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NYCDA Nationals ‘23 Senior Solo Results

Placements 21-30 Under “Keep Reading”

1. Sophia Cobo - Stars Dance (Score above 298!)

2. Skai Llorente - Encore PAC (Score above 297)

3. Addison Leitch - Dmitri Kulev (Score above 297)

4. Jonathan Paula - Canadian Dance Unit (Score above 297)

5. Sophia Springer-Iannantuoni - Inspire School of Dance (Score above 297)

6. Ayla Rodriguez - Artistic Fusion (Score above 297)

7. Reagan Stafford - Next Step Dance (Score above 297)

8. Avery Hall - Danceology

9. Ella Querrey - Inspire School of Dance

10. Suvannah Hunter - Elite Dance Academy NJ

11. Aiden Cook - KJ Dance

12. Eden Galloway - WNC Dance Academy

13. Antonia Gonzalez - Stars Dance

14. Drew Rosen - Danceology

15. Abigail Weber - The Dallas Conservatory

16. Kaiden Currie - Nancy Chippendale’s

17. Alessandra Gonzalez - Collective Dance Artistry

18. Tegan Chou - Westside Dance

19. Marcello Perez - Xplosive Dance Academy

20. Samiyah Norris - Estreet Dance

21. Sayler Nguyen - Starstruck PAC

22. Isabelle Harris - Utah Dance Collective

23. Madison Morita - Collective Dance Artistry

24. Keira Fleming - Kanyok Arts

25. Jackson Koressel - Sweatshop

26. Emma McLaughlin - KJ Dance

27. Lela Dye - Dye’n 2 Dance

28. Hayley Wilson - Renner Dance Company

29. Tucker Nance - Performance Edge 2

30. Marissa Lazovick - Broadway Dance Theatre

[gwendolynlerman]

Deutschribing Germany: regions

Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg)

Baden-Württemberg is divided into thirty-five districts (Landkreise) and nine independent cities (Stadtkreise), both grouped into the four administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Tübingen. The capital city is Stuttgart.

Climate

The predominant climate type is warm-summer humid continental, but the western part (Baden) has a subtropical highland climate. As a result, in most parts of Baden, the climate is warm almost all year round and summers are mostly dry, while winters are wet and foggy.

The rest of the state has more temperate temperatures, especially in summer. Areas of high elevation get snow frequently, and summers are rainier than in Baden.

Due to the climate differences, average annual temperatures range from 5 °C (41 °F) in the Black Forest to 13 °C (55 °F) in the subtropical areas.

Economy

Although Baden-Württemberg has relatively few natural resources compared to other German states, it is among the most prosperous and wealthiest regions in Europe.

The state is known for its strong industries, including car manufacturing, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. It hosts the headquarters of some of the largest German companies, such as Borsch, Mercedes-Benz Group, Porsche, and Schwarz Group (owner of Kaufland and Lidl).

Baden-Württemberg is also a popular holiday destination, including a variety of sights like the residential court towns of Ludwigsburg and Karlsruhe, the spas of Baden-Baden, the medieval architecture of Ulm, the Black Forest, and the traditional university towns of Heidelberg and Tübingen.

Famous people

Alena Gerber - model, actress, and TV host

Anja Jantschik - journalist and writer

Anne-Sophie Mutter - violinist

Ayla - producer and DJ

Frank Christoph Schnitzler - actor, artist, and musician

Frederik I - Holy Roman emperor

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler - landowner, business manager, and politician

Jens Weidmann - economist

Sophie Weber - singer and younger sister of Mozart's wife Constanze

Walter Haeussermann - scientist

Gastronomy

There are two distinct regional cuisines: those of Baden and Swabia. The cuisine of Baden is considered one of the best regional cuisines in Germany and is based on fruit, herbs, vegetables, game, poultry, fish, smoked products, wine, and beer. It has many influences from Alsace and Switzerland. Specialties include Flammkuchen (pizza with thin crust) and Schäufele (pig's shoulder meat).

Swabian cuisine has a reputation for being rustic but rich and hearty. It is characterized by fresh egg pasta, soups, sausages, broths, and sauces. The most famous specialties are Maultaschen (meat and spinach-filled dumplings, either fried or served in broth) and pretzels.

Schäufele

Brezel

History

Baden-Württemberg was formed from the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg.

100 - Roman invasion of Württemberg

3rd century - the Alemanni force the Romans to retreat west

496 - Frankish invasion

915-1313 - Duchy of Swabia

1083-1495 - County of Württemberg

1112-1803 - Margraviate of Baden

1278-1805 - Further Austria

1495-1803 - Duchy of Württemberg

1500-1808 - Swabian Circle

16th century - Protestant Reformation

1524-1525 - German Peasants' War

1618-1648 - Thirty Years War

1803-1806 - Electorate of Baden; Electorate of Württemberg

1805-1918 - Kingdom of Württemberg

1806-1918 - Grand Duchy of Baden

1918-1945 - Republic of Baden

1945-1946 - South Baden

1945-1952 - Württemberg-Baden

1945-1952 - Württemberg-Hohenzollern

1946-1952 - Baden

1951 - vote on the union of Baden and Württemberg

1952 - State of Baden-Württemberg

1956 - opponents of the merger sue and win

1970 - vote on the restoration of the state of Baden fails

Languages

Two dialect groups of German are spoken in Baden-Württemberg: Alemannic and Franconian dialects. These include East Franconian, High Alemannic, Low Alemannic, Rhine Franconian, South Franconian, and Swabian.

