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The Paw Print November 2020
Entertainment
The Stadium On Your Screen Taking Advantage of Live Streaming
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Tia Davison Entertainment Editor
Positive Stories about Our Davison Community Tia Entertainment Editor
Want to watch the game but don’t want to Mackenzie Cunningham said. leave your house? The Dripping Entertainment The organization is using a program called Media Organization (DEMO) has got your back! Productions truck to live stream events and DEMO is a live streaming service that provides various types of technology like iPads and Sony a safe way for parents and students to enjoy our cameras. school’s sports from anywhere. “DEMO is a great opportunity for students “The goal of DEMO is to provide live interested in learning AV Tech, Broadcasting, and entertainment to the soon Marketing to gain parents and spectators real-world experience in of the Dripping Springs a ground-level program,” community,” safety and Marek said. events manager Curt The organization is Marek said. staying safe while helping Last year a group of the community stay safe, seniors who interned masks are mandatory for at UT football working the staff and there is hand on LED boards for the sanitizer is available in the Longhorns started press box, the gyms, and DEMO, due to the on the field. circumstances of this “We are required to year, the organization wear masks when we film, has come in handy as but luckily there is usually a platform for students only one person working to showcase their each camera so we abilities and serve the are pretty distant,” staff community. member Mattie Gretzinger “DEMO is an initiative said. to mitigate potential Students are COVID exposure encouraged to join if in a live spectator they are looking for an experience,” Marek opportunity to earn service said. hours and are interested in Currently, DEMO is technology and camera only covering athletic work. events in the stadium “Demo is super fun so or gym but is hoping far and I’m excited to to expand to other see how this organization Photo by Teagan Krewson events. Students operate grows,” Cunningham said. the cameras in the press box for “Something I’d like the student body junior varsity and freshman football games, field to know is that if you are truly interested in joining cameras for varsity games, and in the gym at you should.” volleyball games. If you are interested in watching a live stream, “Roles are very flexible and everyone is DEMO is currently streaming on the high school learning how to do a little bit of everything and athletics site. also what position they like best,” staff member
Irene The Cheerleader
Irene is an 8-year-old girl at Walnut Springs Elementary. She has Williams syndrome which is a rare genetic condition that has cognitive disabilities, cardiovascular issues, learning disabilities, hearing and visual issues and a very outgoing personality. She was nominated to be a CC4C kid. CC4C is a nonprofit organization that supports children with rare undiagnosed conditions. Irene’s sponsor is the varsity cheer squad. You can find Irene cheering with the team at every home game!
Photo by Teagan Krewson
Band Accomplishment
The band was recently selected to perform as a Performing Group for the 2021 TMEA Virtual Convention. The band has been asked to prepare 25 minutes of music due to this year’s circumstances, they will record their performance ahead of time to be streamed for access by all the attendees of the convection in February of 2021.
Abby Tredway Staff Writer
Rising Artist Jean Dawson
Jean Dawson is an alternative artist from San Diego that has a very unique sound. He can’t really be boxed into any certain genre, as he tends to experiment with different styles on each song. Dawson released his freshman album Bad Sports in 2019, which featured songs such as Napster and 90’s Green Screen. Since then, he has released five singles and his sophomore album, Pixel Bath. Dawson’s second album dropped on October 23 of this year, and features his most popular song yet, Starface*. He racks up over 300,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, but has yet to reach mainstream status. Go and give him a listen, you won’t be disappointed.
Apple Music Vs. Spotify
Students Honored by the College Board
Abby Tredway Staff Writer
Twenty of our students have been honored as College Board National Recognition Program Scholars, this was available to high school seniors who scored in the top 2.5% of the PSAT/NMSQT tests. The students who have been recognized include Gabrielle Avena, Aidan Bailey, Makayla Banton, Dylan Bao, Jasmine Bisett, Helena Bjeletich, Natalie Chavez, Avery Davis, Jake Fields, Caroline Gamble, Jackson Kaiser, Kaylee Longo, Thomas Olvera, Tyler Papp, Jack Perry, Jadon Putman, Gabriel Rey, Isabella Sites, Clara Smartt, and Talon Thayer.
Which is the better Music Service For the past couple of years, the debate of which music streaming service is better has taken over social media. For some background information, Spotify has been up and running since 2006, while Apple Music started in 2015. These two streaming services have been the two most popular services for a while now, and are the cause of a lot of debate. To preface, I am a bit biased because I am an Apple Music user, but my point that Apple Music receives too much criticism is still valid. Based off of layout alone, I believe that Apple Music is the better service. With Apple Music, it gives more of a minimalistic design, while Spotify is far too cluttered for me. It’s extremely easy to navigate, and the criticism that Spotify is better for discovering artists just isn’t valid. Apple Music has led me to many small artists, some that have blown up in the time that I’ve found them, and some that are still more on the unknown side. Since I don’t regularly use Spotify, I can’t say that one is better than the other, but I can attest to the fact that Apple Music is very useful for finding smaller artists. One common critique about Apple Music is
that it is a lot harder to upload things to it like you can on Spotify. While this is true, the process that Apple Music has you go through protects people from uploading things that are stolen from other artists. For example, if you looked up any artist’s name and then unreleased, you would find tons of podcasts on Spotify that are actually just unreleased songs that a random person has uploaded to Spotify. This is definitely better for the user, but it’s a major drawback for the artist that made the song. Both Apple Music and Spotify create playlists for you based on the music you listen to, which can ease the stress of making a playlist. I’ve seen a lot of people who use Spotify claim that the playlists that Apple Music curates are bad, but I think they’re great. This point will stay up to debate because you have to actively use one of the platforms for the playlists to accurately represent the music you like. Both have pros and cons, but if you don’t use Apple Music you do not deserve to hate it for no valid reason. At the end of the day, both are music streaming services, but think about how they feel. Streaming services have feelings too.
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Netflix November
Top 10 New Releases This Month • Christmas Break-in, Nov. 1 9-year-old Izzy is stuck in school on the last day before Christmas break. When two bad-guys kidnap the janitor, it is up to Izzy to save the day. •
The Garfield Show (Season 3), Nov. 1 More animated adventures with everyone’s favorite lasagna loving cat. • Elliot The Littlest Reindeer, Nov. 1 Holiday film where Blitzen announces his retirement. • Prospect, Nov. 2 A father daughter pair head to a mysterious moon to gather resources.
little red notebook passed between two lovers. •
The Liberator (Limited Series), Nov. 11 An animated WWII series about a true story of the bloody and dramatic march to victory. •
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Nov. 13 A musical adventure holiday special. • The Crown (Season 4), Nov. 15 In this season we are introduced to Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher as the historical drama continues. •
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Operation Christmas Drop (Season 1), Nov. 5 Holiday film about a political aide falling for an Air Force pilot. • Dash and Lily (Season 1), Nov. 10 Set in the Holiday season, about a
Photo by Kayla Childress
Mallory Neff Staff Writer
The Princess Switch: Switched Again, Nov 19 The Sequel to the Princess Switch. When Duchess Margaret hits a rough patch, it’s up to her double, Stacy, to save the day before another look alike foils their plans.
