THE BELFIELD BANTER - HALFWAY EDITION JANUARY 30TH | BANTER PUBLICATIONS | ISSUE V
Door Decorating
Winter Choir Concert
The door decorating competition is a fairly new tradition at Saint Anne’s-Belfield, yet it has become well-loved. Walking through the hallways during the holiday season, and seeing all of the doors decorated for each advisory brings joy and festivity, much needed in Mod 3. Working with your advisory to create the door fosters a sense of community and teamwork. Although this year’s snow days shortened the door decorating competition, the doors themselves were as creative and intricate as always. Some doors that stood out were Ms. Brodie’s paper-mache Rudolph, Ms. Beardsley’s Sprite-themed door, Ms. SJ’s advisory as Labubus, Ms. Bussey’s cell phone wishing us an “APPy holidays,” and Mr. Webster’s hot cocoa stand. Every door was super unique, fun, and well-made. Unfortunately they can’t all be described here, but I hope you had a chance to check out all the doors before the break. Can’t wait to see what the advisories come up with next year!
“Let’s go / Whoever you are / Let’s go / Come travel with me” are the lyrics that opened this year’s Winter Choir Concert in the Upper School. Inspired by poet Walt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road,” this song set the tone for the evening of musical enjoyment ahead for the audience members. I might not be able to mention every fantastic detail of the performance, but here are some of my highlights.
By Quinn Humphreys ‘27
By Kate Cheng ‘26
My personal favorite piece of the night was “Swimming.” The beautiful violin and guitar accompaniment (courtesy of Emily Zhu and Quinn Eliason, respectively) accentuated the incredible vocals from the choir, as well as those of soloists Keira Druzgal and Harrison Edwards. The whole song romanticized a somber day covered in soft grey clouds and lightly drizzling rain, and it transformed the interior of Grisham to the rocky shores of a cold lake somewhere in the woods. It will definitely be finding a place on one of my more contemplative and morose playlists. One of two songs about hope, “We Are Not Alone” had no musical accompaniment holding it together, but it made up for it with strong and loud voices, steady like a rock. Unwavering and steadfast lyrics conveyed their message: “We are not alone / Love is with us.”