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State Speech Results The CFHS speech team brought home three Division II and four Division I ratings from the State Large Group contest in Decorah on Feb. 2. Events that earned Division I ratings were musical theater “Anatomy of a Musical,” ensemble acting “Mornings at Seven” and both group improv events. Events that earned Division II ratings were choral reading “Beat,” readers’ theater “Just a High School Play” and ensemble acting “Vanities.”
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In Case of Emergency Jill Dally Staff Writer
With the recent donation of the Lions Club for upgrading the emergency supplies stored in every classroom, the safety of every Cedar Falls student and staff member has grown more secure. The $7,000 to $7,500 donation will ensure that the school’s emergency buckets are ready whenever the need may arise. “This project is important because it contributes to the overall safety plan for the school district. In a wide variety of emergency situations, it may be beneficial for teachers and students to have these supplies readily available to them in each classroom to assist in an emergency,” school nurse and member of the safety committee Suzanne Gettman said. “The emergency can be any one of a multitude of types —power outage, bomb threat, fire, dangerous intruder, etc.,” she added. Recently Principal Dr. Rich Powers and Suzanne Gettman put together a presentation for the Lion’s Club. “I really thought the idea was a good one, and three years ago devel-
CF Lion’s Club donates money to improve emergency buckets
oped the emergency “We want supply buckets at the to assure stuhigh school in all the dents and staff classrooms and inthat these supserviced the faculty plies are readon the contents and ily available purposes,” Gettman should the said. need arise— The school has this contribhad emergency suputes to a safe ply buckets for some environment years. Dr. Powers for students said we are just in to learn in need of updating the and teachers contents and checkto teach in,” ing it yearly. Gettman said. “The safety comPowers mittee is updating the ensured that models to be more efthe buckets fective. They are also will not be a adding to them. The Mackenzee Quarnstrom Photo distraction or emergency buckets any kind of will contain basic Sophomore Student Senate member Kathryn Kloss concentrates while problem for first aid require- placing a sticker on an emergency bucket. Student Senate members from all teachers or ments. It will have grades helped assemble the emergency buckets, which were made possible students. sugar if there are dia- with donations from the Lion’s Club. “They are betics, personal supgoing to be Gettman stated that we have no way plies in case we have near, around of knowing when an emergency will or under the teacher’s desk. They will to be kept in a classroom for an extended period of time and flashlights,” Dr. arise and hope that we will not have to be sealed up so it would take some time use these buckets often. Powers said. to get into, and there is nothing very ex-
citing in them anyways,” Powers said. Students are going to be teaming up with members of the district safety committee and other school nurses to put these buckets together. “The supplies are coming from a variety of places. We ordered from a school health supply company, Walmart and an industrial supply company. The contents won’t be changed unless something is used and/or something is not functioning,” Gettman said. This project has been in effect for our school for many years, but for other schools they will soon be getting new buckets for the first time. This project was extended to all the Cedar Falls schools as well as St. Patricks. “I made a proposal of what the anticipated costs would be to do this project district wide–Dan Conrad, director of secondary education, is also on the safety committee and suggested we ask the CF Lion’s Club to consider funding it as a service project (Conrad is a member of the Lion’s Club as well). They chose to support it by funding it as well as extending the offer of the emergency supply containers to St. Patricks school,” Gettman said.
Orchestra prepares for POPS concert, Iowa State HS solo/ensemble contest Jakob Zierer Staff Writer
Students walking down the southeast hall of Cedar Falls High School during fourth period are likely to hear the exuberant pieces of the CFHS band, but they may miss the softer, but equally impressive sounds of the school orchestra that fill room 157. Here, director Scott Hall spends a lot of time directing the CFHS orchestra and using his extensive experience to oversee the orchestra program. Hall has been an orchestra conductor for 24 years, nine of them at Cedar Falls High School. He is primarily a
cellist, but he can also play the violin, viola and bass. Hall is passionate about his activity and the important contribution it makes to the curriculum. “I feel that a strong orchestra is important for the school because the students deserve having the chance to play in a good orchestra. Symphonic orchestral music is so important for our culture. The orchestra regularly plays music from the historic music history periods and performs music composed by master composers of classical music. Having a strong orchestra allows me to be able to choose difficult music of the great composers so that the students have the opportunity to perform
those great pieces,” Hall said. Guidance counselor Susan Langan agrees with Hall. “A strong orchestra demonstrates a comprehensive school. We have a great balance of music and sports,” she said. This concert, Hall and his string orchestra are supported by winds and brass instruments. “The winds and brass add a lot to a symphonic orchestra. They add color and different sounds because of the timbre of the different instruments,” Hall said. The symphony orchestra is working on its upcoming POPS concert, which
includes numbers such as “Theme from Halo: The video game,” “Brazil - a Brazilian Samba,” “Theme from Titanic,” “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,” “Wizard of Oz medley,” “Jupiter: From The Planets” and “The Lord of the Rings Medley.” The big concert will take place on Monday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Hall is looking forward to the concert. “ I am very excited about the POPS concert. The students are working hard and playing very well,” he said. “It’s fun music to play and fun music to listen to.” Besides these interesting and wellknown pieces, this concert will feature
extras like special effect lighting, laser light show and a picture show. “It will be fun to put it all together on the stage with the lights and special effects along with the music,” Hall said. The next big event coming up after the concert is the Iowa State High School Solo/Ensemble contest on Saturday, April 12. “Next the students will be working on solos and small ensembles to perform them at the Iowa State High School Solo/Ensemble contest,” Hall said. “Also we will start working on our Large Group contest music for the end of the year contest and concerts.”