Appleton North theatre director Ron Parker picked the perfect show for the school theatre program's return to live theatre. The Spongebob Musical offered everything we've been missing since these past two years -- Humor! Warmth! Color! Whimsy! Music! Dancing! Flying Mermaids! and Talent! My oh my, that show offered plenty of talent. We saw it [...]
I am not afraid... I was born to do this. -- St. Joan of Arc Appleton North Theatre Director Ron Parker has directed, encouraged, inspired and transformed 22 straight high school casts enroute to the Wisconsin High School Theatre State finals and he has received a Critic's Choice in all of them so far, a [...]
Those front porch pictures looked both refreshingly familiar and startling new yesterday as students from our area posed on their first day of school. Some of them masked up and headed into schools, others turned around and headed right back into their houses for their first day. I salute them all and their teachers, staff, [...]
The Joseph I know earned his dream coat with astounding resiliency and an easy charm. We picked that cap and gown up the second it was available and he popped them on his head and around his shoulders immediately, then strutted around our neighborhood. "I can't believe I graduated," he said repeatedly throughout the following [...]
Dear 18, It has been 35 days since life grounded you without cause, and we just want to say thank you for the elegant way you’ve risen to this challenge. Your senior year ended just as you were getting to the best part. Then this weird, dangerous virus shrank your social circle like accidentally microwaved [...]