Monuments and landmarks

Baden-Baden

Maulbronn Monastery Complex

[oregontennis]

Girls 4A District 1 All-Conference Teams

First Team

Ryan Lomber, Valley Catholic

Amanda Perez, Catlin Gabel

Sami Shivakumar, Valley Catholic

Ella Li, Oregon Episcopal

Jiya Mehta/Elise Kim, Catlin Gabel

Marin Roseman/Ava Do, OES

Ria Kamineni/Lucy Bergland, OES

Olivia Morrison/Lily Wang, Catlin Gabel

Second Team

Nina Rinard, Riverdale

Cici Ji, Oregon Episcopal

Madeline Johnson, Trinity Academy

Sarah Fisher, Westside Christian

Lucie Polvogt/Ayla Clark, St Helens

Jaya Kover/Leela Kover, OES

Journi Brouhard/Rebekah Werner, Tillamook

Grace Weber/Sophie Schindler, Blanchet Catholic

Andreea Dan/Catherine Rocha, Valley Catholic

All-Conference Honorable Mention

Ruthie Murphy, Riverside

Jackie Espina, Trinity Academy

Meret Pajikic, Catlin Gabel

Ariel Vasquez, Tillamook

Makalya Heinz, St. Helens

Sofia D'Uva, Riverdale

Maylise Abrogoua, Tillamook

Halle Shearer, Riverdale

Satya Semenchalam/Ava Thuret, Valley Catholic

Sophia Hu/Violet Kozak, Catlin Gabel

Addison Raab/Ozzy Chaney, St Helens

Svannah Augustus/Keira Augustus, St Helens

Cosette Milla/Eda Daim, St Helens

Rachael Yang/Brooke Kopetz, Valley Catholic

Natalie Howard/Kyonna Picard, Scappoose

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[neqeyam]

Forgotten Myth; Chapter One.

Word Count - 2746

Warnings - possible trigger for fears of heights, and falling, and mean hall monitors.

Summary - When fourteen year old Ruby Moore is chased down the hallway at school by a character out of one of her fever dreams, she gets thrown into a world of tales and myths that society has ruled out to be fake. Befriending a Pegasus that hates everyone, and gathering friends strong enough to be considered a small army, she has to embark on a journey that will change her life forever.

POV- Ruby

Chapter Two- https://rqmcuwdwpjo.tumblr.com/post/188483698489/forgotten-myth-chapter-two

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking; ‘wow, demigods are so cool! That must be so much fun! I bet they get lasers!’ Well, it’s not that fun; it actually gets old after like two days. I’m not trying to die every ten minutes. As for the lasers, unless they’re made by the senior counselor of the Hephaestus cabin Leo Valdez, they’re not going to be on your side.

My name is Ruby Moore, but I’m sure you’re more concerned with how I know all this. One word; experience. Example one of why the life of a demigod isn’t fun, ever witness your best friend and favorite teacher fight off Echidna in the middle of the hallway? Didn’t think so. Imagine my surprise when freshman Ruby was trying to run away from Echidna during fifth period and my best friend pulled out two daggers to fight the thing. That’s where this story starts, me sprinting down the hall while a character from one of my fever dreams slithers after me.

I twirled the hall pass around my index finger, leisurely strolling down the hall toward the bathroom. The hall monitor, Mrs. Johansson stopped me, her yellow eyes narrowed as she scrutinized me silently.

“Pass,” she demanded, holding out a hand for it. Now, Johansson sounds like a nice name; most people associate it with Scarlett Johansson from Iron Man, but Mrs. Johansson of Marbur Academy in Columbus, Ohio (In the schools presentation they say that they’re the best for your ADHD children, and let me just say; ehe, that is not correct.) is exactly the opposite. Take Sirus Snape from Harry Potter; genderbend him, add a few pounds at the hips then give him a lisp and the voice of Roz from Monsters Inc. That’s Mrs. Johansson.

I held up the pass for her to see, she studied it for a few minutes; looking between me and the pass. She always spent extra time looking at my passes since Jackson Ryans accused me of faking a pass to get out of class early (not that’d I’d so such a thing, wink wink, hint hint).

“You don’t look very great… no, definitely no threat here,” she murmured, handing me the pass back.

“I’m sorry? I-I feel fine,” I said, confused. Mrs. Johansson waved me off, I started to walk away when she hissed. Not like the weird girl from third grade that thought she was a cat, no, like a snake hissing in warning. I turned back towards her just in time to see her legs fuse together into a tail- no wait, the bottom half of a snake. Her eyes slit and a long snake tongue slipped in and out of her mouth.

