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Show 0 R E M TIMES Page 5 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOM'S AND EDUCATORS Thursday, September 4, 2008 Dramra Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAfF Many (eens have to hit the ground running when August classes resume whether they be student athletes, academicians academi-cians or actors. And ft couldn't be more true for drama students at Mountain Moun-tain View High School where, over the past two weeks, they've participated in competitive com-petitive auditions for roles in the school's upcoming production produc-tion of "The Sound of Music" and October's Shakespeare competition in Cedar City. MVHS Musical Students either celebrated or shed tears Saturday after the final cast list for the popular popu-lar musical were posted late Friday night by Mountain View drama teacher and the musical's artistic director, Nathan Na-than Criman. "I'm guaranteeing this will be a dynamite cast. You've seen these kids in others shows," he said. "You'll remember re-member them." Senior Kyle Hansen, who won the role of Capt. Georg von Trapp, was among the first students to learn their fate after the Friday night football game. Chelsie Shumway, who won the starring role of Maria Rainer, joked fellow cast mate Jane Stowell, who will portray oldest von Trapp daughter Liesl, "You get to kiss Derek Collins cast as Liesl's boy 'Golden Medal Mile' gets students closer to Beijing NORTH COUNTY Cherry Hill Elementary School is 196 miles closer to Beijing. Bei-jing. China. Cherry Hill Elementary Elemen-tary held its first assembly of the year on Thursday to kick of the "Gold Medal Mile" program. The school theme for the 2008-2009 2008-2009 year is "Dream Team." A dream for this school year is to walk as a team to Beijing, China walking 6, 100 miles by May 2009. To kick off the assembly, Leonard Myles Mills from Ghana shared with students the story of his personal experiences experi-ences on his journey to be an NCAA track champion two different dif-ferent times. He was also a gold medalist record holder in the All African Games in 1999 and a two time Olympian in Sydney, Australia, in 2000 and in Athens, Ath-ens, Greece, in 2004, finishing as a 100 meter semif inalist both years. Following his message Thurs- t .t'JLiwX''A i Tiana Cole 3 HEg.X'JCXLCHB For June & July 2009 Summer Tours. 5pm (1) hour meeting. Saturday September 13th. American Fork High School Auditorium. 510 N. 600 E. American Fork Applications handed out Applications need to be returned by mail $1 5000 deposit (Due with application) This is a must meeting if you want to got staodeimts compete for rales friend Rolf GruberJ," she said. Other lead roles went to Joe Lrttlef ield (Friedrich von Trapp), Melinda Furr (Louisa von Trapp) and Mara Vance (The Mother Abbess). Over 98 students and children auditioned audi-tioned for nearly 84 cast spots in "The Sound of Music," Criman Cri-man said. Mountain View's drama department will present the musical Nov. 19-20 and 21-24 at 7 p.m. in the school's auditorium. audi-torium. Contact the school at 227-2400 to purchase tickets. In a way, the selection of The Sound of Music" bring Criman full circle in his career at Mountain View. It was the first musical he directed when he came to the school over a decade ago. "It's something nearly everyone ev-eryone knows ... The movie is one of my favorite movie musicals," musi-cals," he said. "This is a perfect show for the whole family." Adding a new wrinkle to the annual drama production, produc-tion, Criman said the Nov. 20 presentation of "The Sound of Music" will introduce audience audi-ence participation sing-along segments for the community to join in the familiar songs. Ticket holders will also be encouraged en-couraged to dress up as their favorite character from the musical. 2008 Shakespeare Festival Over 30 students auditioned Aug. 20-22 for 14 slots on the A dream for this school year is to walk as a team to Beijing, China walking 6,100 miles by May 2009. day. Mills led 685 students and teachers on the first leg of a mile by walking a cumulative 196 miles around the Cherry Hill Elementary playground area. He told students that his keys to success are eating healthy and daily exercise. Monday was the first school holiday of this year, but it was bittersweet. Although we didn't have to go to school, Labor Day also signified the "official" end of summer. You know, no more wearing white and all that. Everyone who V vf-vK lift MICHAEL RIGERTNorth County Mountain View High School senior drama students Kyle Hansen, Chelsie Shumway and Jane Stowell yuck it up Tuesday after learning over the weekend that they'd been cast in the lead roles of the school's November production of the musical "The Sound of Music. " school's Shakespeare Festival team. The Bruin squad competes com-petes in the largest and most competitive category medium me-dium sized high schools, Criman Cri-man said. "You see some of the finest talent at this level don't ask me why," he said. From monologues to small group and even large group scenes, the students compete is going to be in school at all this fall is now in session, and we high school