Greetings!

Happy New Year! Fine Arts Academy creativity was represented at Austin's First Night Celebration when art students Sophie Petrie, David Smith, and Patrick McVeety-Mill, with help of their art teacher, Carol Torrance, created this "Knights @ Sea" parade float from an HEB shopping cart. More serious work by McCallum artists was used in the 2008 desk calendar, and the art department is celebrating selling all 300 copies in their recent fundraiser. With the generous support of business partners Sibley Peteet, Party Cat, and West Austin News, all calendar costs were covered and 100% of proceeds will benefit our art department.

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Friends of the Academy News

Urgent, Imminent Failure: Theater Not ADA Compliant, Fails Ed Specs on Six Major Counts

Support at Bond Hearing Needed

After the 2004 bond met the needs of two other AISD high schools with theatres with fewer than 500 seats, the Fine Arts Academy now has the smallest high school performance venue in AISD. McCallum's theatre is in deperate need of being replaced. It gets more use than any other AISD theatre (the Fine Arts Academy has more productions and performances and more rehearsals by guitar, dance, music and theatre students than any other AISD high school) and the space is used daily as the theatre classroom, resulting in an excessive amount of wear and tear.

Overlooked for a larger theatre by the bond committee in 2004, there is currently an interim bond committee considering urgent needs that were overlooked in the last bond. They will take public comment at only two meetings, which are: Tuesday night, Dec. 15 at Covington MS theatre and Wednesday night, Dec. 16 at LBJ HS cafeteria. McCallum fine arts parents are urged to arrive starting at 5 pm to sign up to speak on behalf of our fine arts students' need for a 500-seat theatre with a sprung floor for dancers and an orchestra pit, as well as the FF&E (furniture and equipment) promised in the last two major bonds approved by voters. Going back as far as the 1998 bond, music risers, conductor's podiums, music stands, art furnishings, and computers and computer furniture were expected but never received.

The six major areas fail to comply with AISD's own Educational Specifications:

• McCallum theater grossly inadequate, not fully ADA-compliant, fails to meet AISD Educational Specifications for general seating, stage size, lobby/ticket booth, scenery/costume storage, loading dock, dressing rooms.
• LBJ is same size as McCallum (1700+ students); LBJ has new 500-seat theater that complies with Ed Specs and ADA. McCallum has largest theater enrollment in AISD (300+ students) and over 35 student productions this year, compared to LBJ's 20.
• Ed Specs require minimum 500 seats for high school theaters; McCallum has 298 working seats - over 200 short of minimum requirement.
• Audience often forced to sit on floor or stand in aisles, raising fire code issues.
• Maintenance is not regularly performed by district; many seats broken, parent injured last spring when seat collapsed during performance.
• Theater fly rail system dangerously outdated, needs immediate repair/replacement.

Remember the collaborative FOA fundraiser at Party Pig in October 2004? We raised $3000 which was donated to McCallum Fine Arts Academy by owner Patel (pictured on left with balloons on his head!). Academy students and parents from all strands took shifts outside the store to woo in and entertain shoppers seeking Halloween costumes.

Just this December, a new grand drape went up, thanks to our efforts.

Support at Bond Hearing Needed

McCallum's theatre is in deperate need of being replaced. It gets more use than any other AISD theatre (the Fine Arts Academy has more productions and performances and more rehearsals by guitar, dance, music and theatre students than any other AISD high school) and the space is used daily as the theatre classroom, resulting in an excessive amount of wear and tear.

Overlooked for a larger theatre by the bond committee in 2004, there is currently an interim bond committee considering urgent needs that were overlooked in the last bond. They will take public comment at only 2 meetings, which are: Tuesday night, Dec. 15 at Covington MS theatre and Wednesday night, Dec. 16 at LBJ HS cafeteria. McCallum fine arts parents are urged to arrive starting at 5 pm to sign up to speak on behalf of our fine arts students' need for a 500-seat theatre large enough to accomodate our bands and orchestras and choirs; with a sprung floor for dancers and an orchestra pit needed for dance performances, musical theatre and opera productions. FF&E (furniture and equipment) promised in the last two major bonds approved by voters going back as far as the 1998 bond have left us without new music risers and stands, conductor's podiums, choral risers, new furniture for art rooms, and more.

The ugly photos to be shown to the CBAC were not staged, such as this overcrowded 3-D art classroom, now used also for ART I classes taught by our 4th full-time art teacher.