“A-Actually… on second thought-” I took a few steps backwards, trying to put some space between the snake lady thing and I. She hissed again and looked down at me, sneering as our eyes met.

“Whatssss the matter? Ssscared?” The snake lady hissed, swiping a hand at me.

“Uh- Yeah…” I squeaked, taking off down the hallway. The snake lady yelled and slithered after me, throwing rocks and other various objects at me. How she got these items was beyond me.

My legs carried me faster than I’d ever run before, burning when I skidded around corners. I felt like I’d been running for forever when I finally came across Ayla Weber; my best friend, talking to her architecture 1 teacher Miss Chase. They noticed me sprinting down the hallway before I could call out, breaking the distance by jogging toward me. Ayla looked more worried than I’d ever seen her look before.

“Ruby, why are you running?” she asked, looking over her shoulder as I slumped over, trying to catch my breath.

“Mrs. Johansson… snake thing- chasing- me…” I panted as I sat down on the floor hard. Miss Chase knelt down next to me, her gray eyes filled with worry.

“Snake lady? Like Echidna?”

“Yeah, sure, whatever that is.” I mumbled, putting my arms over my head to open my airways. Just as I was about to lay down, the snake lady thing came barreling around the corner and down the hallway, yelling in another language. Although, I realized, I could understand her. This was definitely a fever dream.

Miss Chase and Ayla looked at each other and nodded. Ayla reached into her backpack and pulled out two eighteen inch long daggers, while Miss Chase pulled a shorter dagger out of a sheath under her shirt. Together they ran at the snake lady, cutting and slashing at it. The snake lady pulled out a sword to fend them off. Miss Chase got in behind the snake lady thing while Ayla distracted it from the front. She yelled in agony and flaked away, a dark dust that reminded me of coal. They turned back to me, assessing me I guess. I stared at them in awe, mouth hanging open, eyes wide.

“That was awesome!” I yelled, standing up so quickly my vision spotted, (stupid iron deficiency). “When and where did you learn to fight like that Ayla? You’ve been holding out on me girl!” I said, flailing my arms in exaggeration.

“We need to go, there’ll be more if we stay.” Miss Chase said, pocketing her phone and jogging to get her computer bag out of her classroom. Ayla put her daggers back in her backpack, perfectly hidden behind the straps.

“Where?”

Ayla pulled a necklace out from under her shirt. “To camp of course,” she said, I looked at them, her first bead had a painting of a tiny centaur in a dress, another was all black except for a turquoise trident in the middle of it.

Miss Chase -who told me to call her Annabeth- hurried us outside and across the parking lot to the football practice fields. As we got closer I noticed two chariots waiting for us. (I only knew that because of a mythology class I failed out of last semester). Each chariot had two Pegasi reined to it, waiting for takeoff. One of the Pegasi had its wings stretched out and it had to have had a twenty foot wingspan.

Ayla hopped into the closest chariot, pulling me in after her. We stood on either side of a semi scrawny kid with bright blond hair like mine, and a medical bag slung across his body. Annabeth hopped into the chariot in front of us, taking up position next to a really buff guy. The Pegasi unfolded their wings and with one flap we were in the sky.

“Brace yourselves.” the blond kid said. Ayla grabbed into the handles on either side of the chariot, blocking the path in case I fell. I grabbed the handle next to the scrawny kid as he whipped the reins. Our chariot lurched forwards, the wind pushing me back so hard I almost fell… again. It felt like how you would imagine going into hyperspeed in Star Wars, or how the Flash feels when he runs really fast. The wind was hitting my face so hard I couldn’t breathe, and I felt bad for Ayla; who was probably swallowing my hair. Suddenly, the blond kid tightened the reins and the Pegasi went straight up. He was smart enough to put a hand on my back. He whipped the reins again and the Pegasi nose dived, tucking their wings at their sides completely. Ayla slammed into my back, smashing me against the front of the chariot.

“Will! What in Hades!” Ayla gasped over the wind. He looked back over his shoulder, I followed his gaze to see two concentrated storms following us. Lightning flew at us, horizontal across the sky. The blond kid, whom I’m assuming to be Will; jerked the reins to the left, just barely dodging the lightning. It curved toward us, and Will kept trying to dodge it.

“Get on the Pegasi!” he yelled, shoving me over the edge of the chariot. I lost my balance and fell face first onto the back of the first Pegasus. Ayla came flying over to the second one, her shoes had sprouted wings. I was too confused to do or say anything.

“What about you?” I called back, turning to see him cutting the ropes attached to him and the Pegasi. He didn’t say anything and cut the final rope, the chariot fell at an angle. Going with the lost momentum of the Pegasi. Ayla and I looked at each other in horror as we watched him fall. The chariot gained more speed than he did.

“Dive!” I yelled, grabbing the broken rein and whipping it. I had no idea what I was doing but it felt right. The Pegasus folded its wings and we hurdled toward the ground. It took all the leg and stomach muscles I didn’t have to keep from falling over the front of the Pegasus. We’re not gonna make it, I thought. Blonde hair was whipping around in the wind so hard I thought it was going to rip right off my head while my mind went into overdrive as I tried to think of a way to speed up.