students feel like we've been in session for a long while now. It's nice to have that day off to catch our breath after the first couple weeks, though. mm , Wj. ' r xi y f fi- ill i 'tft fe I VSm 111 ifl &Zl - III jf 4 1 i school against school and are judged by professionals from the acting industry. There's also a Dance competition compe-tition for dance students and a technical theater Olympics for students on Mountain View's stage crew. Winners receive scholarship offers from Southern Utah University, free tuition at summer sum-mer acting workshops at SUU At school, tests are beginning begin-ning to pop up in most of the classes, as the teachers attempt at-tempt to help us review the material from the first few class periods of the year. Some clubs have had their opening socials already, and are getting set for the rest of the year's activities. 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Ail participants get certificates and one-on-one constructive feedback on their performances from the judges, Criman said. "It's an amazing educational experience," he said. Mountain View's Shakespeare Shake-speare Festival team includes 14 performers, nine dancers and seven technical crew. The competition is Oct. 24. Sosiua Fisiipeau center, a student at Cherry Hill Elementary School in Orem, joins Olympic track athlete Leonard Myles-Mills left and school principal Alisa Hart, as the entire school kicked off their Gold, Medal Mile quest on Thursday for students to total enough walking miles by May to equal the distance to Beijing, China. Though Fisiipeau had just recently gotten his cast off after breaking his ankle, he walked an entire lap with students on Thursday. Cherry Hill Elementary School in your club, and you make friends that you'll have for the rest of the year, if not longer. In addition to getting to know people, socials also usually involve in-volve some sort of fun activities and food, which in itself should be enough to get plenty of club members to come. In case anyone needs a reminder, re-minder, Homecoming is next weekend, so be sure to show up to the football game Friday night. The Homecoming dance una Real GsCafe Presented by Mike and give their properties an edge in the market. Whether selling your home or buying a new home, outstanding results are what sellers and buyers arc depending de-pending on. UTAH VALLEY REAL ESTATE is a full service real estate team. Our agents have a proven track record for outstanding results. You've found the right source for all of your real estate needs. If you have questions, or would like to make an appointment, appoint-ment, please call us at 801-830-9292. Whether it's listing and selling properties, or finding that perfect perfe-ct home, we will work for you and help you achieve your real estate goals. Conveniently located at 315 South 500 East, American Fork we will serve as your personal guide through this exciting process. motes Mountain View High School Homecoming Pep Rally Will be held on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. and will include in-clude a lighting of the "MV" in t he Bruin Bowl. Homecoming Sept. 12 activities ac-tivities Mountain View plays Payson for the Homecoming Home-coming football game on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. A student Homecoming game assembly will be held earlier that morning at 7:45 a.m. and the Homecoming Dance is later that night at 8:30 a.m. Lakeridge Junior High School Play auditions Will continue con-tinue to be today and Friday at 3 p.m. Best of State recognition student assemblies Will be held on Wednesday at 9:35 and 10:50 a.m. Careers and Technology Education (CTE) Assembly Will be held on 1 hursday, Sept. II. Cherry Hill Elementary Assembly to Honor Veterans Veter-ans Will be on Thursday, Sept. 11, Patriot Day. School Carnival Will be held on Friday, Sept. 19. Orem Elementary Steve James student assembly as-sembly and evening concert Steve James will host an assembly for students today at 1 p.m. A concert for the Orem Elementary community commu-nity will be held tonight at 7 p.m. School pictures Will be taken on Wednesday. "Roots of Freedom" Character Char-acter Assembly Will be held on Friday, Sept. 12. School Carnival Will be held on Monday, Sept. 15, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Suncrest Elementary Back to School Night Will be held tonight. Lower grade sessions for students parents kindergarten through second grade will start at 6 and 6:20 p.m.; a general PTA meeting will be held at 6:45 p.m.; and upper grade sessions (345) will be at 7:15 and 7:35 p.m. Final Afterschool Club registration reg-istration For all students will be on Friday at 7:30 a.m. and .3 p.m. is Saturday night, and if you haven't gotten your date yet, I suggest you do that sometime soon. So, now that it's September, school is in full swing, with the occasional day off where students will either play catchup catch-up or take a minute to breathe. With Labor Day over, we've got Fall Break to look forward to in mid-October. It's only about ... a month and a half away. We can make it, bruins. Julie Pierce m amm? c$ also mm lalll f"t f. mw.utahvolleyrealestate.com IR ItyJ !rH Utah 4nv ftwl Est ' |