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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Penn-Trafford among schools emphasizing fall play
Post Gazette: "Every spring, when football season is a memory and basketball is winding down, 90 or so Western Pennsylvania high schools turn their attention to the stage and gear up for the annual spring musical season."
it's interesting how so often the drama and football teams feel that they are in competition with eah other when really the two have a lot of things they can learn for eachother. it is in schools where the two organizations are unified that often have a happier and healthier student body.
I remember when I was in middle school we had the Spring Musical and that was it. One would think that there would be more emphasis placed on acting, considering that dancing and singing in addition to acting is a lot to ask of a middle schooler. Straight acting also, as the article says, gives a better understanding of what theater actually is. With only having Spring Musicals, theater becomes something much more about spectacle than the actual art. ~Boyce
I think it is great that schools are now emphasizing the importance to theater, I remeber at public school that the funding for performance often fell second to a champion winning sports team. However, I know of other schools, who, in thinking they are emphasizing the plays are actually negativly effecting them by forcing student participation. And while student apathy is bad, forced participation is worse.I have to say I disagree with Aaron, there are many times in which smoking can be replaced by other actions, but it is certainly important in period pieces. Regardless, this is just another piece of legislation that limits the creative ability of the theater.
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it's interesting how so often the drama and football teams feel that they are in competition with eah other when really the two have a lot of things they can learn for eachother. it is in schools where the two organizations are unified that often have a happier and healthier student body.
I remember when I was in middle school we had the Spring Musical and that was it. One would think that there would be more emphasis placed on acting, considering that dancing and singing in addition to acting is a lot to ask of a middle schooler. Straight acting also, as the article says, gives a better understanding of what theater actually is. With only having Spring Musicals, theater becomes something much more about spectacle than the actual art.
~Boyce
I think it is great that schools are now emphasizing the importance to theater, I remeber at public school that the funding for performance often fell second to a champion winning sports team. However, I know of other schools, who, in thinking they are emphasizing the plays are actually negativly effecting them by forcing student participation. And while student apathy is bad, forced participation is worse.I have to say I disagree with Aaron, there are many times in which smoking can be replaced by other actions, but it is certainly important in period pieces. Regardless, this is just another piece of legislation that limits the creative ability of the theater.
-Kim Allen-Poole
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