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The Finding of the Stray Shot
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o doubt, the avid Stray Shot hunters and hiders from Gunnery’s alumni classes have been waiting to hear the latest outcome of the of the errant cannonball presented at school meeting in January 2013 by Patrick Baker ’89, Van Wilshire ’89, Scott Schwind ’89, Alie Noto Carlin ’97 and Brandon Dufour ’02. It was, of course, immediately stolen from the meeting by the Gunnery prefects. A merry chase ensued with diabolical clues concerning obscure facts about places in Gunnery’s history provided by the hiders-in-chief: Tom Burger, Tristan Kishonis, Wyatt Clark, Paige Silengo, Erin Sullivan, and Harris Owens.
Skyler Clark, Alec Cornell and Olivia Judd dug up the Stray Shot at the Pinnacle in Steep Rock
There were several very competitive teams skulking around the extended campus including Steep Rock and Wykeham Rise: the Joslin brothers, Nathaniel ’15 and Samuel ’16, of New Fairfield were “apprehended” in the archive cave by a surprised Mrs. Krimsky, another amorphous group of freshmen girls were determined, but hampered by lack of experience of the school’s history, and Matias Nadal, Trevor Schrier, and Tom Malooly were a third group which stumbled on the final clue.
Perseverance and courage as well as extensive research gave the prize to an intrepid group of juniors comprised of Skyler Clark, Alec Cornell, Olivia Judd, Jacob Mandl, and Luke Perda. The senior hiders did a spectacular job of handing out one clue a week at school meeting. The clues became progressively harder as the weeks went on. The teams had to solve every clue because each one provided a word needed in the sentence with the final solution. Midway through the hunt, a nefarious trick compromised the clues which the seniors had prepared and they had to re-hide the ball, plan new clues and take the teams in a different direction. Scary moments, night forays and near misses as well as false trails and tricks are all a part of the fun. The team spent the summer planning this year’s quest, which began when they showed off the Stray Shot at Convocation in September and set the game in motion.
Gunnery Performers Recognized at The Halo Awards It is reminiscent of the Tonys, only much louder and more enthusiastic. The Palace Theater in Waterbury was jammed with cheering high school theater groups in the finest evening dress for the Tenth Annual Halo Awards ceremony presented by the Seven Angels Theater. Nominated for nine awards were The Gunnery students of Performing Arts Chair Jennifer Wojcik and Elizabeth Hawley ‘08. Sagine Corrielus ’13 received the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play as “Amanda” in Glass Menagerie. The Gunnery ensemble received the award for Best Specialty Ensemble for their execution of “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” in Avenue Q.
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