Ben Stryker: the man behind the Courant cartoons

Catherine Chiocchi
Arts Editor

When deadlines creep up on the Courant reporters and editors, the journalism room becomes a blur of crazed and anxious reporters, searching for an interesting graphic to add a visual appeal to an article. Sometimes, the usual picture or Photoshop graphic doesn’t fit the bill. In an attempt to spice up the aesthetics of our publication, while also adding a dash of humor, we turn to our go-to guy for a witty cartoon. Whenever he’s called upon, junior Ben Stryker willingly picks up his pen and churns out cartoon after cartoon to help us out…

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…

“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…”

Rams shut out North Haven in CIAC quarterfinals

Doug Reilly
Reporter

On Saturday March 15th, the boys hockey team defeated the North Haven Indians with a score of 4-0 at Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport. Next up for the Rams is Fairfield Prep in the semifinals, a match-up everyone has been waiting for all season.

After a few sloppy back-and-forth minutes to start off the game, junior forward Jimmy Joe Granito made a big hit in the neutral zone close to center ice. Despite taking a minor penalty on the play, the Rams woke up…

Nor’easter wreaks havoc

Sara McCloskey
Managing Editor

April showers have yet to begin, but the March nor’easter brought high winds and plenty of rain this past weekend. New Canaan was declared ‘in a State of Emergency’ on Sunday, and the havoc is still on our streets.

The tree damage has been devastating in most areas. Colin Brown, an Environmental Educator at the New Canaan Nature Center, has been living on site for a year and a half at the Center and has never seen this kind of devastation there. “Around 15 to 20 trees probably fell; six or seven trees blocked the trails,” Mr. Brown said. “The rain wasn’t that bad, it was a normal March or April rain, but the wind was very strong…”

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