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Junior Variety Show
Artists, Musicians Tune Up for
A Jamming Night to Remember

By Andrea Genovese Soares (December 3, 2003)
 

The JV Show will take off with 18 acts which include vocal duos, piano solos, dance numbers, comedy acts, and even a juggling act this Thursday and Friday nights at 7:30 in the auditorium. 

Among these acts are vocal duets by Mary Ryan and Arya Namboodiri, Claire Smalley and Sarah Snyder, who will also be in a duet with Zack Barrett. 

Also, pianist Joseph Mauro will be playing the third movement of "Moonlight Sonata," by Ludwig van Beethoven. Also playing the piano, is Dan Burkey who will be playing and singing to "A Rainbow Connection," by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, from "The Muppet Movie." 

In addition, Arya and her sister Sooriya Namboodiri will be performing a semi-classical Indian dance from the movie "Thakshak." Also, Billy Gallagher will be performing a comedy act titled, "Nutrition Facts." 

And closing up the nights will be "The Nu Bru," a band made up of Matt Myer, Jacob Potapchuk, Andrew Phelps, and Andrew Campanelli, who will be playing "Immigrant Song" and "Rock ‘N’ Roll" by Led Zeppelin, "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones, and "Blue Sky" by the Allman Brothers. 

Now, if you are still curious to know who is juggling, come see it the show, proceeds of which go toward the Junior-Senior Prom. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. 

Singer Katie Gordon rehearses her rendition of 
“Dreaming My Dreams” by The Cranberries in 
preparation for this weekend’s annual Junior Variety 
Show, the proceeds of which go toward the Junior
/Senior Prom. Accompanying Gordon is guitarist 
Jesse Wilson. In the background are guitarist 
Jesse Porzel and violinist Ms. Kristen Snyder. 
Not present is musician Lauren Lauderdale. This 
group tentatively calls itself the Bootleg Guitar 
Class II. The show is this Friday and Saturday 
nights in the auditorium. 

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