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Lights up on an empty stage. The audience waits, patiently at first. They are certain, after having paid $5, that Northview’s annual Cat’s Meow will soon begin. They wait a little bit longer. The spotlight shines on seniors and writers/directors of Cat’s Meow Estar Cohen and Yianni Papadimos. “I can’t wait to see Fiddler on the Roof tonight,” says Cohen, sitting among the audience members. We Got Nothin’ was the title of this year’s production of Cat’s Meow. The theme was based around the concept of Papadimos and Cohen having forgotten to write their senior show. However, the show’s name was rather deceiving as the cast offered audiences a night of well-choreographed dances, hilarious sketches and abundant talent; quite a bit more than nothin’. “Cat’s Meow was hilarious,” said junior Audrey Miklovic. “I don’t even know how they come up with such funny sketches.” The show featured a grand total of 14 sketches, a girls chorus line, a boys chorus line and several talent acts. One of the best sketches included Between Two Ferns, a play off a YouTube talk show with senior Tyler Harding as Zach Galifianakis being a jerk to Justin Bieber, played by choreographer and actress senior Serena Chang. “Most conversations between Yianni and I consist of elaborate scene set ups or sketches,” said Cohen. “This came in handy when writing a comedy sketch show,” said Cohen. Rebecca Black was another hit comedy with audiences. In the sketch, Rebecca Black, played by senior Abbey Strick, gets chased by a mob led by senior Ryan Perry as Charlie Sheen. Facebook Finale was the beginning of the end of the Cat’s Meow production. Cast members sang a completely original ballad titled What’s On Your Mind. The song was a collaboration of news feeds and statuses from Facebook. Finally the show ended with cast members, donned in graduation garb, ready to sing about all of the things they learned at NV, but ended up sing-
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THE BOYS’ CHORUS line made the cows moo, the dogs bark and definitely the Cat’s Meow. The senior guys, sporting wife-beaters and short shorts, put Lady Gaga’s back up dancers to shame. ing nothing. Cat’s Meow was held 7-8:30pm May 13-14 in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets were sold at the door. “I am most proud of all the girls and guys in the chorus line that are not trained in dance, learning the choreography,” said Chang. “People don’t realize how difficult it is to remember the steps and work as a team.” “Every year my favorite part of working with the seniors is seeing how each class differs from the last,” said Cat’s Meow advisor Mrs. MaGee Wilson.” Cat’s Meow is an important tradition to keep at NV, according to senior
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Chelsea Kania. “It gives the seniors one last chance to shine before graduation,” said Kania. What a lot of NV students fail to realize about Cat’s Meow is that the show is for fun, according to Cohen. “When people say ‘Cat’s Meow’ sucked or something like that, we just kind of chuckle because no one should take a senior class comedy sketch show seriously,” said Cohen. “The cast has worked really hard and that’s great. Really though, Yianni and I just like the fact that we had a whole hour on stage to make jokes,” said Cohen.
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LAYING STILL FOR almost three hours may seem like a challenge, but senior Yianni Papadimos was willing to make the sacrifice for his art piece. Papadimos, a performance artist at the show, allowed seniors Lydia Grum, Aurora Milliron and others to draw on him with markers and paints. Center. “I was impressed with the move from the Auxiliary Gym to the Seniors of Northview art classes Performing Arts Center,” said art prepared throughout this school year teacher Mrs. Terri Seal-Roth. “The work for the annual art show that took place is hugely creative; it’s inspiring for all May 4. In the past, the art show was of the students and the staffers.” Parents, students, teachers and held in the Auxiliary Gym, but this year it was in the new Performing Arts friends were welcomed on May 4 to
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come check out the artwork that was in the show. On May 5 the art show was open to all of the students and faculty members throughout the school day. “There were so many different types of artwork with so many different emotions and meanings, which made it worth going to the show,” said sophomore Alli Wipf. The seniors always design their own special displays so they are able to show all of the artwork that they have created and collected throughout their entire high school careers. This year, there were a total of 11 seniors; Kayla Keisser, Katie Simrell, Halle Foss, Breanna Campbell, Sama Jaloudi, Shelby Schlagheck, Josie Kuntz, Joe Pizza, Victoria Northrup, Martha McGee and Katelynn McCoy. The rest of the students in the art show had their artwork in the auditorium of the Performing Arts Center. “I was so excited that I won a blue ribbon because it proved that all of my hard work paid off,” said sophomore Jessica Lee. “Art gives kids incentive and a reason to look forward to coming to school; it’s something different and unique,” said Mr. Ryan Creech.
Seniors receive smooches
The end of the year is just around the corner and the beloved seniors are heading off to college. Student Government presented the opportunity for Northview to “kiss” the seniors goodbye. For 50¢ students could send five Hershey Kisses to a senior. Additionally, Principal Mr. Stewart Jesse sent every senior a “kiss.” Teachers were also allowed to “kiss” their seniors goodbye for the reduced price of 25¢. “This is a great opportunity to let your senior friends know that they meant a lot to you. It was a very sentimental process filling out my ‘kisses’ to my senior friends. Next year will be even more bittersweet sending them to my friends who are graduating,” said junior representative Natalie Forrester. This was the first year that Student Government tried this act of senior appreciation. “We searched online for spirit ideas and we found one similar to this, tweeked it, and now we have Kiss A Senior Goodbye. This was not a fundraiser, just a way to let seniors know they will be missed,” said Student Government advisor Ms. MaGee Wilson. “The kisses are so cute and if you got one from someone who you weren’t expecting to get one from, it was a nice surprise,” said senior Audrey Hunter. -Morgan Hawley
Sci-Oly scores at States The Science Olympiad team headed to Ohio State University on April 30 for the state competition. The team placed 8th, which is the best team finish in the team’s fouryear history. Seniors Diego Waxemberg and Nick Smith took sixth in Optics, while junior Dominic Fabiilli and Waxemberg took third in Technical Problem Solving. Sophomore Thomas Needham and Smith placed second in Remote Sensing and seniors Ted Garey and Tim Sundberg placed first in Dynamic Planet. The team prepared for two weeks prior to the state competition after a two month hiatas from competition. The night before the team left for States, Mr. Andy Roth took the team to Buffalo Wild Wings and held a “trivia night.” “Having our best place as a team ever, in the top 10, was a great cap to our year,” said Smith. “It’s now up to next year’s team to beat us.” After the team’s victory, Mr. Roth took the Science Olympians to Dairy Queen to celebrate. -Molly Porterfield