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From Nov. 19 to 21, The Haverford School‘s Performing Arts Department presented “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the School’s first major performance before an in-person audience since the outbreak of COVID-19. The play explored the origin stories of J. M. Barrie’s beloved characters Peter Pan and Captain Hook, portrayed by Fifth Formers Evan Wang and Thomas Pendergast, respectively. Directed by Darren Hengst, The Grace and Mahlon Buck Chair in Performing Arts, with stunning work on the set design led by the School’s Production Manager and Technical Director Dex Woodward, the play—packed with action, adventure, and intrigue—celebrated the School’s triumphant return to the stage.
Sixth Former completes three-year process of printing a cello Upper School student Elijah Lee collaborated with Haverford’s Orchestra Director Alfred Goodrich to 3D print a cello. The project, which Lee started as a Third Former, sought to create a low-cost cello out of carbon fiber, but still preserve the sound of a traditional cello. The instrument is jet black and sounds just like a traditionally-made cello. The project married Lee’s two passions—the cello and engineering—and led to him founding Forte3D with Goodrich. The company has a focus on creating other fine instruments using the 3D printing process. “As a cellist who is also heavily interested in engineering disciplines, being able to unite the two intrigued me,” said Lee. “We wanted to create classical string instruments of the highest possible quality for a fraction of the cost of a conventionally-made fine instrument.” haverford.org
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