Midlo’s Merry Munchkins
Brent Novey, Midlo Scoop Staff
October 15, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts, Showcase
With Midlo’s fall musical, The Wizard of Oz, rapidly approaching, Mrs. Katherine Baugher has assembled her cast of munchkins, comprised of children from Midlo’s faculty, as well as actors from the show’s ensemble. Why cast children in The Wizard of Oz? The Wizard of Oz is so generational. Generations of...
Trojan Band Bursts Shows True Colors
ZInzi Symister and Maddie Burke
October 15, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts, Showcase
On Saturday October 13, 2018, eighteen bands from across Virginia gathered at Midlothian High School to perform at the 13th annual Showcase of the Bands, hosted by the Trojan Marching Band. Hosting the event prevented Midlo from competing against the other bands, but they performed last as an e...
Theatre Department Announces The Wizard of Oz Cast
September 21, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
Cast of The Wizard of Oz Dorothy - Sophia Nadder Toto - Alexis Muse Auntie Em - Caitlin Wright Uncle Henry - Brent Novey Zeke/Lion - Cohen Steele Hickory/Tinman - Hunter Pearson Hunk/Scarecrow - Yosef Collins Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch - Rachel Bybee Professor/Wizard of Oz - Jake Feldpausch Glinda - Brooke...
Midlo Students Follow The Yellow Brick Road
September 19, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
On September 12 and 18, pushed back due to Hurricane Florence, auditions for The Wizard of Oz took place in the auditorium. Over one hundred students scrambled to collect their audition numbers and scripts. Supervising the auditions were none other than Mrs. Katherine Baugher and senior Peyton Strange....
Claim Your Place Over the Rainbow!
Rachel Bybee and Mrs. Katherine Baugher
September 7, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts, Showcase
The Wizard of Oz Auditions NEEDED: flying monkeys, crows, winkies, poppies, apple throwing trees, witches, wizards, munchkins, a scarecrow, tinman, lion, and a girl looking for home. Sept 12, 13, & 14, 2018 3:15-6 in the Midlo Theatre (Wear clothing you can move in!) ...
Goodbye for Now
Rachel Bybee, Midlo Scoop Staff
June 4, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
On May 26, 2018, Midlothian’s Center Stage Company met in the theater for another once-in-a-year meeting. The new inductees kicked off the meeting with hilarious skits and cry-laughing references. With the theme “Blast From the Past,” everyone dressed up as a character from a past show. It was an inc...
We’ll Miss You, Mrs. Graham
Emily Gundel, Midlo Scoop Staff
June 4, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
For 35 years, Mrs. Michelle Graham has filled the halls of Midlothian High School with beautiful music. As the chorus director, she teaches Advanced Mixed Chorus, Chamber Ensemble; Jazz Show Choir, Just For Show; Girls Show Choir, City Lights; Vocal Ensemble; and Piano Lab. Along with her classes, Mrs. Grah...
Artists Auction Items to Benefit Art Department
Samantha Johnson and Alyssa Marchese
May 29, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
On May 10-12, 2018, the Midlothian High School Art Department held its first art auction during the Midlothian High School production of Fiddler on the Roof, raising around $300 for the department by selling 23 pieces of art. One of Mrs. Kristen Joswick’s students, Kolton Almany, along with some ...
Hwang to Play Carnegie Hall
Katherine Krievs and Mr. Taylor Fletcher
May 29, 2018
Filed under Performing Arts, Showcase
Congratulations, Midlo junior Jason Hwang, who won 1st place in the Concert Artist International Competition. This competition is open to students, age 16-18, from all nationalities and countries. Hwang will represent Midlothian High School, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and The United States, at his p...
Fiddler on the Roof Captures the Meaning of Tradition
Rachel Bybee, Midlo Scoop Staff
May 17, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts, Showcase
Audiences swarmed to Midlothian High School on May 10, 11, and 12, for the premiere of Fiddler on the Roof. Published in 1964, the musical is well known to this day. The show begins with a fiddler, played by Jinwoo Kim, on a roof, playing the unmistakable tune of the opening number: Tradition. Te...
Welch Sings His Way to Radford This Summer
Rachel Bybee, Midlo Scoop Staff
May 11, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
Summer Residential Governor's School for Vocal Arts
Don’t Miss Fiddler on the Roof!
Rachel Bybee, Midlo Scoop Staff
May 7, 2018
Filed under A & E, Performing Arts
Be sure to come see Midlothian High School's Fiddler on the Roof, which runs from Thursday, May 10-Saturday, May 12. Tickets are ten dollars at the door, and the show starts at 7:30 pm.
