RRMS FAME Academy News

The Winter Art Showcase is set for December 14th from 5:30PM-7PM. Students in the Visual Arts program (2D, 3D, & Creative Photography) will be responsible for setting up the art show and presenting works they created throughout the 1st semester. This hands-on experience gives students an understanding of the role of a curator. Students will arrange displays of artwork and help to interpret the collection in order to inform, educate and inspire the public audience. The RRMS Dance Team will be making an exciting appearance, performing precision dance for visitors and the RRMS Thespians will also be entertaining the crowds with sing-alongs and karaoke. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served and provided by RRMS. Following the Art Showcase, the Guitar, Band and Chorus will be performing in the theater at 7PM. You do not want to miss this exciting and collaborative event by RRMS FAME Academy!

Students are encouraged to wear the FAME shirts on Fridays as we celebrate the arts and our Royal talent at RRMS!

The River Ridge Middle School Drama Department has been hard at work this year, we certainly hit the ground running! We have been working hard on our two one act plays; our thespian competition play All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Play and our hauntingly fun Fall piece Once Upon A Broomstick. Also our 30+ individual events for thespian competition ranging from costume design to improv to large group musical to monologue and more!

Our thespians of troupe 88135 “dunked” on the competition being praised for how professional and collaborative our troupe was being the whole time! We are so proud of all of our thespians and can’t wait to take the majority of our students who participated in Districts to State Festival in January in Orlando! Break a leg!!

Scores range from Poor-Fair-Good-Excellent-Superior

Best in District means the student(s) received the highest score in the district and will represent that piece at state competition.

Critic’s Choice means the student(s) had the highest score in the district and was being considered to represent for the entire district at the state level.

Top Honors means the student(s) received the highest score in the district, but tied with another troupe and the other troupe’s piece was chosen as critic’s choice.

IN TOTAL WE RECEIVED:

18 Superiors

24 Excellents

2 Best in District Awards

3 Critic’s Choice Awards

2 Top Honors

All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Play

Thespian One Act

Superior

Best Tech in District

Alexander Martinez, Alexander Lopez, Alyce Marshall, Amara Young, Ava Hayes, Bailey Sorensen, Bo Henson, Camryn Giles, Emma Berberena, Gabrielle Mobley, Isabella Caminero, Isabella Boytsan, Jenna Ngo, Jordin Rose, Kathryn Thomas, Vincent Knox

Transylvania Mania from Young Frankenstein

Large Group Musical

Superior

Alexander Martinez, Alexander Lopez, Alyce Marshall, Amara Young, Ava Hayes, Bailey Sorensen, Bo Henson, Camryn Giles, Emma Berberena, Gabrielle Mobley, Isabella Caminero, Isabella Boytsan, Jenna Ngo, Jordin Rose, Kathryn Thomas, Vincent Knox

Hygge from Frozen Jr

Large Group Musical

Superior

Angelina Cacciola, Delana Pillars, Ella Morris, Emma Bloomer, Ethan Garfias, Gavin Covert, Katelyn Hanka, Kayla Golden, Kelly Larson, Lindi Morrison, Madeline Cronk, Riley Callegari, Tallen Huerta

It’s A Hard Knock Life from Annie Jr

Large Group Musical

Excellent

Bella Brawer, Colleen Szczepanski, Coriana German, Emilee Rivera, Fiona McNeal, Jessica Murdock, Liliana Sayegh, Mia Frank, Mila Fout

Haus of Holbein from Six the Musical

Small Group Musical

Superior

Alyce Marshall, Ava Hayes, Camryn Giles, Gabrielle Mobley, Isabella Boytsan, Kathryn Thomas

Heaven Hop from Anything Goes

Small Group Musical

Excellent

Ella Morris, Kayla Golden, Kishar Taylor, Mikayla Buck-Nicholson

Gossip by DM Larson

Ensemble Acting

Excellent

Amber Forcade, Christopher Van Der Henst, Colleen Szczepanski, Joel Shaw, Marcus Newton

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

Ensemble Acting

Excellent

Amara Young, Ava Hayes, Bailey Sorensen, Camryn Giles, Gabrielle Mobley, Jenna Ngo

