Auditions. Nerve-racking events in which you walk into a room and get harshly evaluated by complete strangers that are very familiar (and probably professionals) in the area you are auditioning for. How...
On Wednesday March 23, the top runners on the outdoor track team competed in their first meet of the season, the Gary Bugg Co-Ed Classic. This meet was based on field events and relays and lasted around...
District Band auditions were held Saturday, December 5th at Turner Ashby High School School. Lizet Muñiz is a sophomore trying out for district band for the first time. “You walk in and there is a big...
JV player Junior Edwin Gil-Feliz knocks the ball out of a player from James Wood high school hands during the home game against James Wood high school.
JV basketball players freshman Kobe Johnson and junior Hakeem Sharief steal the ball from their opponent's hands during the home game against James Wood high school.
JV basketball player freshman Marcus Robinson-Jenkins guards the ball from players from James Wood high school during the home game against James Wood high school.
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Irene Liu, Feature Page Editor
• November 19, 2015
At 8:20 on Nov. 9 potential applicants for the Massanutten Regional Governor’s School left HHS from the main office and journeyed over to Mount Jackson, Virginia (an hour long drive) to tour the school...
When HHS students get to school in the morning they can either ride the bus, drive, bike, or walk. Those who can drive on their own can pay for student parking in the large parking lot facing the side...
Begging to Differ is one of the two HHS bands that Bob Adamek houses. They have been together since 2014, and consist of senior lead vocalists Jaymie Inouye and Laura Ruple, junior keyboardist Seth Bontrager,...
Violinists participating in Senior Regional Orchestra line up to receive their audition numbers. Afterwards, each person listened for their number to be called while they practiced in the Charlottesville...
Harrisonburg High School senior Allison McGranahan practices her prepared pieces while waiting to be called up to audition. “It’s pretty nerve-racking waiting in line because they make us wait so long,...
Eastern Mennonite High School 9th grader Ada Zhang rehearses her scales while waiting for her audition to begin. “I’m nervous. I practiced a lot, so I think I’m prepared as much as I can be, so to...
Cellists, violists and bass players wait in line to receive their audition ticket from parent volunteers. They then waited for their number to be called and their audition to begin.
Collegiate School sophomore Georgia Vaughn and junior Jasmine Harper rehearse their prepared pieces while waiting for their audition. “[I auditioned today] because it’s required by my school, but I...
Parent volunteers Anne Knox (right) and Dekoven Pelton (left) of Charlottesville High School students help pass out audition numbers to violinists from all over the district. “We are helping to assign...
Before Carly Rae Jepsen’s newest album E.MO.TION, I basically considered her a young Canadian pop artist with a charming voice who took a few songs and shaped herself into a one-hit wonder. I actually...
![Eastern Mennonite High School 9th grader Ada Zhang rehearses her scales while waiting for her audition to begin. “I’m nervous. I practiced a lot, so I think I’m prepared as much as I can be, so to be honest, if I don’t make it in, I’m prepared to know that I won’t make it in and I won’t be that devastated. [I think the most nerve-racking part about today is] the sight reading. I hear it’s brutal,” Zhang said. This is her first time auditioning but has experience with blind judges. “I think [having blind judges] does make a difference because sometimes, you can also tell whether a player is good or not by their posture, so that definitely makes a difference,” Zhang said](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SRO6.jpg)
![Collegiate School sophomore Georgia Vaughn and junior Jasmine Harper rehearse their prepared pieces while waiting for their audition. “[I auditioned today] because it’s required by my school, but I also really like playing the violin. [The most nerve-racking thing about the audition is] probably those people that always show off before we audition. I think just not being nervous is the most important part. Then you can be relaxed and play the best,” said Harper.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SRO5.jpg)
![Parent volunteers Anne Knox (right) and Dekoven Pelton (left) of Charlottesville High School students help pass out audition numbers to violinists from all over the district. “We are helping to assign the audition numbers for the violin participants. We have had 98 people so far and there could be 105. We started this morning at 8:00 am. [The hardest part about the job is] when the students don’t have the necessary paperwork, or there is a problem with their paperwork, and they have to wait for it to get sorted out,” Knox said.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SRO2.jpg)
