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Xavier High School
Xavier talent shines in Galaxy It is time again for Xavier students to show off their talents. The Xavier Talent Show “Galaxy” will be held on Friday, May 10 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 11 at 4 p.m. in the Regis-LaSalle Theatre. The emcees for Galaxy this year are seniors Bryan Banowetz and Bill Young. “I wanted to be an emcee because I enjoy entertaining others, and I thought it would be a fun thing to do to end my senior year,” Young said. “I am excited about emceeing with Bryan and marking this year’s Galaxy as the best it has ever been.” Auditions to “show off your talent” for Galaxy were held on
Wednesday, April 24. Students who auditioned signed up for times to show off their talents to the judges and filled out information sheets about their talents. Galaxy is organized by Mrs. Shea Francis and Mrs. Jaclyn Hussey. Some of the talents that may be included are solo acts, group acts, singers, dancers, bands, instrumentalists, skits, comedy acts, poetry readings, or other interesting tricks. One of the students performing is sophomore Michaela Brown, who will play the guitar and sing “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane. This will be
her second year performing at Galaxy. Another performance is John Richardson and Connor Collins who will be rapping. In the past, Galaxy has had band performances by Helferstout with lead singer Gabe Brown, and Staff Infection featuring Xavier staff Busse Photo members with different musical “I am most excited about talents. Other past performances performing in front of people and have included ballet performances and improvisations by Josh Rouse. getting to play my guitar in public, Tickets for Galaxy will be sold at which I don’t get to do very often.” -Sophomore Michaela Brown the door and students who bring their school IDs will get in for free. Lauren Van Hoeck A&E Writer
Solo/Ensemble contest results
On Saturday, April 13 a group of Xavier musicians participated in the Solo/Ensemble Contest at Washington High School. The results were as follows, with Division I being superior, Division II being excellent, and Division III being good.
Instrumental Division I Katherine Bauer Zach Schnoebelen Noah Hagen Kyle Skoumal Bryan Banowetz Ross Kennedy Patrick Mullin Jack Kennedy Natalie Schrader Abbey Konzen Chris Williams Gina Reiman Nick Wallraff Spencer Wille Tony Hamer Blake Welter
Instrumental Division III
Instrumental Division II Mitch Anderson Patrick Mullin Micaela Andrews Eric Reihle Peter Clark Natalie Schrader Michael Fay Zach Schnoebelen Derek Fry Kyra Vercande Katie Goldsmith Matt Wardlaw Noah Hagan Chris Williams Jacob Hansen Ellie Burke Brian Iversen Rachel Clarke Abbey Konzen John Meskimen Nicole Lengemann Brett Young Lucy Liu
Ellie Burke
Cedar Rapids: CV - 2 June 3 - 14 CV - 3 June 17 - 28
Marion Classes: Iowa City: PV - 2 July 22 - August 2 EHC - 2 July 8 - 19 PV - 3 August 5 - 16 EHC - 3 August 5 - 16
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Vocal Division I
Vocal Division II
Micaela Andrews Nicole Lengemann Mason Montouro Nina Noronha Anna Zittergruen
Tory Brown Meredith Diebold Emma Keefe Noah Manternach Quinlan Moran Nina Noronha Matt Thommana
Maddie Smith A&E Editor