Spring 2016 Edition Page 1 The Call Board “When you’re an Addams...” By: Rebekah Coy It’s that time of year a musical, the world’s most Level 4, SHHS The Callboard again, when the WCSPA kooky, spooky family has only Family) acting calmly and Editors in Chief students and staff close their gained popularity and fame. nonchalantly on aggressive season with the biggest and Charles Addams only or dark impulses. It was a most spectacular show of drew about two dozen new idea for dark humor the year...the annual spring “Addams Family” comics, yet that has people still laughing musical! they were his most renowned today. On May 20th and 21st, pieces. All of the “Addams “I like that he can take prepare to laugh, cry, and Family” comics consisted Rebekah Coy, SHHS an image with only one cackle as The Addams of one panel of art and a line of dialogue and still Family rolls into town. Full short quote under the panel capture the oddball nature of laughter and plot twists, to help explain the joke. of the Addams Family,” The Addams Family promises The beauty of these comics said Dallas LaCross, Level to be a crowd pleaser for all was that each drawing easily 4, after seeing two of the Dallas LaCross, CHS ages, especially because of displayed the personalities of original comics. “He doesn’t the recognizable characters. each character without even need an elaborate cartoon, Charles Addams (1912- needing to look at the quote. he just has a certain style. 1988) made his “family” None of the characters even The dialogue is so casual and known through The New had names. What was the morbid at the same time, Yorker in a series of comic meaning behind the dark- and that’s all he needs.” Cierra Spangler, WMHS strips. Those doodles created humored comics? the iconic characters of the The idea that Charles “Addams Family.” Other Addams was striving for was media sources built on their displaying a different kind of looks and personality traits. humor in The New Yorker. From a television series, to He wanted to show people Samantha Wajeeh, SHHS multiple movies, and now (specifically the Addams (Continued on page 2) Reflecting on Winterfest Courtney Skrinner UP NEXT! Level 2, CHS On February 5th and 6th, our WCSPA Alina Zhuravel students performed a dance concert Level 3, WMHS called Winterfest. To start off Winterfest, were cast in the show. This entire process students from levels two, three, and four gave WCSPA students experience in choreographed a 30-second dance and creating choreography and helped them presented it to their level as a pitch for a to further develop their dance skills and Winterfest piece. technique. Students went through a vigorous Winterfest not only showed week-long dance audition process, in which the students how to work as a team to students demonstrated their skills in various accomplish making their dances perfect, dance techniques and learned several dance but also helped many of the dancers combinations. After this, the students that overcome challenges. were best suited for the selected dances (Continued on page 5) Page 2 The Call Board (Addams, Continued from Page 1) problem.” Aside from that, the television is engaged to a young man named Lucas series also came with the introduction of Beineke. Wednesday invites the Beineke Of all of the different types of new characters like Thing, Cousin Itt, and Family over for dinner and asks her media that were created for the “Addams many other family members and pets. family to just give her, “One Normal Family,” the most well-known was the “I never knew a television show Night.” Instead, chaos ensues. live-action television show from the like this existed!” said Erin Esser, Level “I am definitely looking 1960’s. The show aired for two seasons 3, “I will definitely watch it, though. forward to doing this show,” said Ketura with a total of 64 episodes. It was widely It will be very interesting to see the Bradford, Level 4. “I am looking forward accepted, largely because of the catchy interpretation of the characters from back to working on the costumes and making theme song that has everyone snapping. then.” them as wacky as the Addams Family The show (originally aired in black and It took a long time for another characters themselves. The cast, crew white) very closely resembled the comics. form of media to make the “Addams and audience are going to have so much However, the characters had names and Family” big again, but the Addams shined fun!” more specific character traits. As said by through when a movie, The Addams The “Addams Family” has a legacy Charles Addams himself, “Gomez and Family, hit the theaters in November that has lasted for nearly