PRESENTED BY ENCORE CHOIR POP Show A Night at the Movies LIGHTS! CAMERA! POP SHOW! MAY 11, 2024 | 7 PM | DAWSON HS AUDITORIUM
A note from the Director:
Hello and WELCOME to Dawson's Pop Show: A Night at the Movies!
I am Jasmine Reed, Assistant Choir Director at Dawson HS. I am in my 11th year of teaching and this will be the 2nd Pop Show I have produced at Dawson. You might be asking yourself, “Why the movies?” Well, the idea came to me over the summer as I was reciting Nicole Kidman’s monologue for AMC Theatres. And I thought, “We DO come to this place for magic...” and the theme was decided. I have had the opportunity to watch students lead and work tirelessly to produce a fantastic show for you all tonight. I am so proud of this show and its performers.
I want to say a huge thank you to Mrs. Roxan Silva for the support and encouragement in preparing this show. Mrs. Terri Zuteck for her help in auditions and Mrs. Leslie Grant for her flexibility and understanding. Mr. Cody Edgar and Mr. Andrew Carter for their help in producing the best look and sound for our students.
Drew Allen, Luke Holden, Rianna Roy, and Carmen Schultz for their expertise and talent with choreographing everything you see from these dancers. Our fabulous tech crew. And finally, the Pop Show Dance Chorus that gave of their time and energy.
We are so excited to highlight some of the best music from your favorite blockbusters!
We hope you enjoy the show!
Ms. Reed
Pop Show Choreographers
Rianna Roy Drew Allen
Rianna Roy is a senior and fourth year member of Encore Choir. Rianna is an Encore choreographer, officer, an Ovation Theatre Officer, President of the Interact Volunteering Club, and the Senior Class President for the Class of 2024. She also holds membership in the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Music Honor Society, and International Thespian Club at Dawson High School Rianna has been dancing for 12 years now, learning her first dance form of the Indian Classical dance, “Barathanatym” when she was 5. She later gained curiosity and interest in learning different dance styles, which she tries to learn more of each and every day Rianna will continue her education by studying Political Science at Texas A&M University in their Pre-Law track.
Drew Allen is a senior and fourth year member of Ovation Theatre and is in Encore Choir. She has choreographed 8 shows at Dawson for both theatre and choir Drew has done studio dance for 13 years doing ballet, jazz, contempory, and more. She started doing musical theater in the fifth grade Her sophmore year, she decided to dedicate her time to just doing in school dance with Diamonds and Ovation She has done every show and activity for theater since. (Come see Improvaganza! May 18th @ 7 PM- It’s free!)
She is so grateful for all the leadership opportunities she was given throughout her four years at Dawson and she is excited to continue her passion for theatre and dance at Texas State where she will be majoring in Theatre.
Carmen Schultz Luke Holden
Luke Holden is a senior and is a member of the Tenor/Bass Choir and Ovation Theatre. He has danced all his life, though sometimes it was questionable if it was really “dancing” He has taken hip-hop for 3 years and has recently been interested in Vogue and Waacking styles Luke is attending Texas State University in the fall and is pursuing a major in Theatre with a minor in Teaching Certification
Carmen Schultz is a sophmore at Dawson and she has been doing musical theatre her whole life. She is a member of Ovation Theatre and Encore Choir She assisted with choreography for Ovation’s production of Hairspray. Carmen has enjoyed learning new things about teaching choreography and how it works She is so excited for the next two years and to continue being a leader!
