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JANUARY 2016
WELCOME BACK!
“True art is charac-
terized by an irre-
sistible urge in the creative artist. “
Albert Einstein
UPCOMING AMP EVENTS (mark your calendars!) Field Trips *parent permission required: End of Feb. CO Art Scholastics Competition March/April Denver Art Museum *Permission slips are available outside of the Arts Magnet office door*
Other Events: Feb. 6 Dance Breast Cancer Benefit Concert, UCCC @ 7pm Feb. 13 Big Band Boogie Ball (GCHS Gymnasium, 7pm) Feb. 24 Music Concert– First Congregational Church of Christ, 7pm March 9-12 The Wedding Singer, GCHS 7pm, 1pm Sat March 22-25 Arts Week at the Castle
May 3 Annual AMP GALA, UCCC 7pm May 6 Thespian Overnight May 11-12 Stage Production Class Performance, 7pm May 14 Music Dept. End of Year Awards Ceremony May 16 Spring Music Concert I May 18 Spring Music Concert II
CSU Honor Band -Loren Johnston
-Yessica Rodriguez
Combined League Honor Band
-Haylee Terrill
-Willi Blanco
-Jasalyn Reyes
-Yessica Rodriguez
-Katie Lundebjerg
-Rio Parlin
-Jadyn Bowen
-Joey Canterbury
-Loren Johnston
-Bradley Arvola
Combined League Honor Orchestra
-Leona Armagost
-Evan Mallery
-Jasmin Prellwitz
-Jeremy Hundley
Western State All Colorado Honor
Band
-Loren Johnston
All City Honor
Band
-Willi Blanco
-Haylee Terrill
-Rio Parlin
-Yessica Rodri-
guez
-Katie Lundebjerg
-Alfredo Ochoa
-Lorenzo Granado
-Rhiannon Thero
-Neveon Brothe
-Loren Johnston
-Jordan Farr
-Joey Canterbury
-Bradley Arvola
-Holden Krombholz
All- State Choir
Mamie Romanowski
Maddie Wampler
Lorenzo Granado
NY CITY TRIP NEWS
The Music Department is
fast approaching our trip
to New York City. Those
attending will need to
make their final payment
by Feb. 15th and we will be flying out
on Monday March 28th. We are look-
ing forward to seeing Les Miserables,
attending a Broadway backstage
workshop and having dinner at the
Dizzy Gillespie Jazz club.
GET YOUR NEW AMP T-SHIRT FOR JUST $10 TODAY!
Men’s & Ladies sizing available!
MUSIC NEWS
TICKETS NEW ON SALE for the annual BIG BAND BOOGIE BALL
February 13, 2016 7:30-11pm
Silent Auction 6-10pm
Baggot Gym @GCHS
A Night of Swing Dancing
Tickets available from any GCHS musician, music depot, or @ the
door
Adults—$15, Students/Seniors- $10
Combined League Honor
Choir
-Jacinda Lesser
-Maddie Wampler
-Heather Plastow
-Kaylie Aguilera
-Mamie Romanowski
-Lorenzo Granado
-Jeremy Hundley
The Work of a Thespian By Em Richards
The work of a GCHS thespian does not end when the bell rings at 3:15, nor when the
lights dim in the gymnasium after a night’s game. The work of a thespian, like most
groups, requires diligent practice and dedication. Their scheduled “work day” contin-
ues until the late hour of 10 pm, when most other teens are relaxing at home or hang-
ing out with friends.
Rehearsal usually goes the same way, at around 6:45pm, the cast of about 50 filters
into the auditorium, laughing and talking with their respective friend groups, and once
the clock ticks to 7, a shout from Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Green, or Mrs. O’Black signals
the true beginning of rehearsal. We all dash to the stage, typically after a quick pep
talk from said director, we move to places for our first scene and for 3 straight hours
the stage becomes a flurry of dancing, singing, and most of all acting.
