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High School Students to Perform The Little Mermaid March 19 - 22 N Senior cast & crew members include: Row 2 – Gordon Landefeld, Nick Hines, Ethan Whittaker, Juliana Boyd, Ryan Dawson, Jordan Loy, & Devin Hoffman. Row 1 – Genesis Nelson, Lauren Leoni, Gwen Reichert, Kelsy Levendosky, Kailee Scalise, Allie Plassio, Alayna Leoni, Avery Genicola, & Sam Cholodofsky. Not Pictured – Jaelyn Taylor, Tegan Lochner, Zach Waugh, & Kaitlin Phillips. WINTER PERCUSSION CAMP Provides Master Clinics for Students 34 NORWIN F orwin High School Theatre Company is proud to present Disney’s The Little Mermaid! With a cast of 113 students and a crew of 40, we are thrilled to have over 150 students collaborating to make this production one for the record books! In Disney’s beguiling musical theatre masterpiece, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel (Lauren Leoni & Kelsy Levendosky) is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton (Ethan Whittaker), she falls for a human prince (Gordon Landefeld). Determined to be with her new love, Ariel makes a dangerous deal with the sea witch Ursula (Jaelyn Taylor) to become human for three days. But when plans go awry for the star-crossed lovers, the king must make the ultimate sacrifice for his daughter! You won’t want to miss this family friendly show, so be sure to reserve your tickets online or at our live tickets sales. or the second time, Norwin hosted a two- day Winter Percussion Camp that brought together percussion students from the Middle School and High School for master clinics and special performances. The percussion students worked with three extremely talented and nationally recognized performers and educators: Dr. Erik Forst, the professor of percussion at Messiah College; Vince Wallace, a Pittsburgh-area music educator and the founder, owner, and director of the Pittsburgh Steeline, the official drumline of the Pittsburgh Steelers; and Dakota Kaylor, a freelance educator and performer in the Washington, D.C. area. They presented clinics on percussion technique and coached the students on pieces of percussion ensemble music. The camp concluded with a short performance for family and friends.