Dinner and a Show
Part 1: Our entertainment critic spends a night at the theatre
By Sebastian (Seabass) Dybowski
seat. Some casual humor broke up the
production. It had some of the best inChieftain Staff
dividual performances to ever come out dramatic plot line and Woods executed
The fine, young gentlemen of Brother
it perfectly.
of the Marian auditorium. An immediRice High School are no strangers to the
ate standout in the opening scenes was
While Woods’ part alone could make
mysterious beast that is
the entire show, Mrs.
the teenage girl. These
Adams, the Director,
complex creatures usudidn’t stop there. Added
ally come with their
talent and humor from
own set of even more
Senior Pranav Gopalcomplex expectations,
akrishnan took the
which you must master,
entire show to the next
as quickly as possible.
level. Eddie Jevahirian,
What better way to
Dylan O’Leary and
attract a fine, young
Chiebuka Onwuzurike
lady than by taking
were remarkable, which
her to see the Marianwill guarantee that your
An evening with MRP in the Marian auditorium is a good way to wow your date
Rice Players? With
date will be awestruck
two shows per year,
with the talent that’s
MRP draws a small but gifted group of
displayed by such a young cast.
Sophomore Mark Woods. His cadence
students. The Chieftain was able to catch
and delivery instantly drew you into
Come back next issue for Part 2 of
a preview for “Rumors,” MRP’s fall
this Seabass Special, the dinner.
the show and kept you locked in your
Pep Rallies a Shot in the Arm for Raffle
Annual fundraiser boosted by entertainment in the gym
By Nolan Geraghty
Chieftain Staff
Brother Rice’s annual student fundraising event has come and gone. For some
people, selling raffle tickets is a burden
but, for others, it’s a chance to demonstrate
their sales ability and give back to the
school. In addition to the various awards
students can win to keep them engaged,
there were entertaining pep rallies.
This year, we have seen all different
types of games and performances, most
of which come from The Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon but nonetheless are exciting.
Water has been dumped and eggs have
been smashed on teachers, plus half-court
shots, lip-syncing, and the fan favorite,
musical chairs basketball.
The teachers did a great job of entertaining the crowd, especially Mr. Hickey’s
antics in water wars and Mr. Kuschel and
Mr. DiPierro’s lip-syncing act. Mr. DiPierro played it safe with the Journey classic
“Don’t Stop Believin’.” Mr. Kuschel took a
risk with MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch
B R OTHE R R IC E H IG H S C H O O L C H I E F TA I N
This,” but he pulled
it off.
In a school like
Brother Rice, athletic
competition is the
best way to get a
roar from the crowd.
And, of course,
nobody can script
the outcome or even
prevent the competition from getting out
of hand, not even Mr.
Birney. Thanks to the
physical play of Jeff
Musical chairs basketball provided priceless memories
Timko, Ben Zardus,
and Coach Joe in musiThis year’s raffle was a successful
cal chairs basketball, the gym was
one. We raised enough to get two days
electrified. The hit Coach Joe took
off of school, many students sold all of
from Zardus and the close finish
between Mr. Galli and Tristan Klein their tickets, and some went on to sell
even more than the 80 tickets given to
in the final round may have been
them. Also, there were a number of
one of the school’s most memomentor groups with one hundred perrable moments since the heroics of
cent participation.
Anwar Nasry.
P AGE 3
D E C E M B E R 2015