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Month: March 2010

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Scholarship Sunday looks to build on last year’s success

Kelly Saiz
Reporter

This Sunday, March 28th, the Scholarship Foundation will host its annual Scholarship Sunday. During the drive, student volunteers will go door to door to ask for contributions from New Canaan residents.

Tomorrow students will attend an “American Idol” themed assembly that will feature an informational video and speakers. The assembly encourages students to sign up and volunteer for the drive.

For 43 years, the foundation has reached out to town merchants and residents in order to fund the extended education of high school students. Harry Coleman, an affiliate of Colombia University and distinguished New Canaan resident started the foundation in 1967. Principal and foundation Chairman Tony Pavia says that the program has been an unquestioned force in providing for the academic careers of students…

Arts & Tech Featured

Spring Instrumental Music Concert brings music to the auditorium

Catherine Chiocchi
Arts Editor

At 7 pm last night, orchestra and band students flooded the Lapham Auditorium with music for the Spring Instrumental Music Concert.

The orchestra, conducted by Orchestra Director Leo Ficks, took to the stage first. They played five songs, ranging from classical to modern. Since the bassists are “often lost on the back of the stage”, Mr. Ficks brought them to the front to play Basses Loaded. Each bassist performed a solo in this piece and was accompanied by the rest of the orchestra. Mr. Ficks noted that size and quality of the five-person bass section was impressive for a high school orchestra…

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Don’t faint! The search for the perfect prom dress

Danielle Sorcher
Reporter

Junior and senior prom are coming up, and quickly. The juniors are scrambling to find dates for their April prom, and the seniors are waiting for their turn in May. Though both proms are both a little ways away, girls have already begun searching for their perfect dresses.

Prom dress shopping started fairly early. “When did I start looking? Last year,” junior Katie Van Veghel said. “No, but really…”

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“And a Child Shall Lead” participates at Connecticut Drama Association Festival

Francesca DeRosa
Reporter

This weekend, the cast and crew of the fall drama And a Child Shall Lead took their play to Greenwich High School for the Connecticut Drama Association (CDA) festival. They performed at 3:30 in the afternoon on Friday, the first of eleven participating schools.

Junior Nick Zanca, who played Martin Lowy, explained how unusual it was to perform the show twice and in two different venues. “What’s interesting about this show compared to other shows I’ve been in at the high school is that the rehearsal process was elongated,” he said. “After our run of the show in October, I wasn’t as upset as I usually get after the final performance, because we all knew we had more to do with the show. Once we got back into rehersal about a month ago and started cutting, everything was already memorized. We all knew this show like the back of our hands…”

Headline News

It’s getting hot! Spring Fever is here

Maureen Dinnie
Photo Editor

From the moment the last flake of snow melts into the ground, Spring Fever is in full swing. Though Connecticut temperatures only max out at around 70 degrees, students are not taking any sunny days for granted.

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Some warmer states may call it crazy, but students are taking complete advantage of the warmer days, at least clothing-wise. “It’s acceptable to start wearing flip-flops or sandals starting in March, assuming that it’s not still snowing,” junior Kimmy Glerum said…

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