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Volume 74 No. 4
Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
February 4,1998
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Grimsley football's Coach Smouse was recently
named Coach of the Year by "North Carolina
Prep Athlete Magazine."
The PTSA's Project Graduation Committee
invites all seniors and juniors to submit a de
sign for the Class of'98 T-Shirt. The creator of
the design which is selected will receive a $50
prize. The deadline for submissions is March
2. For more information, contact Ms. Harrison
in the Grimsley Art Department or Ms. Cathy
Bayliss at 854-5562.
Students in Mr. Degraffinreaidf s masonry class
are repairing brick comer and trim work in the
grove area. This restoration is being done at
no cost to Grimsley. Students include Shawn
Shaw from Grimsley, Ben Crandell from
Andrews, and Tony Usher from Northeast.
The TWIRP dance will be held on Saturday
February 14 from 8 p.m. until midnight at The
Painted Plate. Tickets are $15 each and may
be purchased during the week of Monday, Feb
ruary 9 through Friday, Febmary 13. Students
who attend the Grimsley vs. North Forsyth
baketball game on Friday, Febmary 6 will be
able to purchase two tickets for $25.
Madrigals to grace the famous stage at Carnegie Hall
Mega Talent Fest '98, a talent night sponsored
by Grimsley SECME/GAMSEC and Hip Hop
to Success, will be held Febmary 28, 1998, at
7 P.M. in the Grimsley auditorium. Tickets
are $5. Prizes will be awarded to the top acts
in Vocal, Instmmental, Hip Hop, Dance, Step,
Comedy, or Variety categories. See Ms. Toon
in the Media Center for more details.
By Mary Kristen Kelly and
Meredith Lemon
Reporters
Grimsley’s Madrigals first graced the stage
of New York City’s Carnegie Hall in 1987.
Now, 11 years later, they are returning as the
featured choir on March 22nd. The Gold Mad
rigals will have the stage to themselves for 15
minutes of fame.
Though the Madrigals sang in
the 1987 Hundredth Anniversary
of Carnegie Hall, this will be their
firstyear to perform as the featured
choir. Both the Silver and Gold
Madrigals will sing with the mass
choir, which includes every high
school that was accepted to attend
the festival. After this 30 minute
performance, the mass choir will
exit the stage, leaving the 25 Gold
Madrigals in tire spotlight. “It’s
going to be one of the most memo
rable experiences of my life,” said
sophomore and Gold Madi'igal
Annie Phillips.
To audition, the Madrigals sent three years’
woith of performance tapes and resumes com
plete with performance records dating back
to 1980. The Madrigals competed with high
school groups from many different states such
as Minnesota, Rhode Island, Oregon, and
Georgia.
Not eveiy group who auditioned for the Na
tional Youth Choir Festival ‘98 at Carnegie Hall
will have the honor of singing in the mass choir,
let alone sing as the featured choir. I’m really
nervous about performing for such a huge audi
ence, but I feel confident that it will pass as soon
as I step out onto the stage,” said Jo Arminox, a
Freshman and Silver Madrigal. “The Madrigals’
performing at Carnegie Hall is like our football
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Madrigals perform at Rcnaissanc Festival in Davidson, Nc.
team playing in the super bowl.” said Ms. Force,
the Madrigals’ director.
As the featured choir, the Madrigals will give
a 15 minute performance during which they will
sing their signature piece “Several Madrigals,”
several English art songs, and will close with a
patriotic piece. “Because of the New York trip,
we’ve had to work harder on our music and have Force.
therefore become a closer, tighter choral en
semble,” said Tom Earp, a Junior and Gold
Madrigal.
Although their main focus on the New York
trip will be the Carnegie Hall performance, once
their plane lands, the Madrigals and Advanced
Chorus plan to spend an ample amount of time
seeing the sights of New York City. They plan
to tour Ellis Island and the Statue ofLiberty along
with the Empire State Building. Part
of the group has decided to see
Broadway plays such as “Renf ’ and
“Tlie Phantom of the Opera.” Tliey
also hope to have backstage tours
of both the Radio City Music Hall
and the Metropolitan Opera.
Due to the expense of the trip,
roughly $800 per person, the
Madrigals and Advanced Chorus
held several fund raisers in the
fall. These included the annual
yard sale, a cheesecake sale, a
bowl-a-thon, and several choral
department coffee houses.
Though singing at Carnegie Hall is con
sidered quite an accomplishment, the Madri
gals have many more trips planned for the
future such as a performance in Salzburg,
Austria next spring. “The Carnegie Hall per
formance as well as others in our future will
finally put Grimsley on the map,” said Ms.
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Playmasters to perform "David and lisa"
By Matt Hodgin
Reporter
Lately you might have noticed people ab-
sentmindedly walking the halls reciting lines to
themselves or even costumed students in the
auditorium after school. This can mean only
one thing: Playmasters is at work again.
Playmasters is a student club which is open
to both drama and non drama students that meets
after school and works to put on theatrical per
formances to be shown in front of the school.
“Playmasters is ran by Mr. Zaraba, a wonder
ful leader who guides students in the right di
rection, but also leaves the play up to the stu
dents,” says Martin Hundley, a sophomore.
“The most unique thing about Playmasters
is the fact that it is, to a certain degree, ran by
students. This allows students to become as
involved as they like in the production of tire
play. Thestudents’effortplusthestudents’de
sire equals the overall quality of the play,” says
Hundley.
Many students feel that Playmasters does not
get the recognition it should. “I don’t think that
Playmasters gets remotely close to the amount of
attention it deserves. A lot of hard work goes into
the preparation a of show, and it’s disappointing
when only a handful of people come to see it,”
says Robbie Griffin, a senior, who plays the role
of David in the upcoming play.
Griffin is excited about tlie play’s potential.
“1 think “David and Lisa” is one of the strongest
scripts we’ve come up with in a long time. If any
one show has the best shot at winning over new
fans for us, I think this is it,” says Griffin.
“David and Lisa” is about a troubled youth
named David who has problems relating to his
peers. David’s parents send him off to a spe
cial school to work out his psychological prob
lems. At this school, he meets Lisa, who has a
split personality, and over the course of the
play, he comes to face his own problems by
helping Lisa with hers.
Because “David and Lisa” is an older play
that has already been made into a movie,
Playmasters is striving to keep the plot as mod
em and fresh as possible. "Playmasters will strive
to keep its version modem with shorter scenes
(like the film), and there will more of a variety
of scenes,” says Mr. Zaraba.
It will take time before the Playmasters
can show off their upcoming play. “We
plan to work on a show like “David and Lisa”
for an average of about two and a half months.
This involves the time it takes to construct
the set, memorize an 80 page script, and de
velop our characters effectively,” says Grif
fin.
The Playmasters will perform “David and
Lisa” in the Chance-Cousins auditorium here
at Grimsley on March 11 and 12. Tickets
cost three dollars each.
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