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Orchesis practices routine for Orange Bowl

The Orchesis will perform for the first time at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on January 5. Angela Fortune, one of the Orchesis directors, received an email from the Bowl Games of America (BGA) last spring.

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• This year’s Children’s Theater will perform The Little Mermaid. Many different versions of The Little Mermaid have been created, but Children’s’ Theater has to decided perform the version written by Marc Robin. Robin is a friend of Marcel Graham, the show’s director. Robin gave Graham complete access to the songs and scripts. While working as the Technical Director/Production Manager at Drury Lane Theater in Evergreen Park Graham has produced this show over 400 times. This show is intended for children, but Graham has some exciting ideas for the sets and the tech work of certain scenes. “I am so excited for this show. Mr. Graham has told us about some of the things he has planed, so it sounds so professional and over the top! I am very proud to be a part of this show. I think that all around it is going to be wonderful,” Allie Noland, freshman and part of the ensemble for this show, said. The show has a lot of similarities to the popular version created by Disney. Both musicals were taken from Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale version. However, there are some differences, including the main characters and important scenes. Graham and the other drama department heads have also changed things to suit the schools purposes more. The Little Mermaid will be performed on February 5 at 7pm, February 6 at 2 pm, and February 7 at 2pm. For any more information, including cast lists, ticket prices, and more, visit the school’s drama department website. #
• This year’s final exam schedule will be experiencing a change from last years’. In previous years, ninth period has been on day three and eighth period on day two. This year, ninth period will be on day two and eighth period will be on day three. Sixth and seventh period finals will switch order but still remain on day three. “The times are still the same, so the finals are still an hour and a half with fifteen minutes [in] between finals,” Eric Hamilton, assistant principal of curriculum and instruction, said. The change was made by the building administration. The newly changed schedule will benefit students in double period classes such as AP chemistry, AP biology, AP physics, and double period Algebra CP. “The finals schedule was changed to accommodate double period classes since we added a section in AP chemistry and there is a double period 7th and 8th periods and also 6th and 7th period so we had to make changes that would work with those classes,” Hamilton said. Finals will be held on January 19, January 20, and January 21. #