Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
The performing arts students, (l-r) Pilar Diaz-Easton, Ava Childers, Mackenzie Strickland, London Cook, and Sasha Collins performed a skit version of Cinderella for the elementary students. .
WAITSBURG - One of the elective courses available this year at the Waitsburg School District is performing arts taught by Elizabeth Jagelski. The class opened to sophomores and welcomed five students this semester. They recently performed their first skit, an abbreviated version of Cinderella, for elementary students.
In the class, students learn to be calm while performing, to ad-lib and to assist with fast wardrobe and prop changes, double casting, advertising, and cleaning up after performances.
Jagelski personalizes the skits to fit her students' strengths. Sasha Collins, Mackenzie Strickland, London Cook, Pilar Diaz-Easton, and Ava Childers said they were nervous during their first performance. After the show, they thought the skit went well and got easier as it went along. They said it was awesome to have the opportunity to perform in front of the "littles."
The class helps build confidence and self-assurance in preparation to perform in front of their peers. Two of Jagelski's students, Diaz-Easton and Collins, are performing this month in the Dayton Liberty Theater's Fiddler on the Roof production.
On Wednesday, October 23, Jagelski accompanied five band members to a mass band event hosted by The Southeastern Washington Music Education Association in Clarkston, Wash. About 200 band and choir students from Waitsburg, Asotin, Clarkston, Colfax, Dayton, Kahlotus, Oakesdale, Prescott, St John-Endicott, and Washtucna performed a concert under the direction of Dr. Jason Johnston and choir conductor Dr. Matthew Myers.
Waitsburg band students William Daves, Sarah Daves, Morgan Lindsey, Kyle Lindsey, and Leif Hickman practiced three songs with the other schools, had a short break, practiced again, had a dinner break, and then dressed for the 7:15 pm concert.
On Thursday, November 7, Jagelski's K-12 music students will perform for the Veteran's Day Assembly in the high school gym at 2 pm. The public is invited to honor our veterans and enjoy an outstanding performance by Waitsburg's students.
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