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Arts & Tech

Junior Harrison Miller chronicles experience at BUTI summer camp

Audrey Piehl
Arts & Entertainment Editor

When most students think of “band camp,” usually one of two scenarios emerge. The first being a clumsy but content marching band, clad in unflattering ruffles. The second, a certain scene from a certain nineties cult classic. However, it just so happens the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), junior Harrison Miller’s summer program of choice, does not meet any of these criteria. In fact, BUTI is the most prestigious summer orchestra program in the world. Under the guidance of the elite Boston Symphony Orchestra and other professionals, BUTI is an artistic haven, driven by the passion and skill of those who attend. From a 7:30 a.m. wake up everyday to many music-filled late nights, it’s really quite the experience.

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Students review summer concert experiences

Charlie Dorf
Senior Editor

Summer means a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it’s a trip to a summer house in the boonies, and for others simply an escape from the demands of the school year. Summer, however, is universally accepted as a time to relax and enjoy oneself, and for many this comes in the form of summer concerts. Several students submitted their own summer concert experiences below.

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Students and faculty comment on possibilities of humor in art

Charlie Dorf
Senior Editor

In theatre, there is the happy mask and the sad mask. Shakespeare wrote tragedies like Macbeth and Hamlet, yet he also wrote comedies like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Love’s Labors Lost. Norman Rockwell painted pieces about the problems of segregation and racism, but also drew light-hearted pictures of somewhat caricatured American life. Humor, for many artists, is an effective means of adding meaning to a piece of art, taking the picture or photo beyond its simple aesthetic appeal…

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Theater students take a stroll through “The Secret Garden”

Harrison Burt
Reporter

On June 3 the NCHS Drama Department premiered the spring production of The Secret Garden . Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the play tells the story of an orphaned girl named Mary Lennox, who is sent to India to live with her widowed Uncle Archibald. The cast also includes the sibling servant duo Martha and Dickens, Archibald’s lost love Lily and devious brother Neville, and various regal ghosts.

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Student artwork displayed in Senior Art Exhibit

Audrey Piehl
Arts & Entertainment Editor

As students stroll through the lobby they will find themselves immersed in a free-of-charge art gallery. However in place of Van Gogh, Picasso or Monet, the new generation of art is expressed through the works of the class of 2011. The Senior Art Exhibit, officially presented on the night of May 23rd, displays the works of, you guessed it, the seniors.

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