Staff Writer
The Caribou High School Class of 2013 presented the school’s traditional Junior Exhibition on April 4 at the Caribou Performing Arts Center. Grahm Freme and Alexa Massey were the evening’s emcees.
Brendan Wood and Chelsea Bard at the “Oscars.”
As Kjetil Rossignol, a CHS senior, played a piano processional, students, led by their Class Marshals Hannah Hebert and Kenneth Griffeth and marching together for the first time as a class, entered the auditorium some with eyes cast downward, concentrating on staying in step while others, stepping to their own cadence smiled broadly, seeking out family and friends amongst the audience members.
Following a welcome address delivered by Emma Duplissie-Cyr, Class of 2013 vice president, in place of Class President Kayla Cormier who was unable to be in attendance, the annual speaking event began.
Tiffany Bishop and Alison Earle, coached by Kenneth Atcheson, portrayed Miss Obvious, an advice giver (Bishop) and a very uninformed snow-blower owner (Earle), in the selection titled, “Snow-blower” by Anonymous.
Miss Obvious nonchalantly informs Earle, who was attired in proper winter clothing right down to her hat with earflaps, that her new snow-blower just might move a bit easier up her driveway — if she put gas in it and started the engine.
Hannah Hebert and Kenneth Griffeth, Caribou High School Class of 2013 Class Marshals, led their classmates into the Caribou Performing Arts Center during the school’s annual Junior Exhibition held on April 4.
Meredith Sleeper portrayed ‘that other Meredith’ in “Meredith” by Chambers Stevens. Sleeper, coached by Mrs. Shannon Sleeper, spoke, with the utmost respect, of her awesome teacher, Mrs. Margeson, encouraging ‘everyone’ to look her up on Facebook.
Chelsea Bard and Brendan Wood, coached by Mrs. Jessica Bell, portrayed presenters during a star-studded Oscar awards show, in “And the Winner Is,” by Emma Stone and Ben Stiller.
Cool, calm, collected and trying to contain the exuberant Bard, Wood remained unruffled and removed from all of the excitement his co-presenter was so enthusiastic about. With Bard waving and blowing kisses to the cameras, Wood finally convinced her they weren’t in the right place.
Haley Hunter, left, as the fairy godmother with ideas of her own, and Hannah Hebert, as Cinderella, presented “Cinderella Revisited,” during the April Caribou High School’s Class of 2013 Junior Exhibition.
During a brief intermission Ashley Richards provided musical entertainment at the piano, playing “Maybe,” and “It’s Your Day.” Classmate Kendra Stevens assisted Richards.
Following the intermission Courtney Burby and Sara Huston presented, “Tae Kwon Do What?” by Peg Ratliff. As two underclassmen, one (Huston) was more than a bit concerned about being folded up and stuffed into her/his own trapper keeper by a certain older student. Burby, knowledgeable in martial arts assures her friend that if she acquires some Tae Kwon Do moves, her troubles will be over. As the lessons continues and Huston practices her confidence grows — to the point that she admits she accidentally drop-kicked their principal. Burby and Huston were coached by Mrs. Jennifer Quinlan.
Grahm Freme and Alexa Massey served as emcees during the Caribou High School Class of 2013 Junior Exhibition held in the performing arts center on April 4.
Emma Duplissie-Cyr presented “Cell phones,” by Anonymous. “There’s nothing like getting a text message at 3 a.m. to get your blood flowing,” announced Duplissie-Cyr, portraying a disappointed cell phone junkie who checks her phone every two seconds, just in case someone has called — and when someone does, its ‘just’ her Mom. Indeed it can be quite alarming when ‘all is quiet on one’s Facebook frontier. Duplissie-Cyr was coached by Mrs. Tina Duplissie-Cyr.
In “Cinderella Revisited,” by Peg Ratliff, Haley Hunter as the fairy godmother with a bit of an attitude, not a lot of patience and just maybe with an agenda of her own tries to help a rather whiny Cinderella (Hannah Hebert) get ready to go to the ball, convincing her that she really doesn’t need glass slippers because they will just pinch her feet and she’d probably lose one anyway. In the end with Cinderella transformed they argue about the curfew hour, with the fairy godmother’s (who herself was rather interested in the dashing gentleman) parting shot, “May the best girl win the prince — honey.” Hunter and Hebert were coached by Mrs. Alana Margeson.
Meredith Sleeper as “Meredith.”
Caribou High School Principal Mark Jones addressed the Class of 2013 prior to presenting the awards to the Jr. Ex. speakers. “It was only three short years ago that you were all struggling to learn your locker combinations, as freshmen you were just learning to navigate the CHS hallways. But it was only 12 years ago when your mothers, with tears in their eyes, put you on that great big yellow school bus for the very first time. You have all come a long way and we are proud of you.” Mrs. Jennifer Plourde, Class of 2013 adviser and director of the annual speaking exhibition assisted Jones in the presentation of awards.
Special thank-you awards were presented by the Class of 2013 to seniors Kjetil Rossignol and Caleb Chapman, to John Belanger for his dedicated and endless time and talent operating the sound booth; and to Kenneth Atcheson and Jones for time spent helping to organize (and with marching practice) the April 4 event.
Emcees Freme and Massey, who in-between speaking presentations had kept the conversation going throughout the evening, gave closing remarks.
With the Junior Exhibition participants joining in from the stage, the Class of 2013 rose, singing their Class Song, “One Hundred Years” by Five for Fighting.
The Class Motto for the CHS Class of 2013 is “Together we have experienced life, separately we will pursue our dreams, forever our memories will remain,” by Anonymous.
Tiffany Bishop as “Miss Obvious” gave helpful recommendations to Alison Earle (photo unavailable), who portrayed the owner of a new snow blower, during Caribou High School’s 2012 Junior Exhibition.