“Fly toward him!” I yelled over the wind, the Pegasus obeyed. Flapping its wings propelling us toward the Earth faster than I would like to. When I could make out Will’s facial expression I reached out my hand, snatching his flailing arm on a luck shot. With one hand, I tightened the rein like Will did. The Pegasus flattened its wings and we seemed to float for a moment before it pushed them down. Throwing us upward before all three of us crashed into the ground. With that momentum I pulled Will onto the back of the Pegasus.

“Well that didn’t go according to plan…” he murmured. Sitting upright as I tried to tell the Pegasus to straighten and fly forwards.

“What was your plan exactly?” I asked breathlessly, holding the reins tightly. Will slowly wrapped his arms around my waist, sending shivers down my legs. I wasn’t used to such close contact with a boy. Especially a boy that looked to be five years older than me.

“To grab the rope and pull myself up on Sandblast here, even though she would’ve hated it.” He said, patting the Pegasus’s back. I nodded, trying to keep my nerves from making me throw up. “But it seems like you’re a natural! Sandblast hates everyone except Butch.” he added, earning an annoyed whiny from Sandblast. She had an all white coat, except for blonde specs near her hooves and on her wings, which I guess is where the ‘sand’ part in her name comes from. I’d hate to find out where the ‘blast’ part came from.

We flew in silence other than Will giving me directions to wherever we were going. When we passed over a cluster of trees he told me how to land. Our landing was a little rough, but Sandblast didn’t break any bones and neither did Will or I so to me, it was a win. Ayla ran up to me and scooped me up in a hug, then examined me.

“Oh my gods you’re okay! That was so scary but also really cool how you dove after Will.” she said, using her hands for emphasis. A centaur and a pudgy man with a bottle of diet coke in his hand came walking over.

“So this is our new recruit?” the centaur asked, looking down at me. Now, I was average height-wise for a girl, but this centaur guy made me feel short. Will dusted himself off and nodded, lightly punching me in the arm.

“You should’ve seen her! She’s a natural Chiron, Sandblast listened to every command she gave with no pull back. And she actually knew Pegasi commands.” Will exclaimed, making me blush. The centaur looked at me, his expression shocked.

“Is that so?” he asked, as if I knew.

“In my defense, I was left alone in the sky. I panicked.” I said, hoping they’d look away from me. I hated being the center of attention. Annabeth laughed, and I saw Ayla grinning.

“I want to see this girl fly then.” the pudgy guy said, taking a swig of his coke and belching loudly. They all looked at me and I felt a hot breath on my head. I looked up to see a horse head. Sandblast towered over me, her eyes screamed pick me.

We walked to a clearing that overlooked a lake. Out over the lake there were more Pegasi flying around, some with riders and others that were just out for a joyride. I mounted Sandblast and looked to Will, who smiled at me and gave me a double thumbs up. I nodded to Chiron, who held out a hand as if to say the skies yours. With that, I slouched over, getting into what Will called my ‘riding position’.

I tugged on the rein once and Sandblast unfolded her wings, giant, ten foot long, white with blonde speckled beauties. She galloped a few times and right at the edge of the cliff she jumped, flapped her wings once and soared. We’d gotten over the middle of the lake when a water spout just about blasted Sandblast and I out of the sky. She whinnied and I yanked her reins to the right. Another spout, yanked to the left. Another spout up ahead of us this time, we went over it. One arching right at me, I moved the rein slightly again and Sandblast dove. We dodged water spout after water spout, only getting sprayed with the mist that came off them. She rolled over something that whizzed passed from the trees, I realized that there were people in the trees. Their clothes reflected white light and silvery glows followed them. A water blast that I didn’t even see knocked into me, throwing me off Sandblast. She kept flying for a moment then dove, but it was too late. I was falling toward the water too fast for her to catch me. I mean, sure, Pegasi are fast, but she’d have to get under me without diving into the water. I closed my eyes and accepted my fate, falling three hundred feet into water? Might as well just fall onto concrete. A warm feeling fell over me and I felt like I was being dipped into the water, like someone had grabbed me right before I smacked into the lake. I do not wish you the same fate as Icarus, a voice in my head said. It sounded vaguely familiar.

When I resurfaced, I saw Sandblast hovering in a circle above my impact point. I held my hands up to say c’mon man. She whinnied and flew off. A soft current grabbed me and pulled me toward the cliff. I braced myself -yet again- to ram right into the side of the cliff, but instead of face planting into solid rock, the water propelled me up and I landed face first on the grass. There was applause, and there were whispers. I looked up to see a crowd gathered, Ayla and Will leading the applause. A black haired kid stood next to Annabeth and Chiron, a slight smile on his face.

“That was some great flying.” he said when I walked over.

“There is something wrong with your lake. Normal lakes don’t try to kill people.” I said, wringing out my shirt. They laughed a little, then gasped. I looked at Annabeth who seemed to be glowing golden, no wait- something was illuminating her face. I slowly turned my head up and above me a golden Lyre- wait, how did that? Bigger question, why was a golden Lyre floating above my head? Will screeched and scooped me up into a hug, his face dangerously close to mine.

