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JANUARY 2016

WELCOME BACK!

“True art is charac-

terized by an irre-

sistible urge in the creative artist. “

Albert Einstein

UPCOMING AMP EVENTS (mark your calendars!) Field Trips *parent permission required: End of Feb. CO Art Scholastics Competition March/April Denver Art Museum *Permission slips are available outside of the Arts Magnet office door*

Other Events: Feb. 6 Dance Breast Cancer Benefit Concert, UCCC @ 7pm Feb. 13 Big Band Boogie Ball (GCHS Gymnasium, 7pm) Feb. 24 Music Concert– First Congregational Church of Christ, 7pm March 9-12 The Wedding Singer, GCHS 7pm, 1pm Sat March 22-25 Arts Week at the Castle

May 3 Annual AMP GALA, UCCC 7pm May 6 Thespian Overnight May 11-12 Stage Production Class Performance, 7pm May 14 Music Dept. End of Year Awards Ceremony May 16 Spring Music Concert I May 18 Spring Music Concert II

CSU Honor Band -Loren Johnston

-Yessica Rodriguez

Combined League Honor Band

-Haylee Terrill

-Willi Blanco

-Jasalyn Reyes

-Yessica Rodriguez

-Katie Lundebjerg

-Rio Parlin

-Jadyn Bowen

-Joey Canterbury

-Loren Johnston

-Bradley Arvola

Combined League Honor Orchestra

-Leona Armagost

-Evan Mallery

-Jasmin Prellwitz

-Jeremy Hundley

Western State All Colorado Honor

Band

-Loren Johnston

All City Honor

Band

-Willi Blanco

-Haylee Terrill

-Rio Parlin

-Yessica Rodri-

guez

-Katie Lundebjerg

-Alfredo Ochoa

-Lorenzo Granado

-Rhiannon Thero

-Neveon Brothe

-Loren Johnston

-Jordan Farr

-Joey Canterbury

-Bradley Arvola

-Holden Krombholz

All- State Choir

Mamie Romanowski

Maddie Wampler

Lorenzo Granado

NY CITY TRIP NEWS

The Music Department is

fast approaching our trip

to New York City. Those

attending will need to

make their final payment

by Feb. 15th and we will be flying out

on Monday March 28th. We are look-

ing forward to seeing Les Miserables,

attending a Broadway backstage

workshop and having dinner at the

Dizzy Gillespie Jazz club.

GET YOUR NEW AMP T-SHIRT FOR JUST $10 TODAY!

Men’s & Ladies sizing available!

MUSIC NEWS

TICKETS NEW ON SALE for the annual BIG BAND BOOGIE BALL

February 13, 2016 7:30-11pm

Silent Auction 6-10pm

Baggot Gym @GCHS

A Night of Swing Dancing

Tickets available from any GCHS musician, music depot, or @ the

door

Adults—$15, Students/Seniors- $10

Combined League Honor

Choir

-Jacinda Lesser

-Maddie Wampler

-Heather Plastow

-Kaylie Aguilera

-Mamie Romanowski

-Lorenzo Granado

-Jeremy Hundley

The Work of a Thespian By Em Richards

The work of a GCHS thespian does not end when the bell rings at 3:15, nor when the

lights dim in the gymnasium after a night’s game. The work of a thespian, like most

groups, requires diligent practice and dedication. Their scheduled “work day” contin-

ues until the late hour of 10 pm, when most other teens are relaxing at home or hang-

ing out with friends.

Rehearsal usually goes the same way, at around 6:45pm, the cast of about 50 filters

into the auditorium, laughing and talking with their respective friend groups, and once

the clock ticks to 7, a shout from Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Green, or Mrs. O’Black signals

the true beginning of rehearsal. We all dash to the stage, typically after a quick pep

talk from said director, we move to places for our first scene and for 3 straight hours

the stage becomes a flurry of dancing, singing, and most of all acting.

