RESERVATION RUN COMING IN FEBRUARY
By YOLONDA HUHN
Save the Date. On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Boone High School Athletic Association will host the fourth Annual Reservation Run 5K. This fundraiser has been immensely successful, doubling the registrations each year and raising over $30,000 to support Boone High School teams, clubs and facility improvements.
In an effort to minimize school funding cuts, the BHSAA launched the Reservation Run 5K as a way to earn money to be used to improve the athletic facilities and provide an opportunity for the teams and school clubs to raise money for their individual groups. Because of the race’s success, some of the improvements that have been made since its premier in 2009 are the purchase of the football scoreboard and bleachers, gym floor replacement, softball scoreboard and restrooms, baseball concession stand cabinets and numerous other on campus maintenance projects.
The Reservation Run 5K, a certified 5K course, starts and finishes on campus with the remainder of the course taking the runners through historic downtown Orlando neighborhoods. This race will be professionally timed with the top 3 overall male and female finishers receiving recognition awards. Under the unique incentive plan for this event, 50 percent of every dollar raised goes directly to the team or club of the runner’s choice. The remaining 50 percent is used for race costs and capital improvements to the sports facilities on the Reservation.
This event is fun for all ages and is a tremendous support for our school clubs, teams and athletes. We hope you will lace up your sneakers and come run the Reservation with us.
For more information please visit www.booneathletics.ocps.net.
ANNUAL TALENT SHOW BENEFITS COMMUNITY, PARTICIPANTS
The 27th annual Brave Aid talent show is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.
Tickets will be on sale Jan. 23 through Jan. 27. Tickets will be $7 in advance and $10 the night of the show.
At the time of press, the Student Government Association had not voted on the charity that will benefit from this fundraiser. They are hoping to raise more than the $5,000 they raised for the American Cancer Society in January 2011. Keep paying attention to BBC for the list of acts that will perform.
CREATE TEAMS, REGISTER, RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER
Friday, May 4, the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will be on the football field. The event is from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., and each club is asked to have at least one person walking the track at all times. While the theme has not yet been decided, each registered group will have space for a tent to sell items to benefit the cause. Groups can go to relayforlife.org to register and start collecting money.
DRAMA EARNS 21 SUPERIORS AND 5 EXCELLENT AWARDS
By TIFFANY WEAGLEY
Troupe 1139 won 6 Best in Show awards. What is a Best in Show?
Best in Show is chosen from all of the students who performed in an individual event at Districts. For example, there are 25 schools in our District (all those schools can send three events per category) and at Districts the judges choose one act to be the best in show from all the acting, musical theater and technical events of the day.
6 Best in show wins:
The troupe earned three for Monologues rooms A, B and C (Veronica Kelly, Tyler Robert Conrady and Brandon Dalzell); one Ensemble scene (Caleb Roche, Mallory Paul, Kyra Nicole Kemp and Misha Noel Smith); Playwriting (Tyler Conrady); and Large Group Musical, which also won critic’s choice and will be representing District 5 in the Opening Ceremonies at State.
What is Critic’s Choice?
Critic’s choice is the top award at Districts. At closing ceremonies all the Best in Shows perform over a two hour period, and at the end the school directors choose one Best in Show to perform at opening ceremonies in front of 7,000 people.
Other awards won:
Senior Naivette Henriquez won the Senior Scholarship Technical Award. Brandon Dalzell, Savanna Shurman, Naivette Henriquez and Veronica Kelly won All Star Cast and Crew for our One Act. Sophomore Gaby Beals placed third in playwriting for our entire District and will be taking her play to State
The One Act Clueless, which received Superior Acting and Superior Tech, placed third out of four, of 19 One Acts, and is going to perform at State.
In the individual acting, technical theater, and musical theater event competition, out of 26 events the theater department earned 21 Superiors and 5 Excellents.