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Student Newspaper of John Burroughs High School - 1920 W. Clark Ave., Burbank, CA 91506 TThehe SSignalignal Friday, December 18, 2020 - Volume LXX, Issue II F਌ਕ਎਋’਄, P P W S, P B J R especially known for his 1980s with about one or two weeks in In the series, Zepeda assumes All of our characters, all of the di- N E fi lms, which coincide with the between episodes. Although we the role of Tammy, a student at alogue, everything, is us, which is Recently, the students of the timeline for Flunk’d. have only seen two episodes so John Hughes High School who awesome, and such a cool experi- Play Production Class of John The fi rst episode premiered on far, it appears that they will be re- is working to get into the high ence. To be able to be in control Burroughs High School began YouTube, an online video stream- leasing these episodes in the same school’s cheerleading team. She of what you’ve produced is pretty broadcasting their play for the ing platform, on October 19th, way, with a few weeks in between is one of the characters who make cool.” Zepeda described the ben- 2020 - 2021 school year. The fi rst 2020. It was directed by Guy each episode’s release. up the wide and diverse group of efi ts of this approach, and how it two episodes of the play are view- Myers from the Play Production Filming in isolation has been characters in this series. helped the actors and actresses able on YouTube. Class, who also assumes the role a challenge, but the cast has fi g- “When you watch two people, create each scene in the way they This year’s drama production of Principal Guyers in the se- ured out new ways to overcome either on a TV show or on a stage, envisioned it. is called Flunk’d and is set during ries, who is the principal of John these challenges. When asked their energies match,” Zepeda In conclusion, despite the chal- the 1980s. The play centers Hughes High School. The music about what it has been like fi lm- said. “You know, if someone is lenging circumstances they face around the students (known as for the series was recorded by An- ing during the lockdown, Senior really high-energy while they’re right now, the John Burroughs the fl unkers) at a fi ctional campus drew Orbison and Ian Felchlin, Lauryn Zepeda, cast member in acting, a lot of times the other ac- High School Play Production called John Hughes High School, while the series was student-pro- the series, said, “It’s really dif- tor will also be high-energy, or in class was still able to create a web presumably named after Amer- duced by Sydney Bax and Crystal ferent from, you know, a normal the same kind of tone so that they series using creativity and inge- ican Filmmaker John Hughes, Rubin. play, because when you act in look cohesive on stage…” Theat- nuity. Although there are current- who worked on fi lms such as Like the fi rst episode, the sec- person, you have another person rical elements like tone and mood ly only two episodes of Flunk’d, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The ond episode premiered on You- to play off of, and when you’re by have also become a challenge, there will be more in the future on Breakfast Club. Apart from these Tube on November 10th, 2020. yourself, you have to guess what presented with the new circum- the JBHS Drama YouTube chan- fi lms, John Hughes also directed These episodes were released the person is saying, or you have stances brought by the pandemic. nel. While you are waiting for the many other fi lms in the 1980s and in the same manner as that of a family member read a line to However, the editing team has next episode of Flunk’d, you can 1990s. Some of these fi lms went last year’s show, Act One Scene you off -camera...” Because of the adapted to these conditions. also check out all episodes of Act on to become classics, and have Death!, in which there were circumstances that the actors and When asked about editing, One Scene Death! on this chan- further added to his legacy, and, a total of nine episodes and a actresses have to work under, cre- Zepeda responded, “Everything nel. despite passing away in 2009, two-part fi nale released over the ativity and ingenuity are import- in the web series, PlayPro stu- he is still a respected fi lmmaker, course of four months, typically ant. dents wrote, acted, and edited... T Y’ H H E I Mਁ਄ਅ Fਏ਒ Uਓ B K G watch. “Due to the circumstanc- Juan say’s, “We would use Hip piece for the past several weeks. formance.” S W es from COVID-19, we weren’t Hop Explosion as a fundrais- Dance Production’s piece was This show came together with On November 20, 2020, the able to put on a show as we’ve er for our competition season. shown as a group performance. the help of an editor, Tyler Grif- Hip Hop Explosion 2020 show done in previous years, but rath- But of course, our competition Dance Production attire was a fi n. The dancers did an excellent was posted on the John Burroughs er than just not doing it one at season got canceled because of classic hip-hop look with baggy job putting their emotions and Dance Team YouTube channel. all, we wanted to rather do it for COVID-19. So rather than not jeans, black tops, and gold acces- talent into their creative pieces This year, Hip Hop Explosion ourselves to provide a good ex- doing it at all, we wanted to put sories. and the editor did an amazing job was presented by the John Bur- perience for the people on the on a show still and try to create Most of the show was fi lmed capturing those special moments. roughs High School Dance Team, team and the people watching,” that experience as we would in at Verdugo Park with social dis- Even though times are chal- All Male, & Dance Production. explained, Anton Juan, All Male previous years.” tance measures enforced. Dance lenging The John Burroughs The Hip Hop Explosion theme captain. Dance team and All Male had Team and All Male have been High School Dance Department this year was “Made For Us.” Normally around late October, several hip hop pieces that in- practicing for this show for about worked extremely hard to present Although we are in a state of Dance Team and All Male would cluded special returning members a month and a half. This was the this show. It was a fun and unique distance learning, the work and showcase Hip Hop Explosion, and new members. Their clothing fi rst time Dance Team and All way for dancers to create and stu- dedication of the dance team have featuring special performances, attire consisted of masks and col- Male were able to meet and dance dents to watch and enjoy. Hope- been put into this virtual perfor- as a way to raise money for their or-coordinated clothing. in person after having several fully, Dance Team and All Male mance. Their theme, “Made For competition season. Despite their The unique show also featured zoom rehearsals. Jay Barron, All will get to physically showcase Us” represents the hard work canceled competition season, Dance Production who performed Male team member, says, “There their amazing talents next year in they’ve put in for themselves so they are still accepting donations one group hip hop piece. Dance was a lot of professionalism be- the 2021 Spring Show. that they and everyone else can through their GoFundMe. Anton Production was working on this tween dancers to create this per- JBHS S I H S G਒ਅਁਔਅਓਔ Hਉਔਓ B H L Power House. challenge, “You don’t get the since it is a collaboration between happen, the students are beyond S W The students from Dance Pro- same excitement and energy from programs. But in the end the show excited for people to experience Despite the circumstances, the duction performed in a few danc- your classmates when you’re just ended up being fantastic. another one of their shows. Ben show must go on. On December es choreographed by students in recording in your bedroom,” ac- Despite all of the diffi culties Casper says, “The show was 12, 2020 the Choir, Dance, and the program: “Hallelujah” cho- cording to choir member Beatrix that went into making the show great!” Band programs put on their year- reographed by Sorsha Khitkian Park. ly holiday show, Holiday Spec- and Amethyst Vasquez, “Man There is also a struggle with tacular. This is the longest run- With a Bag” choreographed by the learning aspect of the shows. B.O.B. B V L 7PM and went live from Twitch, a ning show started by the previous Sofi a Mari Bacalzo and Riley Mia Schwartz, a member of S W streaming app. choir director Mary Rago. Shepherd, “Santa Tell Me” cho- Dance Production states, “It is On November 7th B.O.B took The show lasted about two This show featured groups reographed by Sofi a BostickZreik very hard to learn over Zoom be- place as a virtual event. B.O.B hours and ended at about 9PM. from all three programs: Dance and Anthony Sanchez and fi nally cause you don’t really have your better known as Burroughs On “I thought it was fun to do it Production, the intermediate girls “Merry Christmas, Happy Holi- choreographer or teacher next to Broadway is an event that takes live like that.

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