SCHOOL NEWS
‘Mad’ advances to bi-district; public show Thursday
Bowie High School’s production of “Mad” is one of three schools advancing to one-act play bi-district competition on March 22.
“Mad” performed at district on March 4 at Graham Memorial Auditorium with seven other schools. A time has not been announced.
“Mad” will be performed for the public at 6 p.m. on March 11 in the junior high auditorium. There is no admission and the public is invited.
Bowie will compete with Holliday, Breckenridge, Bangs, Brock and Early on March 22.
“It will be a tense competition full of really great competitors. We look forward to it. We keep growing our program and each year we get better,” said Director Candace Mercer.
She added while they did advance out of district last year, the journey was cut short due to the pandemic, “we are not doing the same show, but we are honored to advance to this next level two years in a row.”
“Mad’s” technical crew was named best overall technical crew at the district contest. It includes Lance Jones, Kami Young and Kris Torres. Laci Hawkins received All Star Cast and Paris Waters and Alicia Marshall received honorable mention All Star Cast.
Mercer said they received excellent critiques from the judges and they plan to work hard to develop the show even more before bi-district.
The Nocona Independent School District bands will perform their spring concerts on May 2 in the high school auditorium, 1012 Clay.
The middle school band will play at 6 p.m., followed by the high school band at 7 p.m.
NHS Band Director Erin Hanson has announced she will be leaving after nine years at Nocona to take the assistant director’s job at Hale Center to be closer to family.
Hanson has enjoyed a successful tenure at NHS growing the band numbers and directing the band to marching and concert awards and strong scores.
The Nocona High School Film team competed in the BAM film festival in Clute, TX this last weekend. The competition was open to all films in Texas High schools and Texas universities. More than 2,000 films were entered and NHS placed two films in the top three and made $750 in price money. They were second in narrative with “Beyond the Glass Eyes” and third in animation with “The Legendary Nut.” In March the film teams had two narratives and one animation make the state finals, placing in the top six films in the state. (Courtesy photo)
The cast and crew of “Interview,” Gold-Burg High School’s one-act play will perform at around 2:15 p.m. on April 26 for regional competition in the Plano Independent School District Robinson Fine Arts Center.
Play Director Linda Fitzner said the day will open with the first performance at 8 a.m. and continue in about one hour intervals with a break for lunch. Gold-Burg has drawn the final play of the day that opens with Sidney high, Slidell, Avery, Brookesmith, Koppel and Gold-Burg.
Two plays that represent the Region 3, 1A one-act play contest will advance to the University Interscholastic League State 1A One-Act Play Meet at the Austin ISD Performing Arts Center on May 13.
Admission charge for the regional contest is $5.25 per day and includes a digital ticketing fee, A OAP day pass for access to the full day of show is $15.25.
Tickets are available at seatyourself.com. Seating is limited.
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