Lyons-Decatur Northeast Music Department’s Winter Recital is Tomorrow

By Jessie Mutum

Friday December 13, 2013 LDNE Music Department will present  a Winter Recital at 7 p.m in the Lyons-Decatur Schools music room. Performances include-

More of the LDNE One-Act Performance

A great performance from the drama club. All photos credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

LDNE One-Act Pictures

LDNE One-Acts: “Drama Geeks vs. Zombie Cheerleaders

One-Act Play. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Upcoming Events at Oakland-Craig School

Lyons-Decatur Northeast Choir Girls

By Sophie Hsu, LDNE student

From left to right second row Kayci Kramer, Sophie Hsu,Lena Horak, Jessie Mutum
Front-Blair Preston, Victoria Maslonka, Dr. Elise Hepworth, Sarah Alford, Jesika Kramer.
Photo Courtesy LDNE.

From left to right second row Kayci Kramer, Sophie Hsu,Lena Horak, Jessie Mutum
Front-Blair Preston, Victoria Maslonka, Dr. Elise Hepworth, Sarah Alford, Jesika Kramer.
Photo Courtesy LDNE.

Students at Humphrey School for choir performance.
Photo Courtesy LDNE.

There were 8 girls from Lyons-Decatur Northeast high school choir went to Humphrey Public School, on November 11,2013 . They left at 10:30. It was very cold and snowy. It took about an hour and a half to get there.

There were 17 high school choirs that attended, and about two hundreds students in one gym.They practiced the whole afternoon with three breaks before the concert . The clinician, Dr. Elise Hepworth was really nice and fun for the students to learn from. She teach in Wayne State College, she has taught the students many singing skills. Everyone really enjoyed the concert.The songs that were  sang were; Give Us Hope, Home, America the Beautiful, Star Spangled Banner, Carry On My Wayward Son, Cups and Praise His Name, with an encore for Praise His Name. Over all the day was very enjoyable and was very fun filled.

LDNE Performs in Elkhorn Valley Choral Clinic

By Jacob Swanson

For the 43rd annual Elkhorn Valley Choral Clinic, Junior High students from 17 different schools sang songs that they had been practicing. This event took place in Tilden, Nebraska. The Clinician was Mrs. Celeste Ditter. Lyons-Decatur was one of the schools that performed.

The five Junior High students that sang for LDNE were Brandi Simonsen, Amanda Alford, Cassidy Mentink, Kassandra Prieto-Garcia and Matt Hartley. These students sang Bonse Aba, Gather by the River to Pray, The Prayer, and Ezekiel and David. We thank all of the people who came out and supported us

In the picture below, the people from left to right are, Amanda Alford, Cassidy Mentick, Mrs. Cleste Ditter, Kassandra Prieto-Garcia, Mathew Hartley, and Brandy Simonsen. Photo Credit LDNE

and a special thanks to the people who made this happen.

Music Department to Perform

Lyons-Decatur Northeast Music Department will host a Christmas Concert on December 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Lyons- Decatur Northeast School gymnasium. Cookies and cider will be served. The concert will feature the high school choir and junior high choir , the 7-12th grade band , iPad ensemble, guitar ensemble, drum line and the jazz band.

LDNE to Perform One-Act Play

“Drama Geeks vs. Zombie Cheerleaders”

The Drama Club notices that their biggest rivals, the Cheerleaders, are acting unusual. They’re beginning to smell, and they seem to have an odd taste for human flesh…yup, they’ve turned into zombies. With the big Homecoming game approaching, Head Zombie-Cheerleader Peaches (played by sophomore Mickayla Peterson) organizes her undead followers to plan a feast on the rest of the school. It’s up to the Drama Geeks (Brent Miller, Abby Petersen, Tessie Collins, Jesse Mutum, Martin Long, and Darcey Simonsen) to use their gift for dramatic flair to slay their rivals. Can a ragtag band of over-dramatic misfits defeat the zombies-and save the world-before it’s too late? “Drama Geeks vs. Zombie Cheerleaders” written by Kathryn Walat is a 30 minute comedy put on by the LDNE high school drama club.

Our public performance is November 22 at 7PM. Admission is 3$. All proceeds go towards the LDNE Drama Club. In addition, we host EHC One-Act Competition onNovember 26th from 9am-3pm. LDNE performs at 9:45. Other schools involved are Clarkson, Howells-Dodge, Humphrey, Pender, Scribner-Snyder, and Bancroft-Rosalie. Admission is free. If you are available, we would love for you to come sit during our morning performance to cheer on the home team! Districts will be held in Osceola, NE on December 4th. Times are not yet available.

Sioux City Symphony

By Bow Whitley

The Sioux City Symphony was held on Saturday, October 19th. Mr. John Mayo brought along ten music students who include: Jacob, Ryan, Amanda, Cassidy, Kassandra, Jesika, Emma, Amelia, Bow, and last but not least Jarret. The symphony took place at the Orpehum Theater. The symphony also had special guests. They were a Cuban group called Tiempo Libre. They danced and sang along with the symphony. Toward the end of

LDNE music students at Sioux City Symphony. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

the symphony they played a conga song and the audience joined a giant conga line.

For more information go to http://www.siouxcitysymphony.org/ or http://tiempolibremusic.com/