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CFHS earns five Division I’s at large group competition Arlene Freudenberg Staff Writer
After the band, choir and orchestra students performed last Saturday, May 3, the large group contest judges were left with a collective “Wow!” The symphonic and wind symphony bands, the string and symphony orchestra and the concert choir all earned Division I scores. The mixed choir earned a Division II. Cedar Falls High School hosted the annual large group contest. Band, choir and orchestra students gathered to be judged on the pieces they’ve worked so hard on for the past several weeks, and it paid off. The symphonic band, directed by Kyle Engelhardt, performed “Celtic Ritual” by John Higgins and “Greek Folk Song Suite” by Franco Cesarini. “‘Greek Folk Song Suite’ features the upper wood winds, flutes solos and some trumpet solos. ‘Celtic Ritual’ is more percussive and has some good show case spots for the saxophones and French horns,” Engelhardt said. The symphonic band played unique pieces to stand out for the judges. “‘Celtic Ritual’ is dark and foreboding, and ‘Greek Folk Song Suite’ is a compilation of three traditional songs:
a wedding song, an ancient burial song and (a song) based on a popular Greek dance,” Engelhardt said. The wind symphony, directed by Gerald Ramsey, performed “Finale From Symphony in F Minor No. 4” by Tchaikovsky arranged by Safranek/ Carl Fischer. “It’s a transcription of Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony. It has a lot of notes, (and) it is fast,” Ramsey said. The mixed choir, directed by Kendra Wohlert, performed the “Promise Land” arranged by Richardson, “Axnetarit Justi in Domino” by Viadana and “Sing me to Heaven” by Oanothrop. “We (opened) up with a real energetic rhythmic piece in English. The second song is a wonderful dance-like song. (It’s like) singing jubilantly to God. The third song is a contemporary slow piece with some really beautiful harmony,” Wolhert said. Wolhert’s choir have proved they are hard working by choosing to perform such a challenging piece. “(‘Axnetarit Justi in Domino’) is a very challenging college piece, and I’m having my sophomores sing it,” Wolhert said. All of the choir songs were performed a cappella, which means there wasn’t any piano accompanist.
Prom Serenade
With prom day, May 10, quickly approaching, students are anticipating the biggest dance of the year. Junior Joe Fagersten used music to ask junior Olivia Hahn to go to prom with him.
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Kickin’ it 4 Cambodia
“Tuning is the biggest problem. We want to make sure we’re in tune throughout the whole song,” Wolhert said. The concert choir, also directed by Wolhert, performed “O Magnum Mysterium” by Jamidsen and “Elijah Rock” by Hogan. “‘O Magnum Mysterium’ is a contemporary setting around the birth of Christ with real deep harmonics,” Wolhert said. Scott Hall directed the string orchestra. The string orchestra played a six movement piece. It was called “Capriol Sweet.” “The string orchestra (performed) ‘Capriol Sweet.’ It’s a very famous piece. It’s very demanding. These pieces are based off 16th century dance movements,” Hall said. Hal also directed the symphony orchestra. “The symphony orchestra (performed) ‘Russian Eastern Overture’ by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. It’s a very demanding piece for all the strings as well as the winds and percussion. They’re having fun with it, and they play it well. ‘Russian Eastern Overture’ is about the Greek orthodox eastern celebration. It gives you a sense of being in a church in old Russia,” Hall said.
DECA participates in nationals Ashley Ehrig Staff Writer
Eleven students participated in the National DECA competition in Atlanta last week from April 25-30. Four out of five Iowa students represented Cedar Falls High School at the final competition. These four were seniors Whitney Duhaime and Mark Otte, who made finals in business law team decision making; Amanda Traetow, who made finals in the restaurant marketing decision making event; and Stephanie Malley, who made finals in the business services research marketing event. “After finals competition, there was a grand awards ceremony on Tuesday
night. The top 10 finalists were called to the stage. We did not have anyone finish in the top 10,” business teacher Matthew Flaherty said. The first two days were spent roleplaying and being judged. Sunday, the students reported to their respective event rooms and either took a test or checked in their projects and made sure their presentation visuals were approved. Monday, after given a time to report, they presented their projects or did their event role-play. Later on Monday the students reported to their events again. Each individual series and team event was given 30 minutes to prepare a decision-making or role-play event, where they then presented this decision
to a judge. The projects and manual competitors were given only 15 minutes to present their project, research, paper and eventually answer questions from the judges. The third day was set aside for awards, and then the winners moved on. The mini awards session took place at 8 a.m., where they found out who made it into the finals. The scores of the top 15-20 students of each event were thrown out, and they had to present a second time for new scores. “Over 15,000 students competed in many events over the two competition days. On average there are about 100 competitors in each event, sometimes more, sometimes less,” Flaherty said.
Brian Winkel Photos
Above, returning after his top finish among all CF students, sophomore Paul Strike accompanies his father, math teacher Rich Strike to the finish line at Saturday’s Kickin’ It for Cambodia 5K walk/run. This was the second year for the Student Senate-sponsored event, which raised $1,500 for the school in Cambodia. At left, wrapped in a shared blanket, sophomores Laura Johnson and Courtney Dreyer warded off the windy weather before the race began.