“We’re siblings!” he yelled as he swung me in a circle.

“We’re what!?” At this point, I figured that I had too many questions to ask. They wouldn’t be able to keep up. Will set me down but then took me by the arm and started leading me down the hill, Sandblast landed behind me and trotted happily close at my heels. “Wait- where are we going?” I asked, looking back to see the crowd snickering. Will just kept walking and rambling about who knew what.

[doubleattitude]

JUMP Dance Convention, Overland Park, KS: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

JUMPstart Solo

1st: Penelope LeMieux-’These Boots’

2nd: Alexandra Charnstrom-’Imagine’

3rd: Reese Braga-’Fallen Memory’

4th: Olivia Weber-’Bird’

4th: Averie Ertugrul-’Dare’

4th: Rio Slaughter-’One Jump’

4th: Renzo Slaughter-’Spider-Man’

4th: Sawyer Hall-’When You’re Good To Mama’

5th: Evey Keegan-’Not A Dream’

6th: Maddox Hall-’Floating/Sinking’

Mini Solo

1st: Kelsie Jacobson-’I Dreamed A Dream’

2nd: Carrigan Paylor-’It Is Time’

2nd: Braylynn Grizzaffi-’Path5′

3rd: Skylar Wong-’Elephants’

3rd: Lilly Anderson-’Faun’

3rd: Finley Ashfield-’My Girl’

3rd: Kate Baldwin-’Zimmer’

4th: Fiona Sartain-’The Way You Move’

5th: Santiago Sosa-’Becoming’

5th: Roxie Onellion-’Mellow Yellow’

6th: Callan Waite-’Enter One’

6th: Allie Plott-’The Path’

7th: Channing Embry-’Blackbird’

7th: Stella Bratcher-’Blow Gabriel Blow’

7th: Zoe Flores-’Danger’

7th: Isabella Charnstrom-’The Brink’

8th: Ella Dobler-’Shrine East’

8th: Emily Core-’Without Limits’

9th: Pierson Aldridge-’Sarajevo’

10th: Ruby Arnold-’Winter’

Junior Solo

1st: Josie Lutz-’Time’

2nd: Audrey Mayernik-’All Human Beings’

3rd: Brooklyn Simpson-’A Great Altar’

3rd: Claire Monge-’Found’

3rd: Leila Winker-’Takt’

3rd: Campbell Clark-’The Scarlett Effect’

4th: Brooke Toro-’From Within’

5th: Brynn Kostka-’Answer’

5th: Carley Jensen-’April In Paris’

5th: Natalia Garcia-’Hallelujah’

5th: London Barron-’Look What Your Love Has Done To Me’

6th: Caroline McGowan-’Everything Evaporates’

6th: Finley Aldridge-’Jealous’

7th: Ava Munos-Ask’

7th: Gigi Johnson-’How It Was’

8th: Tori Chun-’Glacier’

8th: Julia Chavez-’Going Under’

8th: Ava Rothmund-’Hand Covers Bruise’

8th: Kira Reissner-’Shadow Journal’

8th: Londyn LeMieux-’Tar’’

9th: Ellie Jane Knell-’In Another Life’

9th: Morgan Foged-’Rapture’

9th: Finley Waite-’Welcome Home’

10th: Penelope Ciminieri-’Take My Hand’

10th: Livia Bonnie-’Walking In the Air’

10th: Haydyn Jackson-’Warm Summer Breeze’

Teen Solo

1st: Isabella Jarvis-’Moonlight Serenade’

2nd: Addison Middleton-’Dark Dissonance’

2nd: Beth Anne McGowan-’Informally Cool’

2nd: Jesse Detroy-’Once Upon A December’

3rd: Isabel Reese-’Spectral Density’

3rd: Sophie Bishop-’Unravelings’

3rd: Lawsen Hooker-’When I Grow Too Old To Dream’

4th: Emery Sousley-’Birds of Paradise’

4th: Addison Allen-’Seven Nation Army’

4th: Lily Thelen-’Hero’

4th: Jesse Flaherty-’Reaching For Cold Hands’

5th: Whitney Tomes-’Don’t You Hate It When?’

5th: Andres Jimenez-’Frontieres’

5th: Sofia Andrus-’Numb’

5th: Mini Preston-’Rosas’

6th: Ayla Pilrain-’Commit’

6th: Abigail Webers-’Embers’

6th: Alexis Schueller-’Lilac Wine’

6th: Ayva Royster-’Safe Now’

7th: Anna Brown-’Isn’t It Romantic’

7th: Joshuah Rivera-’Less and Less’

7th: Sydney Orr-’So Far’

7th: Dasha Vishnayakova-’This Place Was A Shelter’

8th: Riley Brull-’Black Flies’

8th: Molly Mack-’The Colour In Anything’

8th: Piper Embry-’Trouble On My Mind’

9th: Trinity Baker-’Swingin’ Part’y

9th: Hudson Beery-’Time’

10th: Callie Weinert--’Let You Go’

10th: Siena Riga-’Naked’