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Band News

HEAR MFAA STUDENTS PERFORM WITH THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY TUESDAY MORNING Jan 15 10:15 a.m.

You are invited to attend (It's in the big gym, and chairs for guests will be set out in front of the bleachers.) Congratulations to the following students who have rehearsed and will be performing with the Austin Symphony:

Lacey Chrisco, flute; Kimberly Davidson, french horn; Taylor Cotham, trombone; Patrick McVeety-Mill, tuba; Kelle Kampa, percussion; August Dennis & Robert Buckles, double bass; Catherine Cotham, cello; and Gonzalo Hernando & Caris Longoria, violin.

Jazz Combo will play for Academy Showcase from 6:30-7 pm in the theatre as guest are arriving for the Academy Showcase on Jan. 29th. The Honors Wind Ensemble will also play then at 7 pm to open the showcase. All students are needed for those performances.

RESULTS OF TMEA AREA E AUDITIONS

Congrats to Lacey Chrisco for making the All State Band for the second year in a row!  Our three directors along with eight students spent last Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Judson High School (outside of San Antonio) at the area competition.  The talent pool was a tough one - our students were vying against the best students from four regions at the area competition and only a small number went on to the all state band.  Congrats to Lacey and also to the others who were at the area competition:  Kelle Kampa, Austin Knaplund, Kimberly Davidson, Olivia Erwin, Sophia Sherman, Heidi Kahle and Ben Zein.  Way to represent the mighty Mac Band!!!

MARDI GRAZIE is Coming!

What is Mardi Grazie?
A fun and festive celebration to support the entire MAC Band, especially the trip to Carnegie Hall in June.

When is it?  Saturday, February 2.

What Happens at Mardi Grazie?
Think Little Italy meets Mardis Gras: Delicious Italian Dinner featuring performances by MAC Jazz Band, Steel Drum Ensemble, visiting Jazz Bands from other schools, and Silent Auction.  Followed by a concert featuring all MAC Bands and Live Auction.

Who Should Come?  The MAC Band community of family and friends, prospective student families, and anyone else who likes great music, food and fun for the entire family.

What Should I Do?
1) Save the Date:  Saturday, February 2.
2) Invite people.

Can I Help?
Yes!  By coming to Mardi Grazie and bringing folks. If you'd like to get more involved, volunteer to serve, clean up, or help out in other ways at the event. We also need two people as soon as possible to help orchestrate the Silent Auction (contact Rebecca Moran at moranfamily01@ gmail.com or 563-6577) and two or three people to help with Publicity, Decorations, and Programs (contact Joan Hyde at hydejoan@earthlink. net or 658-9682).

How do I get Tickets?  How much is it? What time? 
Tickets will go on sale mid-January; more details to come.  Look for posters in the hallway this week.

Go MAC Band!

Steel Drum News

The McCallum Knights of Steel got a sustained standing ovation from music educators & musicians from around the world after their excellent performance at the 65th Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Dec. 22nd.

The kids became instant city dwellers in Chicago, using their feet and the El to get from airport to hotel to the John Hancock Observatory to the Blue Man Group and the Midwest Clinic. Many got to experience their first snowball fight in beautiful Millennium Park, pelting Mr. Ehlers at will. The trip and the concert were resounding successes.

Don’t miss this fabulous combo in their upcoming performances:

• Ruta Maya Coffee House, Friday, February 1st at 7:00pm
• Mardi Grazi Concert with the Keeling Middle School Steel Band, in the Mac cafeteria, Saturday February 2nd, 6:00pm
• Inside Out Carnival performance in a combined performance with the 4th period McCallum Steel Drum band, at the Armstrong Music Center, Sunday, March 2nd, 3:00pm

Special thanks to Carol Nelson and Principal Garrison for their support of the Steel Drum Program at McCallum. It is one of the school’s true treasures. Heartfelt kudos to Matt Ehlers, who made the trip happen and drives the bands to excellence. Thanks to CJ Menge and Emily Lemmerman, our excellent artists in residence, who accompanied us to Chicago, and thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Rudy who drove the steel drums to the Windy City and back.

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Choir News

In December, McCallum Choirs and Orchestra presented Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first operetta ever produced on our campus.  Choir students Satchel Selden, Spenser Reichman, and Steven Huskison played the three kings with Chris Watson as their page.  Alisar Eido sang as the mother with fifth-grader Travis Duck playing her young son Amahl.

