September 17, 2020 • No Comments
Since the start of the school year has been completely virtual, some students have encountered technical issues with the online video platform, Zoom. Every week, multiple...
What is your impression about the first two weeks of online learning?
- Online school is smooth so far, and I haven't experienced any problems. (33%, 2 Votes)
- Online learning is adequate, but I have experienced some issues with online learning. (33%, 2 Votes)
- Online learning is difficult, and I have experienced many problems. (33%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 6
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Yei Bin Andrews, Lifestyle Editor
September 15, 2020 • No Comments
Yearbooks capture a school year’s defining moments. Snapshots of student life and traditions are compiled to create a time capsule of the year that was. With Superintendent...
September 16, 2020 • No Comments
It is common knowledge that young voters are the smallest portion of voters (only 46 percent showing up to the last presidential election polls), a pattern that has been reiterated...
The cast of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" runs Act I during vocal rehearsal.
Freshman Virginia Maguire uses a drill to construct the set for “Sweeney Todd,“ her first Grady Drama production. Students learn technical, mathematical and artistic skills on crew.
Art teacher John Brandhorst and crew members construct a Sicilian caravan for “Sweeney Todd”. Brandhorst believes having everything in the set in order is a challenging yet integral part of planning a show. “Getting the complexity of the set in place so that everything is functioning properly is becoming our number one priority,” Brandhorst said.
Junior Inaya Abdul-Haqq (left), who plays Bird Seller, and Madison Ford, who plays Tobias, run through their scenes during vocal rehearsal with Mr. Hill.
Senior Kai Mehra, who plays Sweeney Todd, performs “My Friends” during vocal rehearsal. “It’s interesting to keep track of the changing character motivations and multiple levels of deception,” Mehra said.
Freshman Isabel Newman (left) and Haven Li review sheet music for “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” after school.
The main set for “Sweeney Todd” was under construction in the Vincent Murray Auditorium before the show was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19.
Junior Nicky Taylor (left) and senior Sam Toole rehearse Scene 8: "Johanna's Room" in the Black Box Theater. Taylor plays Judge Turpin, and Toole plays Anthony in the show.
Art teacher John Brandhorst and crew construct a wooden set piece. The scenery is intended to resemble 1846 industrial London, around Fleet Street.
Senior Elise Livius screws two wood planks together for a set structure using an electric screwdriver. Livius is master carpenter on the crew.
Senior Maddie Thorpe, senior Bradley Colburn-Stanger, senior Sam Toole, sophomore Brady Stroppel and senior Jaden Petee rehearse with chorus teacher Kevin Hill after school.
Senior Elise Livius uses a miter saw to cut a plank of wood for the set.
Freshman Naiomi Partridge and freshman Quavion Turner screw in a wood piece to construct a platform.
Sophomore Anna Rackwalski operates a software called Sinfonia, which performs live orchestra via users tapping the tempo.
Junior Inaya Abdul-Haqq (left), who plays Bird Seller, and Madison Ford, who plays Tobias, run through their scenes during vocal rehearsal with Mr. Hill.