10th: Kieran Holmes-’Slow’

10th: Eva Hurtig-’True Purpose’

10th: Lauren Finnerty-’Vast & Limitless’

Senior Solo

1st: David Keingatti-’Belief 2′

2nd: Brianna Keingatti-’Everything Must Change’

3rd: Brooke Cheek-’The Beginning & The End’

4th: Sophie Tosh-’The’

5th: Reagan Stafford-’Beneath the Light’

5th: Jordin Suwalski-’Hold On Tight’

6th: Cassidy Reigel-’Are You Lonesome Tonight’

7th: Elle Tosh-’Safe’

8th: Emma Thelen-’Creep’

9th: Meghan Rigdon-’Gypsy Rhapsody’

10th: Reese Spencer-’Speechless’

Open Solo

1st: Summer Martin-’Insomnia’

JUMPstart Duo/Trio

1st: Miss Kristys School of Dance-’Azumba’

2nd: Charlee’s Elite School of Dance-’Fight Night’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Angel By The Wings’

2nd: Charlee’s Elite School of Dance-’Gotta Do’

3rd: Perception Dance Company-’Nails Hair Hips Heels’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Infinity Dance-’Stand By Me’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’My Egyptian Love’

3rd: Perception Dance Company-’By Your Side’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: Universal Dance Academy-’Imagine’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’Black and Gold’

3rd: The Dallas Conservatory-’Friction’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Artistic Edge Dance Centre-’Symphony of Sorrow’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’Keep You From the Cold’

3rd: Perception Dance Company-’Eskimo’

JUMPstart Group

1st: Miss Kristys School of Dance-’Watch Me Now’

2nd: Miss Kristys School of Dance-’Nature Boy’

Mini Group

1st: Perception Dance Company-’O’Holy Night’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’Dare You Not to Dance’

Junior Group

1st: Perception Dance Company-’All Of the Row Boats’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’Man I Feel Like A Woman’

Teen Group

1st: Perception Dance Company-’Never Again’

1st: Perception Dance Company-’South London’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’React’

3rd: Charlee’s Elite School of Dance-’Daughter’

Senior Group

1st: Perception Dance Company-’Life In the City’

2nd: Perception Dance Company-’Little Bird’

High Scores by Performance Division:

JUMPstart Jazz

Miss Kristys School of Dance-’Watch Me Now’

JUMPstart Contemporary

Miss Kristys School of Dance-’Nature Boy’

Mini Contemporary

Perception Dance Company-’O’Holy Night’

Mini Jazz

Perception Dance Company-’Dare You Not to Dance’

Junior Contemporary

Perception Dance Company-’All Of the Row Boats’

Junior Jazz

Perception Dance Company-’Man I Feel Like A Woman’

Teen Lyrical

Perception Dance Company-’Never Again’

Teen Contemporary

Perception Dance Company-’South London’

Teen Jazz

Perception Dance Company-’React’

Senior Jazz

Perception Dance Company-’Little Bird’

Senior Contemporary

Perception Dance Company-’Life In the City’

Best of JUMP:

JUMPstart

Miss Kristys School of Dance-’Watch Me Now’

Mini

Perception Dance Company-’O’Holy Night’

Junior

Perception Dance Company-’All Of the Row Boats’

Teen

Perception Dance Company-’Never Again’

Charlee’s Elite School of Dance-’Daughter’

Senior

Perception Dance Company-’Life In the City’

Best in Studio:

Perception Dance Company-’Life In the City’

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NSU announces Phi Kappa Phi inductees for Spring 2018

NATCHITOCHES –  Northwestern State University’s chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, most selective and most prestigious all-discipline honor society held an induction ceremony for new initiates April 26.  Selection criteria for Phi Kappa Phi are based on high academic standard. Membership is open to the top 7.5 percent of second term juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students, as well as faculty and professional staff who achieved scholarly distinction.

 New members are as follows.

 Alexandria – Lindsey Grace Torres, Kristina L. Zachary;

 Anacoco – Haley Jett;

 Azle, Texas – Alexandra Christine Furtney;

 Ball – Victoria Aiken-Tesfay, Katie Wakefield, Megan Wakefield;

 Baton Rouge – Bruce Allen Craft, Emily Andra Falcon, Gail Odette Suberbielle, Sabre Elie Whitworth;

 Benton – Comis P. Waddell;

 Bossier City – Sue Ellen Bates, Alexandra Ekstrom, Andrea J. Haynes, Mary Inman, Haley Marie Jorgensen, Heather B. LaFlame, Rob Martin;

 Bourg – Mia Elizabeth Adams,

 Boyce -- Hannah Elizabeth Aslin, Sarah Anne Phillips;

 Burleson, Texas – Cassandra Smith;

 Campti – Rebecca L. Cason, Trenton Seth Parker;

 Carencro – Lesley Dimmitt;

 Church Point – Kristian T. Burrow;

 Clayton – Glendalyn Boothe;

 Coushatta – Sydney Anderson, W. Tanner Lee;

 Covington – Tonda Collett;

 Dallas – Beth Evans;

