Speakers and Writers 1994-2000
Speech and essay contest winners: Dolph Habeck ’94,
Brian Nagy ’94, Mark Robinson ’94, Chris Thompson ’94, Heather Wong ’94, Mi-Young Ryee ’95, Elizabeth Edsall ’96, Bonnie Kim ’96, Anapaula Ned ’96, Jason Jack ’97, Lauren Poile ’97, Katie Clark ’97, Karen Austin ’98, Ian Mattonen ’98, Adam Lewis ’98, Amy Kirkley ’99, Jessica Fegan ’99, Chrissy Baugh ’00, Nichole Marks ’00, Whitney Gratrix ’02 and Greg Price ’02.
Amanda Prouty ’99, Katharine Coldiron ’99 and Jennifer Smith ’98 were tapped as national correspondents at the Washington Journalism Conference in DC in 1998. h Severn swept the DAR National Writing Contest in 1999 thanks to Eric Crabtree ’99, Christine Baugh ’00, Chris Gregg ’01 and Katie DiGiulian ’02.
Writers, poets, painters and illustrators: Michael
Weisburger 1998’s watercolors were displayed at St. John’s College and the Maryland State House. h Annapolis Lifestyle Magazine selected the illustrations of Tiffany Mills ’93, Adam Swank ’93 and Raphael Sassi ’95 for publication. h Sarah Manvel ’95 won a national writing contest for her short story, “Dandelion Chains.” h The writing of Amanda Prouty ’99 and Steve Heuser ’99 made the national student magazine Merlyn’s Pen in 1996. In 1997, the magazine published seniors Laura Boyd ’97, Karen Laslie ’97, Sharita Manickham ’97 and Lauren Poile ’97. h Poets Mark Johnston ’97, Zach Stauffer ’98, Katie Richwine ’97 and Karen Laslie ’97 made a national publication for student prose and poetry. h Maury Primrose ’97 won a scholarship in the talent category of Maryland Distinguished Scholars in Visual Arts. h Bonnie Kim ’96 won the highest freshman writing prize at Dartmouth. h
(above) Members of The Crucible cast, Laura Boyd ’97, Mara Gross ’97 and Dan Ericson ’98. Performing artists: Becky Hurst ’95 performed with the
Scottish Ballet in 1994. Taking a unique path, she became a professional dancer at the Nevada Dance Theater. h The Severn Chorale sang in Germany in 1995. h The Upper School put on a hugely successful West Side Story, starring Adam Thomasson ’96, Julia Pitcher ’98 and Mara Gross ’97. Coffee House was another big success in 1996, with stars Dan Ericson ’98, Glenn Davis ’96, Mike Sawyer ’96, Andrew Watts ’96, Adam Thomasson ’96 and director Jeff Edwards. h A 1996 production of The Crucible, starring Dan Ericson ’98, Laura Boyd ’97 and Mara Gross ’97, began with the Writers 8 – a revolutionary writers’ workshop summer seminar in Salem, Massachusetts, to get the backstory on the Salem witch trials. h In 1997, The Mouse That Roared starred Jessica Fegan ’98, Dan Ericson ’98, Katharine Coldiron ’99 and Chris Gerns ’98. h In 1998, under the direction of Mr. Van Dervort, the spring musical romance The Song Is Love opened with a 30-minute folk opera, Down in the Valley. The talent was huge for the dual production: Drew Frank ’99, Ron Giddings ’99, Julia Pitcher ’98, Jinwoo Chung ’99, Judd Ireland ’98, Tara Riley ’98, Joe Redmond ’98, Molly Manvel ’98, Robbie Newell and ’01, and Andrea Ceccarelli ’98. h Pippin, starring Ron Giddings ’99, Robyn Birch ’99, opened in 1999 at the brand-new Price Auditorium. h The Drama Club put on the musical comedy Apple Tree, about a search for forbidden knowledge, starring Sarah Synder ’00 and Katy Shelor ’00. It was a hit, along with Guys and Dolls and Our Town.
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