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Thursday, November 10, 2011
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Mr. Maggie Walker Auditions, conducted by Mr. White and fellow judges, were held on November 14-17 during lunch in the Black Box, in an attempt to identify male MLWGS students who are all-rounded and charismatic.
“We told them our talents” said Theo Scafidi (’15). I’m going to be playing guitar and catching skittles in my mouth at the same time.”
The auditions, which were open to all interested male students from any grade, strived to find unique qualities within participants.
“They want me to do skateboarding tricks” said Jackson Tarasovic (’15).
Although awareness for this competition had been promoted throughout MWLGS by form of flyers and pre-lunch announcements, not many people showed up to auditions.
“We [Theo and I] auditioned together last Monday” said Tarasovic. There were not many people.”
Although participants of Mr. Maggie Walker are unsure of the actual date where they will perform their talents, much excitement is present within the individuals for this event.
The MLWGS freshman class has begun planning for the annual winter dance and lock-in that will occur on December 9th, that evening to the following morning. They have even made Facebook group.
"I started the group to get ideas rolling and to promote the dance," said Isaac Steincamp ('15), I wanted to create a central location for all of the ideas." The group was made on November 3rd.
A meeting will be held in room 104 on November 22nd during lunch for all those interested in planning the event. "This is a chance to gather all of our ideas and be prepared to suggest something to Mr. Waller for approval," said Steincamp.
A new idea being presented this year is to implement a theme into the event. "None of the recent freshmen dances have had themes before," said Steincamp, "And it is a chance to make the dance seem more relevant."
"A neon or rave theme would be cool," said Laura Fuhr ('15). Rave is a combination of neon and black.
"It is important to plan the best dance possible to build on our reputation," said Steincamp. Other freshmen agree. "I think [without planning] the dance would be in complete and utter chaos," said Taylor Hawkins ('15).
The MLWGS Robotics team hosted the 10th Annual First Lego League (FLL) Competition on Saturday, November 19th in the MLWGS auditorium. The event had many spectators and was aided by Robotics team members.
“We get to watch the matches and basically play with Legos,” said Christine Gao (’12), Leader of Mechanics and Design of the MLWGS Robotics team.
The FLL Competition consisted of 24 mostly middle- and elementary-school teams, divided into two divisions. They competed in a research project and a robot-design portion. Teams that received the top rankings in their division qualified to advance.
Christine helped set up the course that the robots had to navigate, and thought that the competition overall was “fun.”
“It was a fantastic experience for all involved,” said Mrs. Sandy Furman, one of the directors.
With all its fairies, love spells, and balloon bosoms in tow, the cast and crew of MLWGS students performed a 1950's twist on the classic Shakespearean comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. From November 17-19, the doors to school auditorium were open to all that wished to view the production.
For a fee of $5 ($7 for adults), students were able to witness a play which has been described as "entertaining" and "funny and witty" by the audience. However, many individuals agree that the show's generally positive reception has been due to one factor in particular.
"The Shakespeare play was hard to identify with at first, but the acting was excellent and really made the play," said Ben Bouers ('15). "I think the actors were excellent."
"I loved the actors," said Abby Dallas ('15), another student that saw the play. "I am actually like in love with some of them."
It seems that most of those involved with the play were very happy with the final production overall. Assistant director, Georgina Coffey described the show as “completely and totally” successful. Those in the audience appeared quite pleased as well.
“I would say that it [the play] went over well, and a lot of people really liked it,” said Abby Dallas (’15)
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