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Cutting it close

Cantalope — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:43:01 +0000

Boy’s basketball etched out a win at Swarthout Fieldhouse against crosstown rivals CMR. The boys had a 10-0 defecit to overcome in the first quarter, but thanks to the late game heroics of Shyke Smalls and Dylan Tatarka, the boys were able to pull off a victory 48-44.

Check out the link below for coverage and highlights of the annual crosstown showdown.

Boys Crosstown

Watching and suffering: SAG awards show

smoltzan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:15:09 +0000

On Sunday January 29th over two hours of my life, that I can never get back, became solely dedicated to what was described as the ” ‘Oscars’ for all actors “. As an optimist I figured that during this tedious show there would be an act or a speech that made it all worth watching or added depth of some sort to the program. Again my expectations fell flat.

How this union has managed to obtain enough viewers to justify it’s time slot on telivision for the past eighteen years aludes me.

Although it was nice to see recognizable figures such as Betty White win the awards refered to as “actors” favorites such as the casts of ’Glee’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ were trumped by lesser known titles such as ‘The Artist’ . Not even Leonardo Dicaprio was able to take away an “actor” from this. Congradulations to “The Help’ and ‘Modern Family’ for taking away many “actors” for their preformances.

Back to the title of the award. An actor receiving an “actor” for acting? Clearly not a lot of imagination went into that title, but if you are going to be an ‘Oscar’ spin off please put more dedication into it.

All in all if you spent your Sunday night locked in a room watching paint dry for two hours you probably took away a better experience than those who watched the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. Lets hope that the Oscars are a much better experience.

Jazz Workshop gives opportunities to students

KatieRider — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:13:18 +0000

GFHS’s jazz band, the Blue Notes, and Rhapsody Choir had their annual visit from University of Idaho teachers, who came and set up clinics for individual instruments. The clinicians came and began instruction for the students on the first Thursday after break and the students had two days to prepare for a concert that was the following Friday night. They come to spread the joy and effect music can have on a person. Vern Sielert explained, “The world needs more people who appreciate good music.”

Both days were great opportunities for the students to be able to work with adults who work in the field of music. The teachers were hands on, and they really enjoyed being at GFHS teaching students from both public high schools. Sielert said, “There is a great connection between all of these great people. It is a privilege to work with these talented young artists and musicians.”

The clinicians came and worked with the students on their individual songs, improvisation (where a single instrument comes out through the band with a solo with only one or two accompanying rhythm instruments), and individual sections of the band. Dan Bukvitch worked with the choir and percussion, Vern Sielert worked with trumpets, Jon Anderson worked with rythm instruments (bass, guitar, piano, and vibes) Vanessa Sierlert worked with the saxaphones and Alan Gemberling worked with the trombones.CMR comes to GFHS for the clinics as well, and the two schools collaborate and play two songs that are heavy in improvisation, while the two jazz choirs sing all of their songs together. Bukvitch, who conducted both the choir and the bands, said, “I can see from watching them, even in this short amount of time, that everyone here has the passion to work hard. They all are very talented, and they all wanted to be here.”

The concert was an incredible success, and you could clearly tell that everyone on the stage was having an incredible time. From a passionate and expression-filled song the choir preformed with a featured violinist to joyous, carefree jazz songs with unexpected improvisations. Anderson said, “Everyone rose to the occasion to this year and it turned out to be one of the better years.”

Boys Basketball

GreyWolf — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:50:32 +0000

Boys Basketball

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Boys Basketball

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Boys Basketball

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Boys Basketball

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Boys Basketball

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Boys Basketball

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