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Arts
2008 Dora Khyatt
Art and Music Awards
Announced
The winners of the annual Dora Khyatt music and fine
arts competitions were announced this spring. Established
in 1990 in memory of Dora Khyatt, painter and
wife of the late John Plant, former chairman of the
Episcopal Academy Classics Department, the awards are given
to current Upper School students for excellence in art and music.
This year’s winners are shown below.
Music award winners pictured above are in front, (l to r): Elliot Faust ’08, Zoe
LaPalombara ’09, Olivia Mullen ’09, and Olivia Wayne ’09; in back: Rachel
Chung ’08, Bryant Myers ’09, Ned Dana ’11, Nikki Carrido ’08, Jasmine Pope
’09, Hannah LaPaLombara ’09, Kate Gadsden ’09, and Dylan Mullan ’09.
Art award winners pictured above are (l to r): in front, Eliza Strong ’11, Sarah
Coote ’09, Margaret Heil ’10, and Sophia Park ’10; in back: Michael Jahnle ’11,
Matthew Coote ’08, Reid Whelan ’08, and Steven Wu ’09.
Middle School Stages
“Nothing But the
Truth”
The Middle School Harlequin Club staged Avi’s “Nothing
But the Truth,” dramatized by Ronn Smith, this
past spring. Directed by Theatre Department Chair,
Susan LaPalombara, the play centers on the tragic
intersection of two lives: ninth grader, Philip Malloy, and his
English teacher, Margaret Narwin. Over a series of days, Philip
repeatedly hums along with “The Star-Spangled Banner” during
morning announcements breaking a school rule requiring
all students to stand at “respectful, silent attention” while the
national anthem is playing. After being sent to the assistant
principal twice by Ms. Narwin, he is suspended from school.
When multiple versions of what happened in the classroom
are picked up by a candidate running for the school board, the
host of a talk radio program, and a reporter for the local newspaper,
what should have been just a simple, internal incident
for the school turns into an unfortunate public crisis for both
Philip and Ms. Narwin. The coverage—and increasing controversy—places
Philip, his family, Harrison High, and the entire
community at the center of a national media event. But why
do the versions differ And who is telling the truth There are
no easy answers presented in the play, which is ultimately concerned
with the critically important issues of respect, personal
freedom, and patriotism. It was a wonderful exercise in debate
and critical thinking for the entire Middle School.
Pictured above are John Nickolas ’12, in the role of Philip
Malloy, and Nyazia Martin ’12 as Ms. Narwin.
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