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38 | June 22, 2017 | The winnetka Current life & arts
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Students Beverly Fishman (left) and Stephanie Smith perform in North Shore Country
Day School’s Springs Arts Festival on May 24. PHOTOS SUBMITTED
NSCDS shows talent
in Spring Arts Festival
SUBMITTED BY NORTH SHORE
COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
The North Shore Country
Day School Middle
School Performing Arts
Spring Festival on May 24
included dance routines,
an instrumental ensemble
and a production of “Charlotte’s
Web.”
All ages were welcomed
to watch the middle school
acting, dance and technical
theater class put on
performances and display
their work. The festival
celebrated the process that
each of these classes have
journeyed through during
the school’s second semester,
culminating in an evening
celebrating the arts.
The acting and technical
theater classes presented
“Charlotte’s Web,” based
on the story by E.B. White
and dramatized by Joseph
Robinette. The students
creatively used hand puppets
to represent all of the
animal characters.
The dance class presented
student choreography
pieces by Brenna Cotter,
Allie Banks and Niabelle
Comeau. The dance styles
The North Shore Country Day School Middle School
dance class performs a routine.
Lola Adebiyi puppets Charlotte in the school’s
performance of “Charlotte’s Web.”
ranged from tap to modern
hip-hop. Middle school
instrumental ensemble
members also presented
musical transitions within
the festival, including Juliet
Ainsley on the piano
and Stephanie Smith and
Beverly Fishman performing
a flute duet.
Sister Nancy Murray discovers the stage at Regina Dominican will be named in her
honor during a ceremony at the school last month. PHOTOS SUBMITTED
Regina dedicates stage to Sister Murray
SUBMITTED BY REGINA
DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL
The alumnae choir sings to Sister Nancy.
Regina Dominican
dedicated its stage to Sister
Nancy Murray, O.P.
at her 50th Jubilee Celebration
and Fundraiser
last month. More than
400 people were in attendance
and more than
$115,000 was raised in her
honor.
Murray, known as the
“globe-trotting superstar
nun” is a Wilmette native,
an actress and graduate of
Regina Dominican. She
is one of nine siblings,
including Bill Murray,
Brian Doyle-Murray, John
Murray, Joel Murray, Edward
Murray III, Laura
Murray, Class of 1970,
Peggy Murray, Class of
1967, and Andy Murray.
Murray joined the
Adrian Dominican order
in 1967 and returned
to Regina Dominican to
teach drama, theology and
dance to hundreds of students.
“Students loved her and
why wouldn’t they,” former
president of Regina,
Dominican S. Ann Fallon,
O.P. said. “Joy and excitement
were two ingredients
that were evident in
every class she taught. As
the years passed, another
form of preaching took
hold of Nancy’s imagination,
and soon she brought
life to an outstanding
woman of the church
through her dramatic
abilities as an actress,
writer and director. Our
Dominican St. Catherine
of Siena was the first to be
portrayed through a onewoman
play that came to
be in demand throughout
our country and even internationally.
Nancy was
immediately acclaimed as
a star.”
Murray began her onewoman
show at her jubilee
celebration until she
was interrupted, to her
surprise, by a loving tribute
by the Regina Dominican
alumnae choir. The
choir sang some of her favorite
songs and adapted
a song in her honor. After
the performance, Murray
was invited back to
the stage to be surprised
once again by an award
and the stage naming.
She dedicated her jubilee
evening to raising the
necessary funds for Regina
Dominican’s theater
renovations and fine arts
program.
Donations can still be
made in Murray’s name at
rdhs.org/events/jubilee.