Photo Issue January 2023

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CREDITS

Front cover photo by Sydney Collinger. Back cover photo by Mac Huffman. Cover designs by Mac Huffman. EIC photo by Sarah Kirksey.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FROM THE EDITORS

Three years have passed since our last photo issue and we fgured it was time to revive it. This past year and a half, our photo issues have laid the groundwork for photo stories in our regular issues, but now we decided a whole issue dedicated to photo stories was necessary. The sharing of students’ stories is highly important, just as putting a face to a name and putting a story to a cluster of photos is. In this issue we cross a multitude of students’ hobbies and talents ranging from plant upkeep and crochet to playing violin and doing gymnastics.

Our main stories focus on students in productions. The frst highlights a student playing bass and drums in a local band and the second features fve Ladue students in The Nutcracker put on by Dimensions Dance Center. We hope you have as much fun looking through these photos as much as we had taking them.

Thank you, Sydney Collinger

Thank you, Mac Huffman

PLANT POWER

BY FIONA HAYREH staff photographer

USING HIS GREEN THUMB

Senior Joey Rapp proudly holds up his numerous plants that fll his room and his home. Rapp has deep connections with plants. From his greatgreat-grandmother down to him, the love of plants has been passed down for over 70 years. Now, Rapp spends a lot of his time researching native and fascinating plants from around the world. “If you’re connected with plants you have a better outlook on pretty much everything,” Rapp said.

BY FIONA HAYREH staff photographer

BRING THE

IN THE PLAYBILL

Ladue’s theater troupe rehearses for this year’s musical, Matilda. With roles ranging from the kind Ms. Honey, played by freshman Sophia Anton, to a Russian mafa group lead by senior Liam Brown, the students put all their effort into making this a great show. Some students are active parts of the Ladue Thespian community, while others are just getting started.

IN THE PLAYBILL

Ladue’s theater troupe rehearses for this year’s musical, Matilda. With roles ranging from the kind Ms. Honey, played by senior Sophie Campos,

group lead by senior Liam Brown, the students put all their effort into making this a great show. Some students are active parts of the Ladue Thespian community, while others are just getting started.

CHALK IT UP

BY LAURA ARMBRUSTER staff photographer

TIME TO TUMBLE

After the school bell dismisses students, senior Lauren Widjaja heads to her second home, Olympia Gymnastics for her daily practice. Widjaja frst stepped foot in gymnastics class at the early age of 2 where she instantly fell in love with the sport. With enough practice under her belt, she joined her frst gymnastics team, allowing her to push herself further as an athlete with the added support of coaches and teammates. Although she has done a variety of events throughout her career, the one that she looks forward to most is swinging on the uneven bars.

Junior Lily Warenberg’s musical repertoire consists of the piano, the bass and the drums—her favorite being the bass. She performs with the band Beekman, assuming the role of both bassist and drummer. This performance took place in the Duck Room Nov. 26. Preceding Beekman were the bands Good Question and Buy Her Candy. "Being in a band is like an experience I can't describe, especially playing on stage," Warenberg said. "It's exciting, amusing, and a great creative outlet to write songs with other people. They push you to be better [and] to have newer ideas and it's really fun."

GROOVE TONIGHT

ROCK ON

BY SYDNEY COLLINGER editor in chief

BAND TOGETHER

BY SYDNEY COLLINGER editor in chief

Junior Lily Warenberg plays bass alongside Madison Peters on guitar, Jacob Rickert also on guitar (not pictured), Connor Leib on drums (not pictured) and Kelly Beekman on lead vocals. Beekman frst released music on Spotify in 2021 but has been playing music together for a few years.

BASS, GUITAR, DRUMS, VOCALS

SOLO SYMPHONY

BY VINCENT HSIAO staff photographer

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Music has always been a thing for junior Micky Chyu. One would see that when she is playing her violin. Along with being in the chamber orchestra at Ladue, Chyu is co-concertmaster in the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra and partakes in a quartet at the Webster Community Music School. Besides being a violinist, Chyu plays guitar and sings in Ladue’s A Capella group, Viva Voce. When Chyu was 6 years old, she grew a curiosity watching videos of people playing the violin and wanted to try something new. Today, Chyu devotes hours every day to practicing her skill, even with extracurriculars and homework in the way. Her teacher and friends keep her motivated. “It's really how much you practice that defnes how good you are,” Chyu said. “I would say focus on your technique, but also try and make sure that you're really getting the point and make sure that you're having fun with it.”

HOOKED

BY SYDNEY COLLINGER editor in chief

CALMING CROCHET

Crochet has a stress relieving and calming nature to it that pulls senior Cami Wise in. Her history with yarn began with knitting and has since transformed into the crochet world. She’s completed a massive dinosaur along with two tops and is currently crocheting a yeti for a friend of hers. She hopes to open an Etsy shop, primarily to sell handcrafted jewelry, but also to sell her crocheted objects. “Buying [something that’s already crocheted] online is extremely expensive,” Wise said. “I [thought] it'd be fun to do it myself rather than having to pay $100 for something that someone crocheted.”

LIGHTS, CAMERA,

The students of Ladue’s Broadcast Technology class produce the school's TV/Film show, Ladue View. The production involves behind-the-scenes work such as set design, scriptwriting, and audio testing, as well as on-the-scene anchoring from the two hosts. Made up of a crew of 14 people, director Fiona Hayreh says they are “all best friends.” The tightly knit community also works in an elaborate studio, flled with large cameras and complicated digital machinery, which are all utilized during production. “I think when people are in a space, as creative as this and as passionate as this, it motivates them to keep going,” Hayreh said.

SHOW BIZ

DRESS IT UP

The dress rehearsal for The Nutcracker put on by Dimensions Dance Center took place Dec. 8 at Clayton High School's auditorium. The process of making The Nutcracker starts in September with auditions. One of the Ladue students in this production is junior Hayley Morgan. “Way before the performance we undergo hours of rehearsals and practice,” Morgan said.

SETTING THE STAGE

BY MAC HUFFMAN editor in chief

BY SYDNEY COLLINGER editor in chief

LET THE SHOW BEGIN

BY MAC HUFFMAN editor in chief

BY SYDNEY COLLINGER editor in chief

PUTTING ON A PREFORMANCE

Junior Jaya Nagarajan is one of the many Ladue students that dance in The Nutcracker. Dancing a ballet takes more than just technical skills. It’s an emotive experience that requires the dancer to truly perform. “For me, I love dance,” Nagajaran said. “I also really like the acting part of Nutcracker. You don't really get to experience that with other shows, because The Nutcracker has a storyline, which is really interesting. I'm a performer I love performing.”

Junior Hayley Morgan takes a bow on the last day of rehearsal for The Nutcracker before shows start. Shes been dancing in it since she was a little kid and partially because her mom, Sandy Morgan, is the director of Dimensions Dance Center. "This year has been very surreal for me," Morgan said. "I [used to] look up to the ‘older girls’, especially the sugarplums, since I was a little kid, and fnally being an ‘older girl’ and being a sugarplum doesn't feel real. I try to be the best infuence on the younger girls as I can, even if that means faking a smile. I let them know that if they need anything they can always come to me because when I was that young I needed a fgure like that in my life."

(photo by Mac Huffman)