a century, all Pugsley are enthusiastic. Morticia is even of 1991. The movie did well enough to thanks to Charles Addams. It is because in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes earn a sequel two years later. Released in of him that the public has comics that deadly.” November 1993, Addams Family Values are now considered classics, television is the story of the newest member of shows that leave everyone snapping the “Addams Family,” Pubert. Starring and singing along, movies that can be Raul Julia as Gomez, Anjelica Huston as watched over and over again, and a Morticia, and Christopher Lloyd as Uncle musical to entertain all of the senses. Fester, these movies were nominated for numerous awards and are always good for laughs. As for the most recent adaptation of the “Addams Family,” it has everyone Charles Addams continues by saying, in WCSPA singing, snapping, and “Grandma Frump is foolishly good- snatching up scripts.The Addams Family The Addams Family Musical natured. Wednesday is her mother’s musical, which first opened on Broadway performances are proudly sponsored by daughter. Many of the troubles they in 2010, is a show for everyone to Hamilton Chevrolet and will take place have as a family are due to Grandma’s enjoy. Unlike some other adaptations, at 7:30 PM on May 20th and May 21st. fumbling, weak character. The house is the musical is more centralized on the Tickets are available in advance online, a wreck, of course, but this is a house- cartoons than the other television shows and all seating is reserved. Please visit proud family just the same, and every and movies. The show takes place when WCSPA on the web at school.wcskids. trap door is in good repair. Money is no all of the characters are older. Wednesday net/wcspa for tickets and information. (See pictures math, science, and politics after being Schoolhouse Rocked! on page 3) a part of this show. “‘Interplanet Janet’ helped me memorize the order of all the By: Alina Zhuravel the credits. Suddenly, the Schoolhouse planets in our solar system,” said Jaelen Level 3, WMHS characters burst into chaos when they notice that Chris can see them when he is Mayberry, Level 1. The audiences learned This year, the Level One students not supposed to. Chris, now curious, gets about parts of speech, science, and social began their WCSPA careers with closer to get a better look. Clumsily, he studies, as this show combined learning Schoolhouse Rock, Live! on March 18th spills his coffee, the television explodes, and entertainment into one performance. and 19th at 7:30 p.m. This musical and he gets sucked into their world. Overall, Schoolhouse Rock, Live! was was about Chris Kaifesh, a new first- Throughout the show, the characters give a great success for Level 1. “I couldn’t year teacher who is anxious about his Chris tips to better his teaching. Each have asked for a better first show first official day with students in the lesson is presented in a musical number. experience,” said Donovan Jackson. The classroom. He tries to calm his nerves One example is “Conjunction Junction,” Level 1 students showed us all that they by turning on the television. He is happy which teaches about the correct usage of are capable of accomplishing incredible to see that Schoolhouse Rock, Live! has conjunctions. things. The audience members were just started. He gets confused when he The cast all agreed that they feel amazed at the talents and skills of our notices the characters moving during much more knowledgeable about history, first-year students. Spring Issue Page 3 Christmas morning. Twenty different Media’s Home In WCSPA corporate logos, such as Apple and By: Christina Badia film Drake. Meanwhile, the live video feed Nike, flashed across the screen in rapid Level 3, CHS was projected onto a screen in view of the succession. It is one thing to listen to the audience just behind the actor. This minor song and its message, but it is another Media is a relatively new, intriguing touch transformed that scene and made it to watch the visuals that accompany it. aspect that is becoming increasingly feel like an authentic news broadcast. This Her media brought the message of the present in the WCSPA shows. Student also allowed the actors to act out a little dance to new heights. “The media gave media designers are exploring what more because they were projected onto a a much deeper meaning to ‘WING$’,” videos and slideshows can bring to mammoth screen. said Aireen Bartolome, Level 3. “It was a performance. Every show since The next show to incorporate as if the media was another dancer in last season’s Chicago has had some media was The 1940’s Radio Hour.