Garner Fine Arts Students Shine
October 27, 2011
Garner Elementary fine arts programs are enjoying great success this school year. Building off previous years’ one act play performances in UIL competition and school wide performances of the musicals Annie and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, this year’s students are already slated to perform publically in a play and a musical.
First up is A Toby Show, Garner’s one act play. The Garner actors will travel to Chico High School on November 17th to compete at the district level. The play will be previewed on November 15th at 7 p.m. in the Ryan Gym. The public is welcome to attend this free performance at the Ryan Gym. A Toby Show brings back to the stage an American folk character—Toby, the country bumpkin who outwits the city slickers. This melodrama recreates with traditional situations and stock characters a colorful segment of American drama: the traveling tent repertoire shows. Starring in Cinderella, Toby enacts a comic variation of this childhood classic.
In December, eight Garner students will be performing in the musical, Narnia, at the Scott Theater in Fort Worth. Ms. Julie Troutwine, Garner’s music teacher, is directly responsible for creating opportunities for our students to expand their artistic horizons. In September, Garner students attended a performance of the Fort Worth Symphony at Bass Hall. In October the students went to the Scott Theater to watch the play, Choices. Choices questioned individuals’ responses to life’s events and examines the consequences of those decisions.
While attending Choices, several Garner students were inspired to try out for an upcoming musical produced by Kids Who Care, a Fort Worth non-profit international theatre company that produced Choices. Eight of our students, Jace Beynon, Jocelyn Fields, Taylyn Grim, Hannah Hargrave, Gabi Kirsch, Hayden Michels, Stephani Shaw, and Kimberli Stricklin were selected to perform in Narnia. Based on C.S. Lewis’ classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the whole family will be entertained when they step through the magic wardrobe into Narnia with Lucy, Edmond, Peter and Susan. The children encounter many magical creatures, both good and evil, in their quest to restore the gift of Christmas to the Narnians. Performances will be December 16th through the 22nd at the Scott Theater.
Ms. Troutwine Congratulates Allison Wiggs on Her Selection to All Region Choir
Ms. Troutwine has also been instrumental in preparing Garner to participate in UIL vocal contests for the first time. Competing in Region 7, an area from Fort Worth to San Angelo comprised of 84 school districts, Garner has already enjoyed success in our first year. On October 22nd nine students, Cort Beynon, Makayla Chenault-Cheek, Jo Anne Grimes, Tyler Hicks, Brian Jennett, Kylie Nelms, Keighley Parsons, Katy Rueter, and Allison Wiggs travelled to Granbury High School to try out for All Region Choir. All placed in the top half, but Allison Wiggs was selected as Garner’s first ever All Region Choir vocalist.
If you would you like to come see all of the talented Garner students perform, you are invited on November 11th at 2 p.m. to take part in our annual Veterans’ Day program.
