Wrestling hopes to improve upon last year’s Regional title
November 15, 2007
TRAINING CHAMPIONS: Christopher Mascaro, varsity wrestler and senior, practices against Brandon Krieger, fellow varsity wrestler and senior. Carmel kicks off its wrestling season on Nov. 24 at Lawrence Central. That meet will be followed with a meet against the Lebanon Tigers at home in the fieldhouse on Nov. 29. Last year the team ended its season with a loss to Cathedral in Semistate. Coach Jim Selvio, one of the 5 coaches for the team, said, “Since we are bringing back so many of our original wrestlers I think that we will have a great chance to succeed this year. With 13 varsity players this year we will have a great chance to make it to finials.” with additional reporting by Jessee Jordan
Freshmen and JV women’s basketball start seasons strong
November 15, 2007
By: Stephanie Walstrom <swalstrom@hilite.org>
The women’s junior varsity and freshman basketball teams wrapped up tryouts the start of this month and now head into regular season play. The 11 freshman girls selected for the freshman team will play in the third game of their high school careers next Monday at home against Perry Meridian. The team will not compete again until Nov. 27 following break from practices over Thanksgiving break.
“We just want to see improvement each game and each week,” Chuck Johns, head coach of the freshman team, said. “We want to see the girls moving to the next level and working hard.”
“I think that if we do what the coach says and work hard, we’ll do really well,” Sophia Sharp, member of the freshman basketball team, said. “We have a lot of people who’ve been playing for a while so we should have a strong team.”
The JV team kicked off its season on Nov. 7 against Anderson Highland. The game went into overtime and Carmel defeated Anderson Highland 40-36.
The JV team will play their second game on Tuesday at Noblesville. JV Head Coach Kay Sharp said she is very excited about the up and coming season. “The girls work extremely hard in practice and play so well together,” Sharp said. “When a team plays together, good things always happen.”
Orchestra ensembles work to prepare for “Strings and Things” performance Sunday
November 15, 2007
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: A student ensemble plays the Dvorak String Quintet, Opus 77, while the rest of the class critiques them. This group is one of many that will play at “Strings and Things” on Sunday in the freshman cafeteria from 2 to 5 p.m. Besides music, the event will also feature gourmet cakes and a silent auction. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door.
Spanish Club to attend Los Posadas holiday festival
November 15, 2007
By: Jennifer Siriwardane <jsiriwardane@hilite.org>
Instead of having an after-school meeting for the month of December, the Spanish Club will celebrate Las Posadas, a traditional Mexican custom that celebrates Christmas.
The club will travel to the Eiteljorg Museum on Dec. 9 to watch actors reenact the classic story of Mary and Joseph searching for a place to stay where Jesus could be born.
Kay Vazquez, club sponsor and Spanish teacher, said, “It’s a cultural benefit for members just to see this custom as it is celebrated in Mexico.”
Sydney Miller, club president and junior, said, “It’s a Mexican custom that people aren’t very familiar with so it exposes them to a more realistic culture.”
Ambassadors to perform holiday show at Festival of Trees, other local choirs plan to perform as well
November 15, 2007
By: Min Qiao <mqiao@hilite.org>
For the second year in a row, the Ambassadors will be performing at the annual Festival of Trees at the Paramount Theatre in Anderson, IN. According to director Lamonte Kuskye, the Festival of Trees will be held on Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. and the Ambassadors will perform a 15 to 20-minute show.
“There will be a very beautiful ballroom (at the Paramount Theatre) and from the inside it looks like you are in a Spanish villa.” Kuskye said. “In the ballroom, there are Christmas trees decorated by local businesses and artists. People will go to the festival and basically bid on those trees. Then in the theatre they will have entertainment.”
Emily Campbell, Ambassadors’ vice-president and senior, said that although specific numbers for this festival are not clear yet, they know that they will be performing mostly holiday songs.
“In general, we will be performing a few ‘Evening with the Ambassadors’ pieces,” Campbell said. “We’ve got some of our second-act Holiday Spectacular music and just repertoires that we have been working on all year.”
Kuskye said that something that will be different from last year’s festival is that instead of just the Ambassadors’ performing, there will also be other show choirs entertaining at the festival from around Indiana.
“When we (sang at the festival) last year, it went over really well, so they have expanded it to be ‘Hamilton County night,’” Kuskye said. “ (There will be) choirs from Noblesville, Westfield, Hamilton Heights and us.”
“This should be a good experience for us,” Campbell said. “ It’s always good to be able to study other groups, to be able to see what other groups are doing and learn from them.”
ASL Club teaches signs important for emergencies, how to use deaf technology
November 15, 2007
By: Rachel Copp <rcopp@hilite.org>
Starting this week, the American Sign Language (ASL) Club will be teaching Carmel Fire Department, Carmel Police Department and local hospital employees signs that are useful to know in emergencies involving a deaf person.
“The reason we are doing this is so that they know what to do when put in an emergency situation with a deaf person,” ASL class interpreter Richelle Danley said. The club members have been preparing for teaching the classes at club meetings. The classes are one hour every Tuesday and Thursday for four weeks and are being held here.
The signs being taught are out of a pamphlet called “100 Signs for Emergencies.” “We are teaching medical signs and how to ask questions,” Danley said. The signs include question words; words about the environment, including “fire,” “hot” and “earthquake;” and feeling words.
ASL Club is also teaching each department in the school how to use deaf technology. The three devices are a video phone, TeleTypewriting and Relay Indiana.
“This is important because it’s another step toward connecting the deaf and hearing world.”
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