In addition to entertaining and impressing packed audiences, Amahl introduced students and parents from Highland Park Elementary to the world of the Theater and the McCallum Fine Arts Academy.  Choir members and Theater Tech students talked with the children and gave them a tour of our facilities. 

Highland Park Elementary students with cast following First Edition's December performance of the opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors.  (The role of young Amahl was played by a 5th grade student from Highland Park)

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Dance News

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, dancers will go on a field trip to participate in a masterclass with Blue Lapis, a company that has most recently received acclaim for their aerial dancing at the structural shell of the Intel building. Artistic director, Sally Jacques, has discussed writing a grant to bring her company to the McCallum dance space, which is a former gymnastics gym, with 32 ' ceilings and open scaffolding. There may need to be some special parent permission forms if we expand our program to aerial dancing!

The Fine Arts Dance program is already gearing up for the Spring Show on April 17-19, with auditions held on Jan. 10th.  Over the next few months, students will work with Mrs. Javors and Ms. Adamez, as well as several guest choreographers on pieces for the show, Perspectives, in which the performances will explore personal voices that speak to current and historical events.  This will also be a busy month with our last Parents' Night Out event to babysit at Austin Discovery School in late January; funds go toward the National High School Dance Festival trip to Philadelphia that 14 of our dance majors will go to over Spring Break.  Our next meeting for the Festival trip is on Monday, Jan. 14th at 6pm. In early December, two of our dance majors, Natalie Hammons and Kate Van Dyke, performed with Tapestry's Visions in Rhythm dance company at the "Many Lands, Many Faiths" concert at Congregation Agudas Achim.  (The concert also included the fellow Mac students, Knights of Steel.)

Right as the fall semester ended, on December 21st, several of our students brought holiday cheer & wrapped books for customers at BookStop on North Lamar--in exchange, they received donations for the festival trip.  Also on December 21st, a group of  dance majors were able to see Ballet Austin's The Nutcracker and support the dance majors in the show: Sophi Siragusa (Clara), Emily Hammons & Emma Rader (Party Girls), and Cameron Lasater (Rat). Several dance workshops for the students are planned for the spring semester.  For more updates, stop by the Dance bulletin board in the field house.

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Guitar News

The UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest will be on Sat., Feb 2nd at Lanier High School with 22 McCallum guitar students competing-the largest number of guitar students competing at UIL since the beginning of the FAA guitar program.  All Fine Arts Academy guitar majors are required to participate in this event each year, so 'practice, practice, practice'.
 
The new conductor's stand and music stands purchased for the guitar class by FOA are already making a difference.  The lower music stands have improved the sound projection in the classroom.
 
Stay tuned for information about the Brownsville guitar competition.

Kitty Villa, last year's Classical Guitar Booster officer and current member of the board of the Austin Classical Guitar Society, wanted our classical guitarists to know about this free masterclass with world-renowned guitarist , Berta Rojas on Friday, January 25th from 6-9pm. Rojas will teach a masterclass that is free and open to the public at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, where our McCallum classical guitar ensemble opened for Pepe Romera this fall.

Another opportunity of interest to our high school guitarists is Sunday, January 20th at 4pm at  UT's Jessen Auditorium when Austin Young Concert Artists featuring over 20 talented young musicians from the Austin area, selected by audition, will perform.  Two Austin-area classical guitarists, Ryan Voldstad, 15, and Thales Smith, 16, were selected to perform in the Gala.  Tickets range from $5 to $10 and are available at the door.

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Orchestra News

The McCallum Bass Ensemble, directed by Ricky Pringle, performed Holiday Music at two retirement communities this past December. The residents were thrilled and some even sang along. After the performance at Parmer Woods, an elderly woman told Luke Stence that she always loved the bass, and mentioned that her husband had played upright bass "for the President." He had been a member of "The President's Own," The United States Marine Band, for 20 years. What a terrific way to serve our country! Photos courtesy of David and Jackie Stence - Stence Studios - http://www.stence.com

Congratulations to August Dennis and Luke Stence, Austin Youth Orchestra bass players, for their "Side-by-Side" performance with the Austin Symphony at  Riverbend Centre's Christmas Sing-Along this past December 11th. The top chairs from each section of AYO are honored each year, with an invitation to play along with the Symphony members in their corresponding sections.  It's a wonderful experience for everyone involved.

