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Shen-Val-Lore The Student Voice of Shenandoah Valley Academy
March 13, 2015
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Volume 84, Edition 4
Upcoming Events March 1
NHS Induction
1
Principal’s List Brunch
6
End of Third Quarter
7-8
Elementary Basketball Tournament
14
Music Tournament
15
SA Banquet
8
SAT
20-22 Richmond Area Youthfest 22
Sunday School
April
SA Annual Talent Show Paola Nago’
Light, cameras, talent! The Annual SA Talent Show took place at 8 pm on February 28, 2015, in the SVA Auditorium. Parents, family, and friends came from far and wide to see their students perform that night. The seats filled up fast, since students and guests were excited to see that night’s talent. The students performing nervously waited for the event to start, probably with mixed feelings of anticipation and dread. That night would be full of surprises and good memories. The lights dimmed and all the dressed up SA members lined up in the middle aisle to start the night off with their rendition of ¨Uptown Funk.” Their enthusiastic charisma and creative lyrics received laughs and cheers from the crowd. They definitely started the night out right! After
their performance the very vivacious emcees came out, Daniel Reyes and James Matthews, and introduced the following acts. In the Best Musical Act category and first place act was Daniel Chirvasuta, playing “The Four Seasons,” on his violin. He did an excellent job, playing it totally by memory, and amazed the audience. The second place act was Amaia Belgrave and her band, Juan Pablo Lopez, Matheus Dotto, Chris Wilson, and Carter Ware. They performed ¨Thinking Out Loud¨ with a lot of personality and charm. Congratulations to both winners; we really appreciated your acts and the courage it took to stand up there and perform them. The next category was Best Skit/Hidden Talent, and the first place went to ¨The Duck Song¨ starring Ashley Alvara-
do as the very frustrated salesperson, Julie Nam as the exasperating and endearing duck, Gabriela Whonder as the lead singer and backup singers Ming Kim and Jennie Lee, and last but not least Chloe Pettit on the guitar. Even after a few weeks people are singing that song; the performance was that memorable. Second place in this category went to Donovan Drain, who played “Video Sound Track¨ on the keyboard. Memorizing the tune to go along with each segmented video game was very clever. It definitely showed off not only his musical side but also creative thinking. Having the audience travel through worlds and defeat the villains made it a very unique act. Congratulations to both acts for being the most creative! The last category was The People’s Choice Award, and in this category the winner
was determined by the audience. The act with the most votes was ¨Tumbling Twins¨ of Karen Vallado and Madia Villa, who tumbled and spun all over the stage. They created shapes and formations with their bodies, accompanied by an upbeat song that really sold the show. Showing their bubbly personalities through their performance made the audience fall in love with them, and also earned them $150! To close off the night, the Music and Art Auction took place, which was a fundraiser to help with the upcoming Germany Music Tour. It was supplied by many beautiful art pieces by many talented students looking forward to the trip. The fast talking auctioneer was Pastor Buz, who did a very good job selling the pieces to the highest bidder. Congratulations to all those
who sold their art, and thanks to those who purchased the items. This event wouldn’t have been possible without our Student Association Officers (Gabriela Whonder, Ming Kim, Jennifer Pena, Julie Nam, Sarah Lim, Andrea Herrera, Ellerab Dorval, Marcie Ndahayo, Ashley Alvarado, River Anderson, James Matthews, Reiss Ramirez, and Daniel Reyes) and SA Sponsors Ms. Kelly Wiedemann & Dr. Dale Twomley. The show was also made possible with the help of the Sound, Light, and Stage Crew (Clinton Bame, Stephen Genus, Trace Wilkens, Lei Edwards, Robert Moncada, and Ryan VandeVere). Without them it would have been a very dark, and quiet performance. Last but not least, a special thank you to the judges, Paul Griffin, Jim Minty, and Barbara Wilson.
March 26-6
Spring Break
5
Easter Sunday
10-11
30-Hour-Famine
12
Scholarship Sunday
13-17
Week of Prayer
17-18
Alumni Weekend
19
ACT- All Juniors
19
Jr.-Sr. Banquet
22
Spring Picnic
25
Music Tour
26
Scholarship Sunday
26
Sunday School
May April 29-3 Homeleave
Table of Contents
1 SA Talent Show 2 ROK Vespers 3 Puzzles, Comics, and Other Interesting Things 4 On the Road to Capitol 4 Youth Fest 2015 4 WAU Choirfest 4 Andrews Basketball
Tournament 5 NHS & Principal’s List Induction
5-10
Baseball & Girls Soccer Tournament
16
Final Music Concert