Oddball by Lindsay Price

Ensemble Acting

Excellent

Angelina Cacciola, Emilee Rivera, Fiona McNeal, Mila Fout

El Taco Feo Lives by DM Larson

Ensemble Acting

Excellent

Alexander Lopez, Emma Berberena, Vincent Knox

Alice in Winter Wonderland by Janet Allard and Michael Bigelow Dixon

Ensemble Acting

Superior

TOP HONORS

Abbigail Bashaw, Emma Christopher, Emma Bloomer, Erin Slaughter

The Red House by Rachel Bublitz

Duet Acting

Excellent

Jessica Murdock, Marlo Page

Empowered by Don Zolidis

Duet Acting

Excellent

Taylor Vaughn, Alexander Lopez

Agatha Rex by Lindsay Price

Duet Acting

Excellent

Isabella Hart, Kayla Golden

The Day the Internet Died by Ian McWethy and Jason Pizzarello

Duet Acting

Excellent

Mia Frank, Kelly Larson

The Very Bad Girl Scouts by John P McEneny

Duet Acting

Excellent

Riley Callegari, Katelyn Hanka

If Mama Was Married from Gyspsy

Duet Musical

Superior

Lindi Morrison, Kishar Taylor

16 Going On 17 from The Sound of Music

Duet Musical

Superior

Gavin Covert, Mikayla Buck-Nicholson

What Do the Simple Folk Do? From Camelot

Duet Musical

Superior

Bo Henson, Alyce Marshall

Improv

Superior

TOP HONORS

Jordin Rose, Isabella Caminero

You’re Melting by Amber Leanne Rothberg

Monologue

Superior

Ethan Garfias

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett

Monologue

Excellent

Liliana Sayegh

Step One from Kinky Boots

Solo Musical

Superior

Alexander Martinez

Wherever He Ain’t from Mack and Mabel

Solo Musical

Superior

CRITIC’S CHOICE

Isabella Boystan

The Life I Never Led from Sister Act

Solo Musical

Superior

Kathryn Thomas

I’ll Be Here from Ordinary Days

Solo Musical

Superior

Lindi Morrison

Heaven on Their Minds

Solo Musical

Superior

Bo Henson

Spamalot

Set Design

Superior

Michael Stone

Beetlejuice the Musical

Set Design

Excellent

William Swisher

Macbeth

Publicity Design

Excellent

Alani Wiggins

Hazell Tionn

Scene Writing

Excellent

Abbigail Bashaw

The Darkness Awaits

Scene Writing

Excellent

Alani Wiggins

Beetlejuice the Musical

Makeup Design

Superior

CRITIC’S CHOICE

Isabella Hart

The Little Mermaid the Musical

Makeup Design

Excellent

Taylor Vaughn

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Costume Design

Excellent

Logan White

Alice in Winter Wonderland

Costume Design

Excellent

Skylynn Morgan

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Makeup Design

Excellent

Logan White

Alice in Winter Wonderland

Makeup Design

Excellent

Skylynn Morgan

Spamalot

Costume Design

Excellent

Michael Stone

Funny Girl

Costume Design

Excellent

Marcus Newton

Six the Musical

Costume Design

Superior

CRITIC’S CHOICE

BEST IN DISTRICT

Jordin Rose

Our Drama students have also been exploring several theatrical avenues in classes, the breakdown of what we have learned so far is as follows:

We are so proud of our thespians here at RRMS! Stay tuned for more news on future projects including the announcement of our spring musical!

In the exploring 2D class and the Advanced studio option, emphasis is placed on 2 dimensional art and offers students the opportunity to study various media. In class students thus far have worked with watercolor, colored pencil, charcoal & chalk, pen & ink, and most recently oil pastel. Instruction in the studio class process focuses on creativity, craftmanship, application/techniques, understanding design principles, and safety.

We are currently working on blending techniques and oil pastel application. Students have explored setting up and drawing a still life. They must pay close attention to highlights and shadows, to accurately depict form. In Exploring 2D Art, students have learned about the artist Wayne Thiebaugh and have begun sketching and planning their final still life composition based on their favorite dessert. The 2D studio art class is currently learning about Georgia O’Keefe and will be pulling their inspiration from the artist and nature for their oil pastel drawings.

Mediums and techniques have been the focus for the past quarter. They have used oil pastels, watercolors, and acrylic. We are also going to be exploring 2D techniques on Clay when we create tiles. Students have learned color theory and acrylic painting techniques through large cactus paintings. This class, unlike the semester 2D class, goes more in-depth with the techniques, applications, and mediums.

Digital Photography is a yearlong introduction to the digital camera as an art-making tool designed for students at the beginning level. The course will use digital photography to help students learn and apply the basic elements of art and the principles of design. Cellphone photography and editing with a variety of phone applications is infused in the curriculum. This course will also provide students with opportunities to extend their knowledge and skills in the field of photography and the use of Adobe Lightroom and Photopea.

Coming Soon… Series of Photographs

Students become familiar with an inspirational photographer and the photographer’s genre of photography. Student will be creating a presentation on the photographer, while photographing their own images in that genre to create a series of photographs (10-15 photographs). Students learn that a theme running through the many works unifies it as a collection. The theme is stated and restated in different yet interconnected ways, and the viewer can look at the collection and understand more easily what the artist is trying to convey.

Yearlong Course: The students in 3D Studio Art have also been building and creating art using different materials and mediums. They have used paper, clay, cardboard, and glass bottles. They have learned about different artists, painting techniques, color theory, and sculpting techniques. 3D art develops problem solving, research, and technical skills. This class, unlike the semester 3D class, goes more in-depth with the techniques and mediums. We explore student’s interest within the lessons.

Tickets for the Showcase will go on sale this Friday 11/12.

We will send home an order form on Thursday for you to be able to specify which show you are buying tickets to, how many and where you would like to sit. There are 2 different prices for tickets, the yellow area is $8 each and the pink area is $6 each. If you choose seats that were already sold we will place you as close to the area you want to be in. We will try to update the seating chart every couple of days so you can see what is still available. Tickets will be on sale all the way up through the day of the show and at the box office prior to each show.

The Guitar, Chorus, and Band classes are preparing for the Winter Concert on December 14th at 7PM at the River Ridge Center for the Arts. We look forward to everyone coming to enjoy this holiday event!

The Band also participated in all of the home football games playing the National Anthem, at halftime and the fight song! The drum line and band also visits lunches to pep up the Royal Knights on Royal Spirit Fridays and Pep Rally day!

Danielle White, Assistant Principal dmwright@pasco.k12.fl.us

Joseph Grosso, Director of Middle School Theatre jgrosso@pasco.k12.fl.us

Travis Henry, Director of Middle School Music thenry@pasco.k12.fl.us

Lynn Vairo, Director of Middle School Dance lvairo@pasco.k12.fl.us

Rachel Lightbody, Visual Arts and Creative Photography rlightbo@pasco.k12.fl.us

Nicole Berberich, Visual Arts 2D and 3D nvicchia@pasco.k12.fl.us

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