ART & CULTURE
RUSSELL | Russell High School is hosting another Absolute Comedy event, this time as a fundraiser for their Breakfast for Learning program, On Saturday, March 3. Breakfast for Learning provides small, nutritious breakfasts on alternating days to all students in each class. Many high school students don’t manage breakfast before coming to school, and studies have shown that providing morning nutrition increases students’ learning abilities and energy. The program is also supported by many local businesses and is run by volunteers. It is highly popular with students, and teachers have reported students being in better moods on breakfast days. The fundraiser event headlines Joey Elias and Andrew Searles and a cash bar and light snacks will also be provided, making it an evening at the comedy club. Tickets will be available in mid-February at outlets or by calling Joanne Giles at 445-0839. The bar opens at 7 :30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 :30 p.m. It contains adult material. Last year’s event raised enough funds to finish paying off the hardwood floor in the school’s gymnasium. RHS hosting comedy fundraiser for Breakfast for Learning C ANDICE V ETTER candice.vetter@eap.on.ca
STA Student Council produces super show
C ANDICE V ETTER candice.vetter@eap.on.ca
RUSSELL | In every community there are many talented, dedicated people, and the members of the student council of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School in Russell are both. The students recently sponsored, organized, produced and presented a rocking talent show. Teacher adviser Dave Brookes praised the work of all the performers and the council member organizers, including emcee and Council president Prairie Groves whom, he said, “did a phenomenal job.” In an interesting twist, the show began with all the teachers performing. They sang Christmas carols on stage and the students were generous with their applause. Acts were many and varied, such as the SERVICES COMMUNAUTAIRES DE PRESCOTT ET/AND RUSSELL COMMUNITY SERVICES Don «In Memoriam» pour venir en aide aux aînés.
submitted photo Dylan Murphy performs at the STA High School’s Talent Show held on December 23 in Russell. The show was sponsored, organized, produced and presented by STA’s student council.
trio who sang Old MacDonald Had a Farm, with live instruments, while another student in a Sumo costume rode around the stage on a unicycle. This act won a standing ovation. Other acts included the Grade 12 girls’ dance crew which choreographed and performed to a medley of dance tunes, as well as the “drum-off”, also described as an “auditory assault” by teacher Brookes,
between students Luke James and Austin de Jonge. The show was attended by students, parents and friends. It was a packed house with an enthusiastic and energetic crowd. It ended with Brandon Stewart, Richard James Jr. and Ethan Lamirande performing a rock version of Carol of the Bells worthy of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
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