 Denham Springs – Mackenzie Byrd, Caitlyn Cutrer;

 DeQuincy – Shaina Saucier;

 DeRidder – Karli Kennedy;

 Dry Prong – DeAnna Bartlett, Veronica J. Morgan;

 Enterprise, Alabama – Alejandro M. Cespedes;

 Florien – Caroline Matthew, Amanda S. McFarlain, Dylan Roberts;

 Fort Polk – Amber P. Ferguson;

 Garland, Texas – Alec Sean Horton;

 Gloster – Matthew Conger;

 Goldonna – Harley Godwin;

 Grand Cane – Tina Ezernack Heiss;

 Haughton – Alexis Hoeltje, Jamie Phillips, Brigette Wilson;

 Henderson, Texas – Emily Ortiz;

 Houma – Sarah LaJaunie;

 Hubert, North Carolina – Claire M. Harvey;

 Idabel, Oklahoma – Chelsea Le Ann Caldwell;

 Iowa – Jasmine N. Harris;

 Jennings – Rachelle M. Edwards;

 Jonesboro – Karie Browning Potts;

 Lafayette – Rylan Paul Choate, Emilee Leger;

 Lake Charles – Ashtyn Hare, Sarah Person Knepper, Rachel L. Regan;

 Lake Toxaway, North Carolina – Ayla D. Owens;

 Leesville – Michael Allan Cain II;

 Madisonville – Tera M. Blackledge, Melissa Polizzi;

 Many – Brittany Founds, Heidi Knight, Emmy Tipton;

 Marble Falls, Texas – Sarah M. Lewis;

 Marshall, Texas – Tiffany Cortes;

 Mary Esther, Florida – Alecia L. Smith;

 Maurice – Elise Vincent;

 Minden – Amanda V. Curry, Caleb Jones;

 Natchitoches – Rebekah L. Aultman, Jordan Alise Bringedahl, Reese Buzzell, Mazie Catherine DuBois, Barbara Anne Duchardt, Katherine Gallinghouse, Karley Hebert, Aura M. Hernandez Canedo, Amy D. Hooks, Nicholas Juneau, Melissa Kaufman, Kailey Leach, Carlomagno Leon Jiminez, Meredith Leanne Machen, Shelby L. Martin, Alexis Moses, Abigail Poe, Jonah Oliver Poe, Rebecca Jade Richmond, Emily M. Salter, Melanie Robinson Smith, Jonathon Micheal Villareal, Lisa Watley Jackson, Madysen Watts, Matthew Whitaker, Christopher Zirkle;

 New Iberia – Grace Kerns;

 New Llano – Candace Noelle Guillory, Collar J. Wilson;

 Papillion, Nevada – Meghan S. Taylor;

 Pineville – Alyssa Jane Lloid, Ashlee N. Mitchell;

 Pollock – Katelyn Boles;

 Raceland – Paige Parks;

 Richmond, Virginia – Daniel Amirzian;

 St. James – Tad A Cavalier;

 St. Martinville – Alli Renee Douet;

 Shreveport – Shakendra M. Bailey, Lauren D. Gabour, Emily Heard, Pamela Holcolmbe, Mallory LaLena, Carolina Elizabeth Landon, Kayli Morvan, Tiffany Louise Sandifer, Samantha Scott, Catherine Ann Shaw, Shermaine Shorter, Kya K.H. Warren;

 Slidell – Tiffany Ritchie;

 Stonewall – Joy Maryelle Hooper;

 Sulphur – Monica L. Weber;

 Walker – Amber Guillot;

 Youngsville – Brandon Scott Granger, Kali Hannie Roberts;

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Hybrid

Die Großform des Experimentalbaus "Hybrid" besteht aus einem Möbiuskörper. Dieser fasziniert durch seine scheinbar unendliche Form, da dieser nur eine Fläche und eine Kante besitzt, welche in sich selbst zurücklaufen. Die klassischen Architekturelemente Dach, Wand und Boden werden aufgehoben – es entsteht ein Raumkontinuum. Scheinbar gleichzeitig beschreibt der Möbiuskörper aber auch eine Verschmelzung des Innen und Außen, welche sich in der Materialität des Pavillons und hier insbesondere durch die perforative Außenhaut wiederspiegelt, die auf dem Voronoi-Algorithmus basiert. Die einzelnen Zellen werden durch dreidimensionale Rahmenkonstruktionen beschrieben, die aus Holzwerkstoffen mit Hilfe computergestützter Herstellungsverfahren individuell produziert wurden.

Fraktale des Baus wurden im Januar 2011 in der Diamantenbörse in Frankfurt am Main ausgestellt. Die komplexe 3D-Struktur wurde parametrisch generiert und auf Basis eines komplett durchdetailierten CNC-Datensatzes im CNC-Lab gefertigt.

