Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2017, Page 70

Description:	A NIGHT TOREMEMBERMany politically involved people in thecommunity, South students included,will be watching the 2016 Presidentialelection on Tuesday, November 8th.Senior Carson Morse will be viewingthe election proceedings and outcomeat his house on the Fox News channel.Similarly, sophomore Patrick Walshwill be watching CNN, waiting for theresults of the election betweenpresidential candidates Donald Trumpand Hillary Clinton.I have been very involved withboth candidates these past fewmonths and am very anxiouslywaiting on the results.SENIOR CARSON MORSEIn my opinion, the election processhas been dragged out this year. Immore than ready to be informed ofthe winning candidate.SOPHOMORE PATRICKWALSHBRUNDIBARStages Bloomington and The Jewish Theatre of Bloomington put on a showing of Brundibaron the second weekend of November 2016. The show tells the story of a Jewishcommunity in 1930s Czechoslovakia.This past fall, local youth theatre company StagesBloomington put on a childrens opera production thatfeatured many students from Bloomington High SchoolSouth. Brundibar is a play that was originally written in the1930s when Germany occupied Prague, it and was writtenby by composers Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister. Aproduction was then brought to life by the kids of aconcentration camp in Czechoslovakia, and it is reenactedoften today. Brundibar is a childrens opera about twochildren who are in desperate need of money to get milk fortheir sick mother. The play teaches a lesson about hardwork and determination.South senior William Riggert has had the opportunityto be a part of Stages for two years now. Last year he wascasted in the production The Secret Garden, and this yearhe played the part of a policeman in Brundibar. Since thisparticular play mainly features younger children, highschoolers such as Riggert were given smaller parts. Riggertis also a member of Stages Artists in Residence Programwhich takes high school juniors and seniors along withcollege freshmen to work with the younger kids on theproductions throughout the year, Riggert said.Riggert enjoyed his experience during Brundibar. Its reallymeaningful, even though at surface layer its kind of a sillyplay, he said. He was able to work with the kids a lotthroughout the process of putting it all together, and sincethe play is so complex, it was interesting for him to see whatthe kids thought about it. We had to have kind of a sterntalk with them about the meaning, but I think it wasbeneficial for both parties, Riggert said.Along with Riggert, South sophomore MeghanMcCarthy was also cast in Brundibar. This was McCarthysfirst production, and she was cast as a member of the adultchorus, which helped the audience understand the plot.McCarthys favorite part of the production was the end. Inthe finale, everyone merged and went into the audience.Meanwhile, Brundibar disappeared into the back,McCarthy said. They were able to do this using fireextinguishers. According to McCarthy, the time period inwhich the play was written had a big effect on the plot. Shesaid that the character Brundibar was supposed toresemble Hitler, and the play was supposed to be as itwould be during the Holocaust.- RILEY EURTONV701 Community ! OBAMA PUTS AN END TO THE WET FOOT, DRY FOOT POLICY 1/121 SCIENTISTS DECLARE THAT 2016 WAS THE
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