Columns - 2023-2024 Issue 1

Feral Child, Fabulous Speaker

CAMPUS UPDATES To Be or Not to Be? Weekend Trip to Staunton, VA On Saturday, October 7th, twenty-one Turtles and four teachers took a trip to Staunton, VA to watch the American Shakespeare Center’s production of Hamlet at the Blackfriar’s Theater.

The trip was sponsored by the Art Department, and Dr. Francis Yun organized and planned the trip to dovetail with Chatham Hall’s production of Bernhardt/Hamlet to be staged in November. Elsabe Dixon, art teacher, also organized a visit to an art gallery right in downtown Staunton. Students went to the Augusta Staunton Art Center and viewed an exhibition of contemporary portraits by Andrew Davis called LAUGHING PICTURE. Students also walked around downtown Staunton and shopped, ate lunch at Remedy Burger, and ate dinner after the production at The Depot.

The cost of the food for lunch and dinner was underwritten by a Chatham Hall alum. All of the students and teachers signed a Thank you note to her as her funding made the trip super special.

The trip, which senior class member Catherine Nichols described as “nothing short of incredible,” was an all-day affair; students and teachers alike boarded buses at eight in the morning. Pulling up to the town of Staunton, the group was given the opportunity to explore bookstores, antique Continued on Page 5

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