HEAR MFAA STUDENTS PERFORM WITH THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY TUESDAY MORNING Jan 15 10:15 a.m.

You are invited to attend (It's in the big gym, and chairs for guests will be set out in front of the bleachers.) Congratulations to the following students who have rehearsed and will be performing with the Austin Symphony:

August Dennis and Robert Buckles, double bass; Catherine Cothem, cello; Gonzalo Hernando and Caris Longoria, violin; Lacey Chrisco, flute; Kimberly Davidson, french horn; Taylor Cotham, trombone; Patrick McVeety-Mill, tuba; Kelle Kampa, percussion.

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Theatre Arts News

At 7pm on the evening of January 19th is the third annual McCallum student-run Fashion show. This year’s theme is Mod meets Modern. A production originated by now former theatre students Bryan Counts and Maddy Bell, the torch for production management was passed to current Academy majors Claire Wardlaw (director) and Rachel Barish (producer). Junior Reno Bostick is Technical Designer for the show, creating the design for both runway and lighting. The show has 3 business sponsors: Wish Boutique on Guadalupe; B. Chic in Westlake; and Neiman Marcus. It is NM who is hiring professional models to come work with the student models; providing makeup, and donating to VIP gift bags. Tickets information can be found at Mac Theatre.com!

We are invited to attend a preview performance of Zach Scott's new production of Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward with a talkback to follow with the artists.  This production will be Thursday, January 31st at 7:30pm at the BRAND NEW Austin Musical Hall.  We are getting discounted tickets of $10 for students and educators, BUT THE THEATRE WILL BE SPONSORING THIS EVENT BY PAYING FOR HALF OF THE TICKETS.  Tickets will be $5 for educators and students for this event, so everyone is invited. We are hoping to take 200 Knights.  Students (and their parents) and teachers (and a guest or two) who want to go can give your $5 to Mr. Tatum or Mr. Ramon and get signed up for the show by Tuesday, January 15th.  On January 31st we'll leave McCallum around 6:30pm to get down there for the show and talkback.

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Visual Arts News

The Visual Arts department is very excited to announce that the Spring Student Art Show this year will be held at the Davis Gallery - 837 W. 12th Street. The Davis Gallery has VERY GENEROUSLY donated their privately owned art gallery for 2 weeks in late April or early May for the student art show, which was held in previous years at the Performing Arts Center at the UT. Please remember Davis Gallery whenever you are looking for original art by Austin area artists and for any custom framing you need. For more information on Davis Gallery see http://www.davisgalleryaustin.com.

Scholastics Art and Writing Contest

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards have conducted a national assessment annually since 1923 to reward the creative achievements of students in grades 7 through 12 and to recognize excellence in teaching. The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc, a not-for-profit organization, was formed in 1994 to administer the awards and to expand the scholarship opportunities for students identified through the programs.

Each art teacher chooses up to 12 pieces to compete in this competition. The adjudication this year is January 12th. The recognition celebration is Sunday, January 27th from 1-3pm at St. Stephens.

VASE is Coming Up!

VASE - the Visual Arts Scholastic Event - is February 16th at Westlake High School. VASE is a state-wide curricular opportunity for high school art students. This event affords students the opportunity to develop creative works of art and to discuss and analyze their artworks with professionals in art.

Each student is scheduled for an eight-minute private interview with an art professional. During this valuable teaching time the students discuss their artwork, explaining their creative process, media, and techniques while using an established criteria. Art students are placed into divisions according to art expereince and the number of years they have studied art. Medals are awarded to any student who attains the established standard and receives a rating of four.

At the conclusion of the regional events, artworks from each division are selected by the entire panel of jurors to advance to the state meet.

Participation in VASE is required for all Visual Arts majors each year.

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Alumni News

Happy New Year to alumni, parents, and current Fine Arts Academy students.  Over the holidays, Elaine Ferguson, Jane Newchurch, and Lorraine Chammah caught up with some of our former students. 