After we finish our rehearsal, Mr. Humphrey sits us down in a circle of exhaustion

and sweat. The is just the end of one of many nights to come, where we will receive

“notes,” where he reviews our highs & lows of that night and critiques our work. It is

a perfect ending, receiving feedback on what we did well, but mostly what we must

work on before opening night. After notes, we leave for the night, only to come and

do it all over again tomorrow. So, you could say the work of a thespian is

never done. I would argue that it isn’t work if you love it…. And the Greeley

Central thespians certainly do.

Em is an Acting emphasis AMP student that frequents the stage in plays and musicals,

this spring you can watch her in action as the Grandma in The Wedding Singer!

VISUAL ARTS NEWS

Do you have a story you would like to write or would you like to interview an artist or performer and write about it for a future newsletter? Let me know by e-mail cblack@greeleyschools.org or see Christy!

Mark your calendars now for our Annual SPRING ARTS GALA at UCCC. Tuesday May 3 marks our

10th GALA & 10th year of AMP. Please come cele-brate this magical night of performances & a large

visual arts display @ 6pm (lobby) and curtain at 7pm. Tickets are only $1, so be there!

THEATRE & DANCE NEWS!

THE WEDDING SINGER

March 9-12, 2016

7pm @ 1pm on Saturday

$8/adults $7/Students

Call 970-351-5084 for tickets

The Dance I and III classes will be performing at the Annual Breast Cancer Benefit “Show Your Love” at the UCCC on February 6, 2016 at 7pm.

Dance III students will also be performing at the Greeley Day of Dance event on Saturday

AMP is adding a European school trip to their calendar every 3 years.

The first one will be a 12 day trip to England, Normandy Coast, Mt. St.

Michel, Paris, and Amsterdam June of 2017.

Trip price includes flight, all ground transportation, entry fees, breakfast &

dinner, and a full time tour guide.

Once you register you can pay one of three ways: in full, three lump payments,

or monthly. Any questions, see Mr. Rohnke in room 286.

UPCOMING EUROPE TRIP INFORMATION

PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN

In Photo II we are working on frozen motion

photography, I have attached a couple of

photos by students if there is room in the

newsletter. In GD 2 we are working on using

Adobe Illustrator which is the preferred tool

in the GD world.

Photo by Ben Schmidt, 10th

grade Photography Emphasis

Thank you to the UNCO students from the Clay Club and Mike

Lemke head of the ceramic department. This fall UNC ceramic

students invited our GCHS students to participate in a free 4

week clay workshop held on Saturdays . This was a fantastic

opportunity for our students to learn from these college stu-

dents and work in the UNC studio. We are grateful for the part-

nership and friendship that the UNC has offered us. This type

of work plants a vision of a future after high school. As I over

heard one of our seniors say as they were watching some of the

college kids at work on the wheel "hey this is going to be us

someday."

We also would like to thank Donna Goodsell with the School

of Natural Therapy downtown on 8th avenue for their continue

support of visual artists as they provide space in their reception

room to showcase our GCHS students art work for the First

Friday events downtown Greeley The opportunity for our visu-

al artist to have their work displayed in a professional man-

ner out in the community is fantastic.

Keep watch for information coming in Feb. for

the first District 6 Art Walk scheduled for March

in celebration of YOUTH ART MONTH!

This fall students in AP Art

History and AP Studio took a

trip to the Denver art museum

to take in the fine art this muse-

um offers and thanks to AMP

they also saw the special exhibit

from American artist Andrew

and James Wyatt. Students can

see all the regular exhibits at

DAM for free any day of the

week w/student ID.

We welcome our newest

wildcat to our AMP family

Congrats to Mrs. and Mr.

Charterina on the birth of their

daughter.

AMP also welcomes area artist/

educator Betony Coons to our

AP Studio Art classroom for

added guidance as the deadline

for portfolios closes in.

Congratulations to Liz Baxley for being select-ed for the Gala at CO State Thespian Conven-tion in December and to perform @ the Na-tional Thespian Festival this summer!