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Ingrid Smith, staff reporter
May 11, 2022 • 1 Comment
Each A-day, I spend 23 minutes doing nothing. And unfortunately, this is required. McCallum’s addition of the Round Table advisory period to the 2021-2022 schedule has...
Kai Friesem hates talking about the weather. And it’s not only because he firmly believes that Texas has environmental mood swings—a statement he stands by—but because...
Stories of grief and loss have always been present through many different genres and mediums. From films like the heart-wrenching Manchester by the Sea to Hereditary,...
Lily Dashner’s first moments in the world were very nearly her last. “When I was born—this is gonna sound really graphic, but—I died,” Dashner said. “That’s...
Beginning at a young age, Leilah Ramos has aspired to move through life by gliding, skipping, and dancing. Her high energy for life influenced her parents to enroll her in...
![BALLADS AND BLUES: Sophomores King Perez-Cude and Joaquín Frazier, from the student band Red River Trucking Company, play a set of country-rock tunes, including traditional bluegrass tunes, Chris Stapleton’s “Midnight Train to Memphis” and an original song called “Ballad of an Outlaw Fugitive” at the Mr. Myers send-off concert. “We’re a rock band usually, but we have a lot of old school country and blues elements, so we decided to go acoustic,” Frazier said. He describes their style as complicated. “We’re kind of all over the place, but I would say blues or southern rock with some serious country and psychedelic influences,” Frazier said. Although he never met Mr. Myers, Frazier wanted to perform in honor of him. “[I] never got to know Mr. Myers, but I’ve heard great things he had done for our friends, and we wanted to play in honor of him,” he said. “We put together a short set together the night before and decided to go for it.” Reporting by Lucy Marco.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51931221575_ee6e3fd1a4_c_51954485537_o.jpg)
The McCallum Youth Dance Company presented its annual student-directed concert in the McCallum Arts Center on May 6-7. The show featured performances by each of the dance...
![FIVE-STAR CAPTAIN: In One Night Only, the opening number of the spring show on Saturday night, Blue Brigade captain Charli Cevallos is front and center setting the mood and tempo for the number and entire show. Cevallos said the opening number of the spring show is always upbeat and fun and this year’s edition was no exception. Cevallos said she remembers the moment as one of pure adrenaline. “Since opener is the first dance, the excitement is running high and it’s such a great feeling to be performing our hard work for an audience.” As the photo suggests, the team was able to perform the number in sync even though it was a new dance choreographed exclusively for the spring show by first lieutenant Annabel Winter (left) and senior lieutenant Emily Garza. “Opener was our first spring show dance we learned,” Cevallos said, “and it came together super well. … [It was] definitely a team favorite.” Cevallos said her favorite part of the number was the very beginning when Winter (left) woke her up stage left from a deep sleep to start the show. “It’s so fun,” she said, “and the audience loved it.” For the first time in three years, that audience was in the MAC and at full capacity without pandemic restrictions.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc04748_52025488192_o-900x600.jpg)
