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that country’s cultural heritage, noting how it dominates the landscape, as with the interiors in which they sang. “Our students performed in one perfect setting after another,” said Sara Beasley, who accompanied the group along with Conductor Bruce Fifer and his wife Helena, Baba and Peter Frew ’75, and emeriti Anne and Jerry Romano. “Each church was different from the last, ranging from austere to unbelievably ornate, but each was characterized by the same sense of nearly infinite verticality. Each space gave the music room to grow and to linger in the ears of those gathered to listen: it was that rare and transcendent experience of form and content perfectly matched.” Although Mac Morris ’06 had traveled to Italy before, he told the Papyrus that “touring with Collegium over spring break was a great experience, in that it was time well spent, singing in some great spaces alongside my friends.”
In addition to being a CPR instructor for the American Heart Association, Sam Dangremond ’05 is certified as a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician, a Connecticut EMT, and a Wilderness EMT. He volunteered as an EMT with the Thomaston Ambulance Corps this spring as part of his senior project, staying overnight at the Thomaston Ambulance barn two nights a week when he was on call.
Students Teach Others to Save Lives Seniors Ren Brighton and Sam Dangremond taught CPR classes on campus this spring. They certified 19 people—three faculty and staff members and 16 students—in Adult, Child, and Infant CPR and AED (defibrillator) use through the American Heart Association. Sam, Ren, Avery Clark ’05, and Martha Stacey ’05 had all completed a 16-hour heart association CPR Instructor course at Bradley Memorial Hospital in Southington earlier in the year, with tuition provided by Taft.
Additionally, Sam was certified as a National Registry Wilderness EMT on a National Outdoor Leadership School course last summer. “I’ve wanted to teach people the skills of CPR ever since,” Sam said. “The more people who know it, the more likely it is that there will be a trained rescuer around when an emergency really occurs. I wanted to give back to the Taft community by teaching valuable life-saving skills” Sam also volunteered as an EMT in Thomaston this spring as a Senior Project. Taft Bulletin Summer 2005
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