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April 2023 LXV-2
Granger musicians perform “The Night of the Chess Music” By Adrian Aguirre ASIDE from a cello’s string slipping, two car crashes, and three violinists’ in distress, the musicians were able to come through at the end of the night and produce a successful winter concert. The concert was titled “The Night of the Chess Music.” “This was probably the most ambiguous title I’ve used, and in hindsight, maybe not the best choice!” Mr. Moore, the school’s music director, said. Mr. Moore knew it wasn’t going to be a typical holiday concert, because he knew that some of the pieces had no connection to December, Christmas, or any other seasonal holiday. Therefore, he relied on a southern expression. “There is something called a ‘chess pie’ in the south,” Mr. Moore said. A chess pie is basically just a pie. Except this type of pie usually contains a small amount of cornmeal, and typi-
cally lacks a custard or fruit filling. Mr. Moore says that saying ‘chess’ with a southern accent sounds a lot like ‘just,’ and therefore, a chess pie, is just pie. “I want the audience to want to come back,” Emma McAllister (12) said. McAllister plays the cello for Granger’s orchestra, and she has done so since her freshman year. “I want them to be surprised at how well we can play,” McAllister said. McAllister was really excited for the instrumental concert. She’s been preparing by attending rehearsals, playing the music, and listening to the pieces that she is going to play. Although she is very excited, McAllister says that one of the challenges she had to face was learning a new instrument and learning it quickly. Since she was in every musical piece for the concert, McAllister had a lot of work to do, and at the end of the
night, all of her hard work paid off. “In order to do anything well, you must work for it,” Olivia Gukeisen (12) said. Gukeisen, who is this year’s concert master and violinist, says that even though she was very excited, she does think it could’ve been better. “I think that we could’ve done so much better, but it is what it is,” Gukeisen said. Yet, she does hope that the audience will want to come back for the next concert. “There is nothing like being able to listen to the music around you, and fit your own sound inside of it,” Gukeisen said, “it is a very special experience, and I love being able to share it with my orchestra, and the audience.” “When I go on stage, I feel great, I feel excited, and powerful,” Alexander Suarez (11) said. Suarez, who plays the baritone saxophone, has been performing here for quite a while, and says
that he wants to gain more experience as a performer from this concert. “It could’ve been better,” he said, “we could’ve used a bit more time on our pieces, but overall, I felt excited and overwhelmed. I also hope that the audience also felt excited watching us perform.” “Before going on stage, I get kind of nervous,” Yareli Lopez (12) said, “you never know what’s going to happen. mistakes can be made. When going onto the stage knowing that you got your band members to back you up, you feel fine after a while, and you get what you get.” Lopez, who has been playing the alto saxophone for four years says that even though she feels as if they didn’t have enough time to practice, it still sounded good for it being the first concert. Due to scheduling conflicts the music continued on page 3
Mr. Moore conducts the concert orcestra during a performance of pieces in a collection he calls “The Night of the Chess Music.”
Heard in the Halls
By Naomi Dominguez “I’M 5-foot-2-inches. On my money I’m 6-foot-3-inches.” “It’s like they’re making machine guns and hospitals.” “I’ve been expelled from this school five times, bro.” “He got more in the front than the back.” “We did the fight without your brother, and it was boring!” “Tell me why I just spent five minutes trying to unstick my bracelet from some kids backpack.” “I can read people.” “I read tacos.” “I got cheated on.” “That is the mustard!” “Let’s skip — all we do is sit around anyways.” “Did you hear someone got in a fight?” “I followed her ex.” “I did not give you a dirty look.” “They want us to be divided.” “We all the same.” “I didn’t even go to sleep, bro. I’ve been awake for two days.” “If he’s not here today, I’m gonna chill in Murillo’s class.” “I left my charger on the train too!” “Man, people walk slow in the hallways.” “Grow up, bro! Grow up! Grow up! Grow up!” “Did you just ask if my blackness is measured?” “She’s built like a box of Cheerios.” “I need to get caught up with homework.” “His boxers are longer than his shorts.” “Did you hear about Matt?” “What was that? Hello! That was not normal.” “You still owe me.” “Her breath stank.” “My flash drive is missing, and I really need it. It has like four years of art archived!”
Granger artists bring crazy enthusiasm to Art Olympics at Hunter High By Sofia Torres Albarracin “GRANGER’S attitude was incredible! Everyone was cheering for Granger students, and the district was super impressed with the energy of the Lancers, so they decided that Granger should be the next host for the Art Olympics,” Ms. Galarza, an art teacher, said. On March 15, Granger participated in the Art Olympics. In this competition all high schools in Granite School District could compete in different categories. This gave students the chance to show off their art. The event’s energy was super contagious with a lot of Granger students cheering fellow students on. The competitors had only four hours to
create and show their piece and one hour for the judges to decide which ones were the best three winners of the different categories. “We doubled the awards won with what we got last year; we got six this year!” Galarza said. She also says their art was amazing, and no matter the category, the student works were amazing. But not everything was perfect. At the beginning of the competition, the event was super disorganized, and many students were lost and stressed because of the situation. Each student had to show their best art pieces with their
names next to it. This helped the judges decide the strength of a
nical issues gave students extra stress during the competition, but in the end, the students made it through successfully, and then they took a break for lunch. Latai Tauilange (11) was chosen for the competition in mixed media. She said that it was a fun experience and that she enjoyed it a lot, and she met new people. “The part Gabby Muñoz competes in the Art Olympics. that stressed me the most was the time. student’s technique and the way Sometimes you think that four they work with art. All the tech- hours is enough time to complete
your work, but for me it was hard,” Tauilange said, “I also think that the beginning of the competition was kinda disorganized.” The time limit was a big factor in the competition. It was difficult to execute everything in a timely manner — especially with difficult techniques. “My recommendation to future competitors is to practice a lot and be confident with the work you do,” Tauilange said. All of the schools did a really good job, and they made great art pieces. Granger did especially fantastic. Everyone was helping everybody with organization and cheering all the students with the pieces. Hopefully, Granger will be a great host for next year’s Granite Art Olympics.
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