Archive for the ‘Fine Arts’ Category
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Catherine McAuley graduate, and reigning Miss Maine, Julia Furtado, received the bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award for her work in community service, physical fitness, and talent last weekend during the preliminary round of the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. The McAuley community could not be more proud of ...
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Anna Gervais ~ Class of 2012
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award
Anna Gervais was selected by the staff and the Class of 2012 for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award. A DAR Good Citizen must have the qualities of dependability (which includes ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Cristina Leake, a Catherine McAuley High School senior, was recently selected as one of the winners of the 2011 Bill of Rights Scholarship Essay Contest, sponsored by the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). She will receive her award in August at NFWL’s 73rd Annual Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, ...
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
Congratulations to the McAuley Limelighters on their stellar performance of Pamela Gien's The Syringa Tree at this year's One-Act Drama Competition. The play, which takes places in Johannesburg, South Africa during the apartheid period, was beautifully acted by the Limelighters, garnering them a first-place finish overall.
According to one judge: "At ...
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Congratulations to senior Elizabeth McGarvey, who will be displaying two pieces of work at Portland's City Hall as part of the First Friday Art Walk festivities (March 4). Elizabeth's work will be featured in the State of Maine Room, in the teen and youth section.
Doors open at 6:00 PM, so ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Congratulations to members of the McAuley Limelighters for their participation in the Young Playwrights Festival at Bonny Eagle High School last Saturday.
Victoria Hugo-Vidal '10 is credited for creating the play, Fools' Gold, which was cast and directed by Amy Richard '10. The Limelighters performed with a group of twelve local ...
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Congratulations to McAuley student Hannah Cormier '11, who has been chosen to attend the 2010 Haystack Student Craft Institute, a program that unites high school juniors who are gifted in the arts.
Impressively, Hannah is one of 64 students selected from across the state to participate in the Institute and will ...
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Congratulations to McAuley senior Samantha Dedian, whose vocal talent has propelled her to become a member of Maine’s All-State Chorus group.
Dedian was selected after an extensive audition process involving hundreds of students from across the state. She is now part of an elite group of 250 celebrated ...
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Join the McAuley Limelighters as they perform the comedy:
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth
When an all-women's theater group performs an "original" production of Macbeth for adjudication for the country's community theater competition, everything that can go wrong ... does.
Show times are Friday, November 20, ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent McAuley in this year's District Chorus group: Rebecca Tanous '10, Samantha Dedian '10, Tabitha Dupuis '11, Elizabeth McGarvey '11, Alyssa Hodgdon '13, Tori Avella '13, and Katie Neault '13.
District Chorus is an annual tradition that unites some of ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Four McAuley theater students have extended their talents beyond the School's stage by being cast in local community theater productions. Each competed against many of the greater Portland area's top theater students for their roles.
Sam Dedian, a senior, will star as Sharpay in the Lyric Theater production of High School ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Come and share in the beauty and appreciation of music as McAuley's very own Chamber Chorale sings to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The benefit concert, which will take place on Thursday, April 2 at 7:00 pm, will be held at the First Universalist Church of Yarmouth, 97 Main Street. McAuley will ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Hats off to the McAuley Limelighters for being recognized as the Class B Runner-Up in the 2009 Regional One-Act Competition Festival!
Held at South Portland High School on March 7, the troupe presented Alice! A Childish Story Take, a contemporary twist on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, under the leadership of ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Congratulations to juniors Lauren Fecteau and Victoria McAllister, the recipients of two distinguished High School Award Scholarships from the University of Rochester, scholarships that seek to recognize the country's most talented and outstanding high school juniors.
Fecteau, who received the Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award, was nominated for her ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
It's that time of year again -- time to begin preparations for our Academic Exchange Program with the students from Colegio Juanita de los Andes of Santiago, Chile.
During the month of March 14 - April 11, five young women and one teacher will become part of the McAuley community, and ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Congratulations to seniors Beth Neault and Anna Devoe, whose vocal talents have propelled them to become members of Maine's All-State Chorus.
Neault and Devoe were selected after an extensive audition process involving hundreds of students from across the state. The two are now part of an elite group of 250 celebrated ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent McAuley in this year's District Chorus group: Sam Dedian, Arianna Nickerson, Abby Parker, Sarah LeRoyer, Rebecca Tanous, Marielle Thete, Julia Furtado, Beth Neault, Jesse Cinque, Allison Gray, Anna Devoe, and Elizabeth McGarvey.
District Chorus is an annual tradition that unites ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
McAuley senior M.C. Kusturin's original play has been selected for performance by Portland Stage Company. Her one act play "Ten Things I've Learned from Working at Flatfolds" will be rehearsed by PSC's affiliate actors and presented during their Little Festival of the Unexpected from May 12-17. This festival "gives first ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Catherine McAuley High School was the runner up at the Maine State Drama Festival at Falmouth High School. Rebecca Weidler, Beth Neault, and Grace Fosler won prestigious All-Festival Cast awards and the entire cast and crew won a special commendation for Theatricality. Rebecca Tanous won a Music and Sound design ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
The McAuley Limelighters invite our students, staff, and families to attend a public performance of their one act play, The Odyssey, on Thursday evening at 7:00. This play will compete on Friday evening at 7:45 at Falmouth High School for the chance to go to states.
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Congratulations to the following students who were selected for the District Chorus : Sam Dedian, Julia Furtado, Beth Neault, Olivia Porch, Daphne Politis, Carlen Bufo, Anna Devoe, Marina Philips, Marie Normantas, Jessie Cinque, Maria Cook. Congratulations to Nicole Rainville who was selected for District Band. Way to go girls!
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Kenny Finkle, the author of Indoor/Outdoor currently playing at Portland Stage, visited Mrs. Erkkinen's Theaterworks class on Friday, 11/4. He shared his experiences as a working playwright and former actor with them. Students Meghan Rhoades and Melissa Giftos performed their final quarter scene for him, and he was most impressed.
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