PROGRAM
Barbie (2023) Tribute
Soloists: Kendra Flakes, Nicole Bataller, Max Menendez, Camden Baker, & Maxwill Kloesel
Amber Schaefer performing "To Make You Feel My Love" from Hope Floats (1988)
Noelle Delligatti and Aidan Delligatti performing "My Immortal" from Daredevil (2003)
Camden Baker performing "Stuck in the Middle" from The Wedding Date (2005)
Nora Hayes performing “Cups (When I‘m Gone)“ from Pitch Perfect (2012)
Phoenix Walwyn performing “Always Remember Us This Way” from A Star Is Born (2018)
Andrew Bennett, Luke Holden, Jack Holden, and Max Kloesel performing “Sweet Tooth“ from WONKA (2023)
Gwenivere Moodie & Sofia Lemma performing “You’ve Got a Friend” from Shrek (2001)
Michael Soares performing “Happy“ from Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Rianna Roy performing “Out Here on My Own“ from Fame (1980)
Channing Grace, Joaquin Greenwood, and Kendall McHenry performing “Poison“ from Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Addison Howell performing “Hold My Hand“ from Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Daniel Jacob performing “Fly Me to the Moon“ from Space Cowboys (2000)
Molly DeLuca, Rafael Jimenez, and James Powers performing “Nothing You Can Take From Me” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)
PROGRAM
Kendra Flakes and Trenton Young performing “Faith“ from Sing (2016)
La La Land Chorus “Another Day of Sun“ from La La Land (2016)
Caydence Moore performing “My Heart Will Go On“ from Titanic (1997)
15 MIN. INTERMISSION
Max Menendez performing “Baby I’m a Star” from Purple Rain (1984)
Samantha Walker performing “I Will Always Love You” from The Bodyguard (1992)
Drew Allen and Andrew Bennett performing “A Lovely Night” from La La Land (2016)
Landry Comeaux performing “Can’t Help Falling in Love” from Blue Hawaii (1961)
Kate Kannady performing “Walking on Sunshine” from Look Who’s Talking (1989)
Lily Venske performing “Wind Beneath My Wings” from Beaches (1988)
Sophia McKinney performing “What a Feeling” from Flashdance (1983)
Avery McMickle performing “Traitor” from You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
Dhoom dancing to “Aaja nachle and Maamadura” from Aaja Nachle (2007) and Jigarthanda Double X (2023)
Taylor Rodriguez performing “Never Enough” from The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Elements performing Earth Wind and Fire Mashup from Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Night at the Movies Tribute
Soloists: Drew Allen, Fernanda Covarrubias, Taylor Rodriguez, Rianna Roy, Carmen Schultz, Avery McMickle, Dylan Richardson, Samantha Walker
featured artists
in no particular order
Olivia Rodrigo
Anna Kendrick
Bonnie Tyler
Carole King
Aaja Nachle
NSYNC
Dhee
Santhosh Narayanan
Lady Gaga
Pharrell
Stevie Wonder
Survivor
Dua Lipa
Ariana Grande
Earth, Wind & Fire
Bette Midler
Billie Eilish
Marvin Gaye
Tammi Terrell
Elvis Presley
Garth Brooks
Whitney Houston
La La Land Cast
Ryan Gosling
Keala Settle
Nicki Minaj
Ice Spice
Katrina And The Waves
Loren Allred
Stealers Wheel
Michael Bublé
Irene Cara
Frank Sinatra
Will Smith
The Spice Girls
Paterson Joseph
Matt Lucas
Mathew Baynton
Keegan-Michael Key
Evanescence
Prince
Dolly Parton Lizzo
Justin Timberlake
Bee Gees
Rachel Zegler
Bill Medley
Jennifer Warnes
The Covey Band
Bell Biv DeVoe
Emma Stone
The Greatest Showman Ensemble
Aqua
Dance Chorus
Rohini Ahearn
Drew Allen*+^
Camden Baker+
Andrew Bennett+
Kelsey Browne
Lydia Caluneo
Madyson Campbell
Fernanda Covarrubias
Sienna Cowsert
Logan Cross
Sydnei Cross+^
Brooklynn Cummings
Caroline Cummings
Andrew Fan