Audrey Sherman (04) is a fourth year Spanish and Sociology major at the University of Texas at Austin.  She continues her music education by participating in the Longhorn Band as a piccolo section leader and in Tau Beta Sigma, the national honorary band service sorority.  She also works part-time at People's Community Clinic and volunteers at Casa Marianella.  Audrey will be graduating this spring and hopes to continue her graduate education at UT’s School of Social Work.  She plans to focus on abused children and international social work. Email: audrey.sherman@mail.utexas.edu

Betty Smith (05) writes: “I absolutely LOVE Tulane.”  She is about to start her second-to-last semester and will graduate in Dec. 08 with a double major in Marketing and Legal Studies in Business. She has managed to complete a minor in dance as well.   When not pushing to graduate ahead of schedule, Betty works at local Restaurant Patois, serves as Vice President of Communications of her sorority, Pi Beta Phi and looks for marketing or PR internships for next summer.  Email: esmith3@tulane.edu

Haley Hobratschk (05) is an English major and dance minor at Texas State University. She performed with the school’s dance team for two years but is now busy teaching dance at Betty Jack’s School of Dance in San Marcos and working at the Colloquium bookstore near campus.  Haley is saving her money to go to Europe on Spring Break.  Contact Haley at email: hh1092@Txstate.edu.

Liz Newchurch (06) recently spoke to the brand new musical theater class at McCallum, taught by Mr.Tatum and Mr. Nelson. The class helps students prepare to audition for college musical theatre programs.  Liz is a sophomore musical theater major at Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She welcomes any questions.  Email her at:  egnewch@pointpark.edu .

Rachel Meador (06) attends the University of Texas at Austin as a dance major in the School of Fine Arts. She is also applying for duel major status in the School of Journalism. Outside of academia, Rachel dances as an apprentice in the professional company for Austin Classical Ballet.  Rachel’s email: remeador@sbcglobal.net

Maurice Chammah (06) and John Minnich (06) are sophomores at Cornell.  This year, they were accepted into the College Scholar Program. As College Scholars, they are released from the usual requirements for graduation and can develop their own research topics /majors. Maurice wants to write his senior thesis on the cultural dimensions of the Middle East's relationship to America. He is taking Arabic, Middle Eastern history and anthropology this semester along with digital music and jazz improvisation. For extra curricular fun, he plays with the Middle Eastern Music Ensemble on campus and keeps composing his music. If you Google his name, you can find his My Space site which includes some of his songs. He also writes a bi-monthly music column for the Cornell Daily Sun.
           
While not entirely sure where his own College Scholar project is headed, John is studying everything from the political theater of Bertolt Brecht to cultural criticism and theory.  His newest interest, the history and theory of architecture, has led him to pursue a dual degree in Cornell’s School of Architecture in addition to his College Scholar project.  He spent his previous summer working for the artist Andy Goldsworthy in Washington, D.C. and studying Spanish in Guatemala. This coming summer he plans to intern with the Cornell Urban Scholars program in New York City.  John’s email: jdm@cornell.edu; Maurice’s is: mtristero@gmail.com 

Graham Austin (07) attends the San Francisco Art Institute. Recently he showed his photograph in the city’s Still Life Gallery.  This semester he is working on a special photography project with nationally known photographer Hank Wessel.  Graham is really enjoying his classes. His art history class focuses on sex, gender, and photography during the last 60 years. His two classes in design and technology explore how artists use the Internet to interact with the world and how it impacts their creations. Graham’s English class called San Francisco Reader considers native poets and writers. When not working hard, Graham sleeps in an old hotel that was converted into a dorm.  He says the rooms are small but “it gets the job done.” He feels McCallum prepared him well for college work although he wishes he had more training in contemporary art history and life drawing. Graham is happy to talk to any student interested in SRAI.  Email: Grahamtaustin@gmail.com
 
Claire Brunelli (07) is truly enjoying the Oklahoma University community and made Dean’s List first semester. She is especially enjoying the dance program which is “amazing as well as challenging.” She dances no less than six days a week and has been preparing for the Young Choreographer's Showcase to be held later this month. Claire is one of only seven freshman selected to apprentice in Contemporary Dance Oklahoma which will perform in March. Her email address is:  dancingbear1919@hotmail.com 

We caught up with Anna Kotecki (07) as she was leaving the Brentwood Elementary school building here in Austin.  This month, she is observing elementary student art classes at the campus. Anna was a theater arts major but also took a lot of art classes at McCallum.  At Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts, her interests have turned to elementary art education but she is also giving some thought to art therapy. At Hampshire, one can develop their own course of study.  Anna is also able to work on teacher certification requirements for the State of Texas while at Hampshire.  Anna’s email:  AFKotecki@mindspring.com.

