2011-2012 MVPS Thespians Celebrate Year, Receive Awards
Written by Clark Taylor On the evening of Saturday, May 12, 2012, four new Mount Vernon thespians were initiated into the International Thespian Society: Caroline Courtney, Brice Veach, Alexa Dunford, and Savannah Rettig. The awards ceremony included recognition of all the MVPS Allstars who are in the Society: Dana Cohen Caroline Courtney Alexa Dunford Brayden...
Upper School Students Shine @ SCAD’s Sidewalk Art Festival
Written by Hank Kunath Hank Kunath, Hank’s wife Rosie, and Mike Farry led a group of 9 Mount Vernon Upper School students to Savannah recently for the annual Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Sidewalk Art Festival and competition. The competition is divided into 4 categories—SCAD alumni, current SCAD graduate students, undergraduate students, and...
Mount Vernon Senior Seizes Opportunity To Play With Georgia Tech’s Jazz Band Ensemble
Of Mount Vernon senior Ryan Moore, Dr. Chip Crotts, Director of Jazz Studies/Assistant Director of Bands at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently said, While I’ve had older drummers who had more experience in the big band genre, I’ve had few who really “get” the value of great time and great style like Ryan, while...
Interim Term 2012 Recap (Part 3 of 8 Part Series): LONDON
Below are a series of student reflections from the recent UK trip, where 13 MVPS faculty and students visited museums, toured city monuments, and attended various London theatrical events. It’s been about two weeks since London, and I’m still living the memories! We saw Westminster Abby, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Tower of London, House of...
Reckoning Shakespeare With Song: Hamlet The Musical
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE HERE Written by Clark Taylor, GISA’s 2011-2012 Director of the Year WHAT A PIECE OF WORK! We have published a few behind the scenes photos of the Allstars’ latest theatrical process, an original adaptation of William Shakespeare’s greatest, Hamlet. Captured are images of toe tapping songs, cleverly penned lyrics and asides, topped off with a...
Photography Contest Showcases Upper School Talent
Great job to everyone who entered into Mount Vernon’s first Photography Contest! With 24 photographs entered, only four could have been chosen as winners. “It was a hard decision to choose whose photos should place since everyone’s were so good!” said Joy Thigpen, Creative Director of OnceWed.com, who judged the photographs. In the end, Ms....
Top Posts of 2011 (#3): Senior Brayden Gomer Has Sights Set On Longevity In Performing
Written by Sierra Middleton Photography by Sarah Buck Mount Vernon Senior Brayden Gomer has been striving to reach his best in drama since freshman year. After winning GISA’s 2011 Best Actor Award he feels accomplished and honored that he was recognized for doing his best. Brayden’s inspiration for working hard on and off stage is...
A Christmas Carol With Clark Taylor This Thursday & Friday
Don’t miss Mount Vernon’s 2nd Annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this Thursday and Friday, December 8 & 9, starring dozens of characters and only one actor—Mount Vernon’s Drama Director, Clark Taylor – who recently received the honor of “Director of the Year” from the Georgia Independent School Association. Tickets are $35.00 per person...