Kendra Flakes
Kristian Flakes
Kaylee Gonzalez+^
Nina Haley
Nora Hayes
Jack Holden+
Luke Holden*
Jaiden Hooter
Mi’kiyla Jackson
Daniel Jacob+
Tiye Johnson+^
Maxwill Kloesel+
Alexis Llenos
Hannah Lundberg
Kendall McHenry+
Maxwell Menendez+
Nmasinachi Nwachukwu
Elaina Osborne^
Haile Pamoja+^
Victoria Powell
Dylan Richardson+^
Juana Roa Atuesta^
Taylor Rodriguez
Abigail Rose
Rianna Roy*+^
Carmen Schultz*+^
Sumedha Shanker+
Michael Soares
Aniya Stowe^
Lily Venske
Flora Tewolde Gebremedhin
Bradley Tieu+
Dalton Travis
Karis Vickers+
Samantha Walker+
Avrie Wallace^
Phoenix Walwyn^
Sheila Yap
Trenton Young^
Acknowledgments
TECH CREW
Noah Alexander
Ava Allen
Tre Brown
Camryn Conway
Andi Delaney
Sage Frank
Carly Fricke
Kyler Gant
Channing Grace
Amanda Hopfe
Maddie Parker
Evan Strachota
Mallory Thornton
Alex Yeats
DHOOM MEMBERS
Angelina Abraham
Bharani Balabaskar
Akksharaa Balasenthil
Binita Halder
Daniel Jacob
Anagha Joby
Akshara Manikumar
Joel Mathew
Theodore Nguyen
Rianna Roy
Rebekah Samuel
Shawn Santhosh
Sumedha Shanker
THE ELEMENTS
produced by James Powers
Stirling Baum - Keys
Luke Brown - Vocals
Scott Cripps - Drums
Alex Dai - Tenor Sax
Cooper Gounah - Bass Trombone
Rafael Jimenez - Electric Guitar
David Lang - Tenor Trombone
Marc Lu - Bass Trombone
Kendall McHenry - Vocals
Maxwell Menendez - Vocals
Michael Pair - Tenor Trombone
James Powers - Percussions
Dylan Richardson - Vocals
Jorge Rivera - Percussion
Kyle Ruth - Bass Guitar
Aiden Sherrill - Tenor
Trombone
Konstantin Sinyak - Tenor Sax
Michael Soares - Vocals
Dylan Wagner - Tenor Trombone
LA LA LAND CHORUS
produced by
Kate Kannady
Camden Baker
Andrew Bennett
Joaquin Greenwood
Jack Holden
Daniel Jacob
Kate Kannady
Emma Lundberg
Hannah Lundberg
Kendall McHenry
Sophi McKinney
Sofia Moeller
Olivia Rodriguez
Alex Spiecker
Lily Venske
Samantha Walker
Phoenix Walwyn
Special Thanks!
Andrew Carter, Associate Theatre Director
Cody Edgar, Theatre Director
Leslie Grant, Diamonds Director
Tatum Jones
Jasmine Reed, Associate Choir Director
Roxan Silva, Head Choir Director
Terri Zuteck, Department Head
Encore Booster Club Board & Members
Ovation Booster Club Board & Members
Drew Allen, Luke Holden, Rianna Roy, & Carmen Schultz, Choreographers
Andrew Bennett
Encore Sponsors
The Kloesel Family
R Lee McGee CPA Tax Preparation & Business Consulting
Scentsy & Heather Gorsuch
The Cripps Family
The Sherrill Family
The Fricke Family
AND OUR SUPPORTERS:
Craig and Lisa Furr with C & L Deli Provisions, LP
Mike Fox Photography
Yorke Design Studio/The Art Room
PEARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Dr. Larry Berger, Superintendent
Kelly Holt, Deputy Superintendent
Jon-Paul Estes, Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Lisa Nixon, Asst. Superintendent of Educational Services
Tanya Dawson, General Counsel
Dr. Charles Allen, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. Sundie Dahlkamp, Executive Director of Human Resources and Communications
Dr. La'Kesha Henson-Vaughn, Executive Director, Int. Ed.
Marlo Keller, Executive Director, Elem. Ed.
Tom Bell, Director of Fine Arts
Victor Raygoza, Fine Arts Coordinator
Danielle Morgan, Administrative Assistant
PISD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sean Murphy, President
Crystal Carbone, Vice President
Dr. Kristofer Schoeffler, Secretary
MEMBERS
Tonie Carter, Amanda Kuhn, Robert Richter, Nanette Weimer
DAWSON HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Erin Hamann, Principal
Jason Karim, Associate Principal
Assistant Principals:
Shelly Black, Brandon Childers, Lorena Gonzalez, Autumn Maddox