SYLVANIANORTHVIEW VOLUME85 ISSUE7 02152011
THESTUDENTPRINTS NHS Carnation sale helps love blossom
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PAPADIMOS READING OFF THE NAME on the tag of a carnation, senior Nicole Hobbs delivers a carnation first period. National Honor Society members sold them during the week of February 4 and they were delivered Friday.
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With the onset of Valentine’s Day, it was time again for the annual carnation sale. Each February, Northview’s chapter of the National Honors Society sells carnations to students in order to raise funds for various activities and charities. The sale began February 4 and continued through the following week, with the flowers being delivered to students on Friday. The NHS ordered 500 red carnations, according to advisor Mrs. Frances Borchers.
“Hopefully we will be able to sell all of them,” Mrs. Borchers said before the sale began. “The money will really help us.” Due to the two snow days that occurred during the week that the sale began, the preparation meeting was cancelled. Despite the spontaneity of the snow days, NHS was able to pull together and create a successful fundraiser. The carnations were sold for $1 each, ultimately bringing in a total of $502.46. In previous years, revenue from
the carnation sale was used for After Prom, as well as donated to charities such as Relay For Life and the Dr. Gorman Scholarship Fund. NHS is currently undecided on where the funds raised from this year’s carnation sale will go. Carnations were delivered Friday to ensure their freshness, even though Valentine’s day was not until Monday. “I think the carnation sale is a good and fun way to raise money for the school. It is a fun Valentine’s Day tradition,” said junior Brenna Welzbacher.
Fiddler cast, prep begins B.THOMAS
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A grand total of 41 students have been cast for Northview’s production of Fiddler on the Roof. The actors and actresses began preparation for the spring musical January 31 and will continue rehearsals four days a week for approximately three hours each day until the show is ready for audiences in April, according to drama teacher Mr. Don Wachowiak. Cast auditions and Technical Interviews were held January 24 and 25. The results were released to each student individually by letter January 28. The NV theatre directing team determined the cast members. The team included Mr. Wachowiak, costume director Ms. Courtney Altenburg, choreographer Ms. Brandi Shepard, and vocal director Mrs. Amy Johns. Students came to the audition prepared to perform a two-minute monologue. They were also required to sing an audition song and to participate in a dance audition, according to Mr. Wachowiak. Receiving lead roles in the play are seniors Yianni Papadimos as Tevye, Kayla Keisser as Tzeitel, Kaylie Martinez as Yente, Kramer Lindsley as Motel, Victor Barricklow as Perchik, Jim Park as Lazar Wolf, Matt Crawford as Nachum, Brittany Von Stein as Grandma Tzeitel, Kyle Kolebuck as Constable and Courtney Gilliland as Shaindel. Juniors with lead roles include Hannah Quinn as Golde, Bailey Feldstein as Chava, Zach Johnson as Avram, Vikki Hiznay as Fruma-Sarah and Travis Bihn as Fyedka. Sophomores with lead roles include Natalie Szczerba as Hodel and Chad Singer as the Fiddler and Rabbi.
THOMAS BEING CARRIED may seem a little frightening, but senior Kayla Keisser practices it at Fiddler rehearsal during the Wedding Scene. Freshmen who received lead roles include Mitch Kahn as Mordcha and Joe Jennewine as Mendel. “We look at the audition first and foremost and create a list of students who did the best,” said Mr. Wachowiak. “Then we fill lead and featured roles STRICK from this list based on a number of variables depending on the show. We then decide which of the remaining students will make the chorus based on our needs and who we need to cut.” Rehearsals will mainly be held in the new choir, orchestra and band rooms based on their availability. “Mrs. (Dawn) Kingman, Mrs. (Pamela) Thiel and Mr. (Gene) Bohland have graciously allowed us to borrow their spaces since the theatre is not yet ready,” said Mr. Wachowiak. “We hope to move to the new stage as soon as it’s available.” Fiddler on the Roof was performed at NV 20 years ago, according to cast
member senior Kaylie Martinez. “Our goal is to have people stop talking about that production and start talking about ours,” said Martinez. “This is my first lead in a NV musical,” said cast member senior Kramer Lindsley. “I plan to make theatre the center of my schedule for awhile until the show is over.” The cast is scheduled to perform the show in the new NV Performing Arts Center. The production will be ready for audiences April 14-17. Tickets will cost $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Audiences will have the opportunity to see the cast perform a total of four shows. “I don’t usually get excited until the show starts coming together with the cast, crew and pit to create the show on stage,” said Mr. Wachowiak. “I get my personal satisfaction when the students take their bows and the audience shows their appreciation.” MELICK
Business Tech competes
Business/Career Technology, taught by Mrs. Sue Briddell showed their skills at the Business Professionals of America Regional Competition, for teenagers throughout the entire country on January 25. “Competing at BPA is a great opportunity for my business students and it gives them a chance to see how their skills measure up to the skills of others,” said Mrs. Briddell. According to Mrs. Briddell, there are about 56 different contests that Business Technology students can enter. A total of 32 Northview and Southview students placed in the top six of their events and ten of those students placed in the top ten of their divisions. Those ten students are: juniors Stephanie Honisko for “Entrepreneurship,” juniors Madison Decator, Allie McDonald, and Emma Parlette for “Presentation Management Team,” senior Adam Simpson for “Fundamental Spreadsheet Application,” seniors Ryan Darah, Nick Dorner, Emily Due and Josh Kleinert, for “Global Marketing Team,” and Shelby Shtilman for “Advanced Office Systems and Procedures.” Those students will also be representing Sylvania at the State Leadership Conference for BPA in Columbus in March. “Sure it’s exciting to go to states for BPA but I wouldn’t have been able to get to this point in my educational career without Mrs. Briddell,” said Simpson “She’s the reason we are going to states.” -Meghan Keene
Grad goes Hollywood Aspiring actor, and 2008 Northview graduate, Oliver Cooper will make his movie debut in Project X, a film directed by Tom Phillips. Cooper had no agent and no previous acting experience prior to being hired for Project X, according to The Toledo Blade. He initially auditioned online for the movie and was hired after nine auditions. The film is scheduled for release in November. The plot is centered on a group of kids documenting a house party that goes awry. Cooper began his career in entertainment during his senior year where he participated in open-mic nights in Toledo and Ann Arbor, according to The Blade. He describes his comedic style as “100 percent self-deprecating,” according to The Blade. Cooper’s career initially kicked off after his brother, a web producer for NBC, got him a job interning for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, according to The Blade. Recently, Cooper began another project, a web series titled The Lois Levine Show, according to The Blade. Cooper currently lives in Beverly Hills where he continues to pursue his dream of becoming a successful comedian and actor, according to The Blade. -Bridget Thomas