Kody Strickland (07) is taking entry level art classes at University of North Texas in Denton.  He is interested in painting and drawing and hope to transfer to UT Austin.  When he is not in class or studying, he likes playing Halo 3 and Wii Super Smash Brothers. He keeps up with FAA classmates who we will be reporting on in upcoming issues. For questions about the university or dorm life email Kody at:  kodystrickland@gmail.com

Sam Schmerler (07) just finished his first semester at Brown University as a biology major. This past semester he has taken a bio-mechanics course along with general chemistry, environmental science and a course on W.E. B. Du Bois. When not in class or studying, Sam is helping a professor conduct a research project on the bio-mechanics of bat flight.  Sam feels McCallum really prepared him for the demands of college writing.  Sam’s email:  Samuel_Schmerler@brown.edu

Thank you to graduates Maurice Chammah, Ayla Erdener, and Natalie Phillips-Perkoff, who came back to serve on a panel for the December '07 Audition workshops for prospective students and their parents. A common theme among the grads was that MFAA prepared them exceptionally well for college. They spoke with great enthusiasm about their high school experience, with the perspective of now being away at college.

Share your news with us and please send us contact information on grads you are in touch with from the academy.  With Best Wishes,

    Lorraine Chammah   chammah@mail.utexas.edu       Tel:  342-0874
    Elaine Ferguson        kferguson@austin.rr.com           Tel:  519-9300
   Jane Newchurch        JNEWCHURCH@austin.rr.com  Tel:  453-4199

I've been asked to submit a letter.--Katelyn Halpern 

To Whom it May Concern:

I stumbled into the Fine Arts Academy at McCallum High School my freshman year. Freshman, it turned out, were not allowed to join the cheer squad, and I opted to take dance until I could get back on the field. When I first registered, I don't think I had any intention of becoming the dance academy major (with choral and theatrical experience) that I became. I'm positive I wouldn't have without the FAA.

At present, I am a junior in the Honors Program at the University of Houston where I am pursuing a dance minor with an emphasis in choreography and running Club Theater out of the Honors College. In my "off time" I choreograph musicals at Rice University. Although I'm busy now, I'm hardly busier than when I was involved in the FAA. The many hours that I spent at dance or musical rehearsal in high school, balanced against my classes and other responsibilities, taught me that I had to stay organized and work ahead if I wanted to be involved in so many activities. That is an invaluable lesson, no matter how you learn it. I just got to have a lot of fun along the way.

In addition to teaching me skills for both life and art, the FAA helped me learn something critical about myself: I am a good leader, and people believe in the work that I do. It's hard to say that and not sound or feel cocky; I know I don't feel it, and I hope I don't sound it. Without the FAA, though, I wouldn't have known it.

In the spring of my sophomore year, I conceived the idea of choreographing a dance concert for the benefit of the McCallum dance department; it was such a success that we put together a second the next year. The support I received from the FAA and the community (especially the second year, after I had proven myself) demonstrated that I was doing good work. The fact that people returned to work on my show the second year and brought their friends demonstrated that I was an effective leader and maybe even fun to work with. Over the two years, I raised around $5,000 for the department from a total of four performances. Of course we were proud to give the money to the department, but I took away so much in terms of experience both as a manager/director/producer and as a choreographer and teacher.

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Fine Arts Calendar

Events in Jan 2008

Jan 11,12
TMEA All Region Band Clinic/Concert

Jan 15
AISD Bond Hearing
Covington MS theatre
6 pm (sign up to speak starting at 5 pm)

Austin Symphony
Big Gym
10:15 am

Deadline for $5 Porgy and Bess tickets

Jan 16
AISD Bond Hearing
LBJ HS cafeteria
6 pm (sign up to speak starting at 5 pm)

Jan 19
Fashion Show
Theatre
7 pm

Jan 27
Scholastics Art & Writing Award Recognition
1-3 pm

Jan 29
FAA Open House for prospective students
Theatre
7 pm

Jan 31
FAA Applications DuePorgy and Bess
Austin Music Hall
7:30 pm

Feb 2
Mardi Grazi Dinner/Concert
Cafeteria/Theatre
6 p.m.

Feb 2
Guitar UIL Solo/Ensemble
Lanier HS

Feb 4
FAA Auditions

Feb 5
Orchestra Pre-UIL Concert
Theatre
7 p.m.

Feb 13-16
TMEA

Feb 16
VASE
Westlake High School