 Join the high school choirs TONIGHT at 7:00PM in the high school auditorium for the annual spring concert and senior recognition. Celebrate another great year of singing and making music with performances by the Women's Choir, Symphonic Choir, Bows, Arrow, and North Hills Singers. Our 40 graduating seniors will be recognized as well.
North Hills High School is up for eight Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater for its recent production of “Tuck Everlasting." The musical, which was performed at the high school in March, is nominated in the following categories:
"We are ecstatic and humbled by the Gene Kelly nominations received for a show we all loved creating," said Lauren Sarazen, the musical's director. "We are also excited for the students to have the opportunity to perform on the Benedum stage!" The Gene Kelly Awards began in 1991 as a means to recognize and encourage student achievement and to focus the attention of the community and school districts on the importance of musical theater and arts education. This year’s awards ceremony will be held on May 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. View the complete list of nominees here.  North Hills High School Drama Club will present its annual Student Showcase on May 10 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Admission is $5 at the door, with proceeds benefiting the drama club’s fall play and spring musical productions.
The Showcase program is almost entirely student-run – from selection of materials to auditions and rehearsals to stage management. Drama Club members will sing songs from Broadway musicals, present dance routines, and act out scenes from plays, musicals, or movies. In addition, 19 students will be recognized for achieving membership into the International Thespian Society (ITS), the honor society for secondary school theatre students. Membership is granted based on achievements in the school's theatre program, such as participation in any aspect of the fall play or spring musical productions. Thespian troupes include students in grades 9-12 who have completed at least 100 hours of excellent work. Students continue to earn ITS points beyond induction to achieve progressively higher honors. Academic achievement is rewarded as well – with a GPA of 3.5 or higher earning scholar distinctions. Both current ITS officers and new officers for the 2019-2020 Drama Club will receive recognition. We have 39 seniors graduating from the choral program this year! To honor them, the choral parents have organized a senior banquet with a catered dinner to be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 6:30PM in the High School Cafeteria. Each senior will be recognized and given a plaque, and a slideshow will be shared. Cost is $15 per person to cover the caterer and to allow each senior to attend for free. We need to get a count to the caterer by April 30, so please RSVP and pay for your ticket online ASAP! Thanks, and we hope to see you there! BABY & SENIOR PICTURES NEEDED!
As part of the banquet, Mr. Cloonan puts together a slide show featuring each senior. To make it a little more interesting, we like to show a baby or younger photo first, then the current photo to see if people can figure out who the student is. Please send the photos you would like to include for your senior to northhillschoirs@gmail.com (please don't sent to Mr. Cloonan directly to avoid it being lost in all of his other emails!) and make sure to include the name of the senior in the email or name of the file. Please complete this by FRIDAY, MAY 3 to give him the weekend to work on the slide show. Thanks to all involved in making our spring performance tour to New York City and Messiah College successful and memorable! |
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