GUNSTON PLAYERS PRESENT  

Gunston School Musicians Qualify for District and State Choruses

Congratulations to Gunston students Karen Chen, Nina De Angelo, Davy Song, Cynthia Yang, and Jimmy Zhao, who prepared, auditioned, and recently qualified for the 2018 All Shore Chorus. In addition, Davy Song was selected to the 2018 Maryland State Chorus based on his audition for that group in November. Auditions consist of learning one's voice part (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) of a challenging choral work and singing that piece alone with recorded accompaniment; singing expressively from memory a short, lyrical folk song; and performing, at sight, unrehearsed rhythmic and melodic examples. The All Shore Chorus consists of the highest scoring singers from approximately 20 public and private high schools on the Eastern Shore, while the Maryland State Chorus is drawn from nearly 1500 high school students registered to audition across the state.

Members of the Maryland State Chorus will prepare their repertoire in the coming month, and spend three days together to rehearse with Dr. Arian Khaefi of Fullerton College, before their culminating public concert at Morgan State University, at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 11.

Members of the All Shore Chorus will similarly prepare to rehearse with their conductor, Dr. John Wesley Wright of Salisbury University, on Thursday and Friday, April 5 and 6. Their public performance will be at Queen Anne's County High School, at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 6.

Basketball Teams Fight Cancer in 3-Point Challenge

Throughout the month of January, Herons' basketball teams competed in the American Cancer Society's Coaches vs. Cancer event, the 3-point challenge. Schools were tasked with raising money through pledges for every 3-point shot made during games in the month of January. While mother nature was unkind to the basketball schedule, our school community and student-athletes battled the odds and surpassed our original goal of $1,000, by raising over $1,200 in a snow shortened month! By months end, each made 3-point shot was worth nearly $50.

"This was a fun competition for our student-athletes," Head Boys' Varsity Coach Jim Meehan said. "I was hesitant at first because I did not want the boys taking tons of risk-shots throughout games but it actually improved our shot selection. Our guys definitely had a big smile on their face when they hit a three in the game. Not only was it big for the score, but for a great cause as well."

In total, Gunston boys' and girls' varsity and sub-varsity teams made 26 three-pointers throughout the month of January and received pledges from 26 different community members. 

Global Studies Program Survey

Gunston parents, please do not forget to complete the Global Studies Program survey! This will help in our program selection for future years.

Seniors

Please remember to email me when you receive decisions regarding your college admission applications or scholarships you receive. Your personal information won't be shared with others, but the admissions and scholarship data will be extremely helpful to future classes. Thank you for your help with this!

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