The City High orchestras performed for friends, City High staff, and family on Tuesday night. The three orchestras have been preparing for their mid-winter concert for nearly three months, improving their...
Abigail Sigafoose ‘26 was five years old when she first played Twinkle Twinkle on the Hancher stage. She was six when she did it again– seven for the third time– and now, at sixteen, she is about...
The auditorium stage is filled with students who are out of breath. Meeting twice a week for three hours, 4th Ave works tirelessly to practice, clean, and perfect their show. After learning their...
Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor
• January 15, 2025
In Gideon Levine 26’s first memory, he is sitting at a small, electronic keyboard, ten years ago, struggling to learn “Mary Had a Little Lamb” after his first piano lesson.
“I got it eventually,”...
City High's production of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has come to an end after weeks of hard work and preparation from the directors, cast, and crew. The theatre department ran four shows in Opstad Auditorium,...
This weekend, City High drama welcomes everyone back into middle school with their performance of a Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Musical.
The show runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Opstad Auditorium....
Q: When did you start playing the Oboe and do you remember how/why you chose it?
A: I started playing oboe in 5th grade. I chose the oboe because I was told it would be the hardest instrument to play....
The sound of power tools fills the scene shop. A group of students carries a big wooden structure towards the stage. Rich Burke begins to explain the day’s work. All this, and so much more, is what happens...
Sixty high school students filed into the small theater, chattering excitedly. As the lights dimmed, their voices quieted. The Refocus High School Shorts program was about to begin.
Among the short...
On Saturday, October 26th, 61 band, choir, and orchestra students from City High departed on a bus to Washington High School in Cedar Rapids hoping to be selected for All-State. 28 were selected to go...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid auditions have now come to an end, students who were interested in a role were required to learn a dance, pick up a song sheet, and act out the song as they were performing, along...
