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Artistic and musical talent comes to apex at Winter Arts Festival

December 15, 2009

Marie Hofer

Popping corks of sparkling apple juice added to the cultured feel and emotion the student brought to the Winter Arts Festival. A heartwarming toast from Micah Kraus wrapped up the evening for the visual art department.

“I have been a part of the Fine Arts Festival here at Hoban for 17 years. There have been many changes, all that I can remember are positive. It’s great to see the student’s hard work paying off for them. Some have work that’s been created over two years. It’s awesome to watch students go from Beginning Art admiring the blue displays of the AP students to having their turn as those AP students,” Kraus said.

Senior AP art student Jaclyn Hale praised the success of all the works of art.

“I thought it was a really good show overall. There was a nice diversity of pieces. What I liked about having my own space this year was getting to see people’s reaction to my work, and being able to talk to them about it,” Hale said.

Senior Olivia Mandala loved the feelings of accomplishment the show brings.

“The best part leading up to the show is definitely doing all the work for the semester and finally getting to hang it all on one board it see all the work I have done. It feels like such an accomplishment,” Mandala said.

Chamber and Concert Choir joined together to perform beautiful for all art fans and parents in attendance.

“We got to take songs that we’ve been rehearsing for months and share them with and audience who has never heard us perform them before. No matter how familiar the music is to us, it’s new to the audience and we become motivated to sing a song like it’s the most popular one on the radio,” sophomore Katie Cottrill said.

Senior Marie Kunze praised everyone for finding his or her focus even with the nerve-racking excitement of the show.

“My favorite part was the ending song, when we all got together and just had fun. The hardest part was getting everybody focused. We get so excited that we can’t calm down, but in the end we pulled it together,” Kunze said.

Senior Ryan Michaels dynamically performed for the audience with the Chamber Choir.

“I love to entertain people and let them forget all about their troubles. It’s something that I love to do and it’s even better when you get to do it with all your friends,” Michaels said.

Senior Alex Clark was one of many beautiful solos presented by the deeply inspirational Gospel Choir.

“Having a solo was really nerve-racking but a great privilege. I had butterflies in my stomach and was shaking super bad but it was all worth it,” Clark said.

Blake Gross helped everything come together behind the scenes.

“I ran the sound board for the winter fine arts show. I think it really went well and the choirs are extremely easy to work with,” Gross said.

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