September 2005

Volume 25, No. 1, September 21, 2005

ARTS

Day's arts year preview

Former President's house destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Day's arts year preview

by R. O.

In the upcoming 2005- '06 season, the first Day performance will be "Cabaret", which is going up in the beginning of November. Jamie Demarest, the Platinum English teacher, is going to direct the show.

Auditions for this production were held last Friday, September the

16th in the Day auditorium. This yearly variety show features singing, dancing, and acting {including comedy). Following Cabaret, there are the two winter concerts featuring the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands and the choruses. They will be held on December 7th and 14th. These concerts will be directed by Beatrice Maier and Gary Fox.

The 7th and 8th grade play, directed by Jessica Shulman, starts on the 2nd of February. She is not quite sure what the play is going to be, but it is going to based on a Shakespeare play. She has a variety of ways of deciding what the plays will be. The play should have a good plot and maximum opportunities for the cast and crew. Exciting and appropriate challenges are always welcome. She uses past experiences or exciting new plays and tries to relate last year's plays in her decisions. She also uses different factors for selecting appropriate cast positions, such as how confident the people are in their auditions. She wants people to show what they can do, and she doesn't base the positions on physical looks.

The Night of the Pops performance is going to be on March 9th, and following it is the musical at the end of March. The 6th grade play is at the end of April, but the name is currently a secret. The year concludes with the spring concerts in June, done by all three grades.

Former President's house destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

by A. S.

Everyone knows of the devastating mess left by Hurricane Katrina: of the families who lost their homes, of the buildings that are now gone, and of the ones who didn't make it out alive.

However, the once-blossoming arts scene is destroyed, as well. Places like Jefferson Davis' final home, also known as Beauvoir, was 35% destroyed as of September 2nd.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts states on their website that it could take anywhere from weeks to entire months before the institutions, that had items of value wrecked by Katrina, are able to find out exactly how much damage was done.

The center also lists tips on how to rescue the documents, and that safety is required when handling documents because of the environment they have been left in.

As of September 8th, Beauvoir's main structure still stood. However, the gallery porches and entrance to the main house, two cottages, and the entire first floor of the Presidential Library were completely wiped out. The difference is clearly visible from what Beauvoir was before as to what it is now.

The challenge for the people of New Orleans will be to try to preserve as many documents and historical buildings as they can.