results as he encounters the British upper class. British productions are not frequent choices for school musicals, but drama teacher Kate O'Reilly chose the show because of the strength of the dancers interested in performing perform-ing this year and because of its lighthearted, humorous plot and heartwarming characters. "It's so delightfully funny," she said. "It has some of the most charming characters ever written into British musical theater." Getting ready for the show has been no laughing matter, however. Because there is a lot of tap dancing in this musical, musi-cal, interested students took a 12-week introduction to tap class at the beginning of the school year to prepare for November's No-vember's casting calL Proper British accents from different regions have also been a challenge, chal-lenge, and the more than 70 students involved in the show have had language coaching to perfect their speaking even after they'd memorized their lines. "It's been really hard to get the pronunciations but it's way fun," Katie Loomis. who plays the show's villain, Maria Dene, said. Furthermore, the content of the production has also had some cultural challenges, according ac-cording to O'Reilly. r "Understanding British humor hu-mor has been a challenge but once the students get it they laugh their heads off," she said. Even when they don't quite get the joke, working on the musical has been fun for the students. "We all just have a riot with all the background bloopers," Cayel Tregeagte, who stars at Bill Snibson, said. That behind the scenes laughter has helped bring the cast closer as friends, according ac-cording to O'Reilly. She is impressed with the students' dedication and their polite, pleasant behavior, even while their on stage characters may be more rowdy. "These are some of the best kids I've ever worked with," she said. "This is one of those casts that has become family." Even the closest families have challenges, however, and "Me and My Girl" has had wonderful support from volunteers vol-unteers to help make the production pro-duction possible Parents have provided after school snacks for the students, arranged a rehearsal schedule mailing list, coordinated costume laundry, helped patrol the halls and even helped with homework. "When the kids aren't needed need-ed right at that point, we have a homework area in the cafeteria," cafete-ria," O'Reilly said. For many students, participating partici-pating in this musical meant deciding not to participate in sports or other extracurricular activities, but that is a choice they don't regret. "It gets pretty tough but we still love doing it," Carson Davies, who plays Sir John Tremayne, said. What aren't tough are the smiles, laughter and fun of this lighthearted production. From the first line to the final curtain, the audience will find themselves transported to a different culture and a different differ-ent time, but they'll alv, ays come away with a smile. tiger Briana Reyes We've all sat and listened to a speech where all that sticks out is how many times the speaker said "uh. urn. like, ya know," and so oa We've all probably been capable of speaking like this as well Why though? Why do we feel the need to use these words that do nothing but take away from a conversation conversa-tion or talk. Students, especially especial-ly teenagers, unfortunately, are the ones who use these words the most We no longer speak as educated people, but rather sound as if though we are learning the language for the first time. I can expect these words from a person who is just barely learning English, but we need to eliminate these words from our daily speech I was sitting in a class the other day and we were exchanging ex-changing stories. The first girl that spoke used the word "like" about 16 times, while ' the "urns" were impossible to count. Everyone in the class noticed, the funny thing is though each person who said something about it went on to use the same words while they were talking. "So, like, I was at Disney World and we were like going go-ing to eat, well um..." It was so sad that we can no longer carry on a regular conver-sation conver-sation without using these meaningless words. I've noticed no-ticed the reason why so many people say "uh or "um" is because be-cause they are needing time to process their thoughts but rather than pausing they use these words that make them sound foolish. I, myself, have been capable of using these words. For many we've just picked up on the habit from others and now don't really notice what we sound like. Cutting back on using these words, as ridiculous as it may sound, is not the easiest thing to do. however if we catch these errors now we will notice how much more intelligent intelli-gent we sound when not using them Orem High School Artists congratulated OHS congratulates Annie Biegler, Jennie Cross, Nellie Dayton, Angie Maughan, Yuki Sambo-ngi Sambo-ngi and Adriane Skousen for having their artwork accepted to be in the Springville Museum Mu-seum of Art All-State show. Midnight movie There will be a midnight movie at the Festival Cinemas on Friday to raise money for ballroom dance. Call 227-8765 for details. Blue and Gold Week Feb. 25-29 is Blue and Gold Week to celebrate the spirit of OHS. AD students are invited to participate par-ticipate in activities throughout the week. Canyon View Junior High School toy opens today Canyon View Junior High b pleased to present "Me and My Orf opening today at 7 pjn. in the school auditorium. Performances Perfor-mances wffl continue through Wednesday with a special 1:30 pm matinee on Saturday. There wiH be no show m Sunday. Sun-day. Tickets are $5 per person or $25 for a one night family pass. A $120 six night family pass is also available. Cascade Elementary School Kindergarten registration ' Kindergarten registration is Monday. The student's original birth certificate and immunization immuni-zation records are required, as well as proof of residency within Cascade's boundaries. Call the Main Office for details. Community Council The School Community Council wifl meet Wednesday at 4 pm. literacy Week Cascade Etementary will celebrate Literacy Lit-eracy Week Feb. 25-29 with a wide range of activities, including includ-ing a book exchange, library lunch contests and a read-a-thon. Cal 227-8707 for more mformatioin. Foothill Elementary School Pndei gartea i egfcti aliun Kindergarten registration b Tuesday from 9 am to noon in room 132. Parents wffl need to msm 2,130-Sq Ft -Granite'Slal Starting in ttte S170S 1 1 OntSE' 1 E Cedar frails Way Eagk Mountain TrailheadTowmfoomesxom Cheryl Knowltom 380-8900 w wm Treatment by allergy I specialists for difldrenandGduttsmih V asthma and allergies to: PLANT POLLENS FOODS PETS INSECT VENOM MOLDS bring their child's original birth certificate, immunization records re-cords and proof of residency to complete the registration. Qui 227-2465 for details. Parenting seminar There will be free parenting seminar semi-nar at Foothill Elementary on Wednesday at 730 p m. in the Media Center. The topic is Fostering Positive Behavior Change. Child care will be provided pro-vided during the meeting and all parents are welcome to attend. at-tend. Additional seminars will be heM throughout March Read-A-Tho The February Febru-ary Read-A-Thon ends Feb. 28. All reading completed outside of school hours should be recorded on reading togs provided by teachers. Students who reach their weekly goals will be eligible for prizes. Hillcrest Elementary School Information sought Parents Par-ents are urged to fill out the requested information form to help Hillcrest FJementary retain its Title I status. Title I provides extra funding for many valuable programs. CaB 227-8717 for more infonnatkm. Scera Park Elementary School Avthor to visit BestseUing author Brandon Mull will be visiting Scera Park today to promote literacy and imagination. imagina-tion. Third through sixth-grade students will attend a special assembly with the author. Call 227-8730 for details. Krispy Kreme fundraiser Krispy Kreme fundraising cards are available for $10. Half of the cost goes directly to Scera Park. Contact Qenda Tohnan for details. Paretitfteadier conferences Parent teacher conferences are Feb. 27-28. The book fan-will fan-will be open during conferences. confer-ences. Call the Main Office for more information and available conference appointment times. 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