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“All the world’s a stage...”<br />
BY SUSAN JUNG<br />
For many of our students, the stage and the theatre itself is “home”<br />
and many hours are spent making that home a place that brings<br />
them a sense of accomplishment and family. Often, these hours go<br />
unnoticed to most, who may not have an understanding of what<br />
goes into the production of a play or musical. I wanted to honor<br />
and commend all of these students in a way that didn’t bring about<br />
competition, but rather celebration. This is why we have reinstated<br />
our school’s troupe in the International Thespian Society (ITS),<br />
and in May we inducted 24 students into our chapter. ITS is an<br />
organization that recognizes achievements in all aspects and all<br />
levels of theatre. Students earn points by participating both on and<br />
off the stage, and can accumulate them over their years, achieving<br />
growing levels of status within the society. Students also have the<br />
opportunity to travel to state and national conferences, where they<br />
can take a portion of a play or musical to be critiqued by theatre<br />
professionals, compete in technical challenges, and experience<br />
workshops in a variety of disciplines taught by professionals in<br />
their fields. ITS is a wonderful way to celebrate all of our students<br />
and their accomplishments and I am very much looking forward to<br />
seeing our involvement grow.<br />
Anthony Frederickson ‘20 on NBC’s “The Voice”<br />
After submitting his audition video in late February, Anthony was notified that he was<br />
one of four finalists and chosen by coach Alicia Keys to be her finalist on The Voice’s<br />
Snapchat feature, Voicesnaps.<br />
When asked what inspired him to audition, Anthony shared that he enjoys singing<br />
and thought that “The Voice” would be a great learning experience for him.<br />
Anthony’s parents are supportive of his passion for singing and agree, “This is a great<br />
opportunity for Anthony to work with a vocal coach from ‘The Voice’.”<br />
Anthony’s parents shared the text from Alicia Keys immediately following another<br />
performance for which he received the Overture Awards Grand Prize for Theater. Of<br />
note, he was the first freshman and CHCA student to ever win the Overture Award<br />
for Musical Theater. It was quite a season for this talented young man!<br />
While Anthony did not win The Voice’s Snapchat contest, it was an honor to be a<br />
finalist and get featured on national television. We are sure to see much more from<br />
this rising star!<br />
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