After we finish our rehearsal, Mr. Humphrey sits us down in a circle of exhaustion
and sweat. The is just the end of one of many nights to come, where we will receive
“notes,” where he reviews our highs & lows of that night and critiques our work. It is
a perfect ending, receiving feedback on what we did well, but mostly what we must
work on before opening night. After notes, we leave for the night, only to come and
do it all over again tomorrow. So, you could say the work of a thespian is
never done. I would argue that it isn’t work if you love it…. And the Greeley
Central thespians certainly do.
Em is an Acting emphasis AMP student that frequents the stage in plays and musicals,
this spring you can watch her in action as the Grandma in The Wedding Singer!
VISUAL ARTS NEWS
Do you have a story you would like to write or would you like to interview an artist or performer and write about it for a future newsletter? Let me know by e-mail [email protected] or see Christy!
Mark your calendars now for our Annual SPRING ARTS GALA at UCCC. Tuesday May 3 marks our
10th GALA & 10th year of AMP. Please come cele-brate this magical night of performances & a large
visual arts display @ 6pm (lobby) and curtain at 7pm. Tickets are only $1, so be there!
THEATRE & DANCE NEWS!
THE WEDDING SINGER
March 9-12, 2016
7pm @ 1pm on Saturday
$8/adults $7/Students
Call 970-351-5084 for tickets
The Dance I and III classes will be performing at the Annual Breast Cancer Benefit “Show Your Love” at the UCCC on February 6, 2016 at 7pm.
Dance III students will also be performing at the Greeley Day of Dance event on Saturday
AMP is adding a European school trip to their calendar every 3 years.
The first one will be a 12 day trip to England, Normandy Coast, Mt. St.
Michel, Paris, and Amsterdam June of 2017.
Trip price includes flight, all ground transportation, entry fees, breakfast &
dinner, and a full time tour guide.
Once you register you can pay one of three ways: in full, three lump payments,
or monthly. Any questions, see Mr. Rohnke in room 286.
UPCOMING EUROPE TRIP INFORMATION
PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN
In Photo II we are working on frozen motion
photography, I have attached a couple of
photos by students if there is room in the
newsletter. In GD 2 we are working on using
Adobe Illustrator which is the preferred tool
in the GD world.
Photo by Ben Schmidt, 10th
grade Photography Emphasis
Thank you to the UNCO students from the Clay Club and Mike
Lemke head of the ceramic department. This fall UNC ceramic
students invited our GCHS students to participate in a free 4
week clay workshop held on Saturdays . This was a fantastic
opportunity for our students to learn from these college stu-
dents and work in the UNC studio. We are grateful for the part-
nership and friendship that the UNC has offered us. This type
of work plants a vision of a future after high school. As I over
heard one of our seniors say as they were watching some of the
college kids at work on the wheel "hey this is going to be us
someday."
We also would like to thank Donna Goodsell with the School
of Natural Therapy downtown on 8th avenue for their continue
support of visual artists as they provide space in their reception
room to showcase our GCHS students art work for the First
Friday events downtown Greeley The opportunity for our visu-
al artist to have their work displayed in a professional man-
ner out in the community is fantastic.
Keep watch for information coming in Feb. for
the first District 6 Art Walk scheduled for March
in celebration of YOUTH ART MONTH!
This fall students in AP Art
History and AP Studio took a
trip to the Denver art museum
to take in the fine art this muse-
um offers and thanks to AMP
they also saw the special exhibit
from American artist Andrew
and James Wyatt. Students can
see all the regular exhibits at
DAM for free any day of the
week w/student ID.
We welcome our newest
wildcat to our AMP family
Congrats to Mrs. and Mr.
Charterina on the birth of their
daughter.
AMP also welcomes area artist/
educator Betony Coons to our
AP Studio Art classroom for
added guidance as the deadline
for portfolios closes in.
Congratulations to Liz Baxley for being select-ed for the Gala at CO State Thespian Conven-tion in December and to perform @ the Na-tional Thespian Festival this summer!