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The Winter Musical: An Adventure to Remember kaila mank ’21
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n adventure is an unusual and exciting experience or activity. However, something not stated in the dictionary that you will not find in any definition is that it is not just about the adventure you experience but also the people you meet, the bonds you make, and the journeys you share. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical written by Clark Gesner in 1967 based on the characters from the Charlie Brown cartoons created by Charles Schulz in the 1950s. The cast consists of six main characters: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Sally, Lucy, Linus, and Schroeder, all roles based on the original characters in the Peanuts comics. The musical has a series of characters and scenes famous to the Charlie Brown comics, featuring scenes and numbers based on those similar to the show. Starting at the beginning of November though the end of February, day after day, week after week we were helping each other learn lines, putting together studentled dance numbers, and working together to create a show. Despite having six main characters with a few side and ensemble roles, we had over sixty-five people from the Hebron community come together as the cast and crew including the Boys Varsity Basketball Team, the Proctors, faculty members, and many other students. The six main characters consisted of two or more Hebron students to ensure that all that wanted to be involved were. Before each performance the entire cast would gather
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on stage behind the curtain and we would start really low and very quiet and get louder and loud- My ‘happiness is’ moment is living in the moment er, “ahhhhhhhHHHHHHHH” until we were wth the people I love full of energy and ready around me, not matter for the show to begin. Perhaps someone read- where we are or what we are doing. ing this account of our 2020 performance reKaila Mank members a similar group bonding to get out the pre-performance jitters. Although the energy level of the audience helped, the cast was full of energy and ready to show off all the hard work both nights. An added bit of excitement was the drama program’s history of giving. Every year Hebron Academy’s drama program has a fundraiser for a local group in which we sell pottery made by Hebron’s art classes and ice cream. This year we donated over $800 to The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society! This year the students became more involved, more hands-on and independent than any year before. The students ran the lights and most sound with the help of our two music teachers, Rebekkah Willey, and James Falconer. We were able to learn how to operate the light board, create cues and design the lighting for the stage as actors were performing during rehearsals, as well as navigating