Vasiliki Corakas, Ayla Ertürk, Annalena Kluge, Steffen Reiter, Marc Ulm, Xiaojia Yao, Steven Kaufmann, Lilli Lisitchkina, Judith Weber, Julian Staubach

IMD in Kooperation mit Prof. Dr. Patrick Teuffel TU Delft

Parametric Strategies Xing Wang Hyperbody-research group TU Delft

Andreas Schnubel Rice-Francis–Ritchie RFR – Paris

5-Achs-Fräse / 3D-Zuschnitt Wolfgang Heide

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Palm Springs Film Festival: Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' to Screen on Opening Night

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Palm Springs Film Festival: Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' to Screen on Opening Night

Steven Spielberg’s The Publish, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, will display screen Jan. four because the opening-night movie on the 29th Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition. Adam Rifkin’s The Final Film Star, starring Burt Reynolds because the growing old title star of the pic, will function the closing-night movie on Jan. 14.

The pageant, which is ready to run Jan. 2-15, will display screen 180 movies from 77 international locations. The occasion will embody all of the movies which can be on the present shortlist for the most effective foreign-language movie Oscar, a particular program of films from Argentina and particular shows of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, Fatih Akin’s Within the Fade, Mark Pellington’s Nostalgia and Maya Forbes’ The Polka King.

The whole lineup of movies follows.

PREMIERES

World premieres:

Past the Reverse Intercourse (U.S.) Administrators: Emily Abt, Bruce Hensel

Cowl Variations (U.S.) Director: Todd Berger, with Katie Cassidy, Drake Bell, Austin Swift, Jerry Trainor and Debby Ryan

Nostalgia (U.S.) Director: Mark Pellington, with John Hamm, Catherine Keener, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern, Amber Tamblyn, Nick Offerman and Patton Oswalt

On Borrowed Time (United Arab Emirates) Director: Yasir Al Yasiri

North American premieres:

Past the Clouds (India) Director: Majid Majidi

Discovering Your Ft (U.Okay.) Director: Richard Loncraine

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Blissful Birthday (Greece/France/Cyprus/Germany) Director: Christos Georgiou

Holy Camp (Spain) Director: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

A Letter to the President (Afghanistan) Director: Roya Sadat

Love and Shukla (India) Director: Siddartha Jatla

Maze (Eire/U.Okay./Sweden/Germany) Director: Stephen Burke

Rey’s Training (Argentina/Spain) Director: Santiago Esteves

Silk Highway (Netherlands) Director: Mark de Cloe

Stealing Rodin (Chile/France) Director: Cristóbal Valenzuela Berríos

The Practice of Salt and Sugar (Mozambique/Brazil/Portugal) Director: Licínio Azevedo

U.S. premieres:

Attract (Canada) Administrators: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez, with Evan Rachel Wooden and Denis O’Hare

Angels Put on White (China/France) Director: Vivian Qu

Barefoot (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic/Denmark) Director: Jan Sverak

Instructions (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia) Director: Stephan Komandarev

Eye on Juliet (Canada/France/Morocco) Director: Kim Nguyen

The Future Forward (Argentina) Director: Constanza Novick

The Gospel In line with Andre (U.S.) Director: Kate Novack

Responsible Males (Colombia) Director: Ivan D. Gaona

The Home by the Sea (France) Director: Robert Guediguian

The Journey (Iraq/U.Okay./France/Qatar/Netherlands) Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji

Jupiter’s Moon (Hungary/Germany) Director: Kornel Mundruczo

Longing (Israel) Director: Savi Gabizon

Makala (France) Director: Emmanuel Gras

The Motive (Spain/Mexico) Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca

My Days of Mercy (U.S./U.Okay.) Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer

The Prime Minister (Belgium) Director: Erik Van Looy

The Royal Hibiscus Lodge (Nigeria) Director: Ishaya Bako

So Assist Me God (Belgium/France) Administrators: Jean Libon, Yves Hinant

The House Between (Australia/Italy) Director: Ruth Borgobello

Suleiman Mountain (Kyrgyzstan/Russia) Director: Elizaveta Stishova

The Summit (Argentina/Spain/France) Director Santiago Mitre

The Third Homicide (Japan) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Three Peaks (Germany/Italy) Director: Jan Zabeil

TALKING PICTURES

The Speaking Photos program consists of in-depth discussions with administrators and writers. The movies chosen for this yr’s program with company attending are:

BPM (Beats Per Minute) with director Robin Campillo Darkest Hour with actor Gary Oldman An Inconvenient Sequel: Fact to Energy with topic Al Gore and administrators Bonnie Cohen and John Shenk The Sq. with director Ruben Ostlund Stronger with actress Tatiana Maslany Thelma with director Joachim Trier Three Billboards Outdoors Ebbing, Missouri with actor Sam Rockwell

BOOKS TO SCREEN

Talks discussing the actual challenges of reworking the written phrase to the silver display screen embody:

Name Me by Your Identify, Company TBD The Catastrophe Artist with screenwriters Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter and creator Greg Sestero Final Flag Flying with creator Darryl Ponicsan The Misplaced Metropolis of Z with director/author James Grey

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Within the Fade with director Fatih Akin and actress Diane Kruger Nostalgia with director Mark Pellington and actor Jon Hamm Phantom Thread with director Paul Thomas Anderson The Polka King with director/co-writer Maya Forbes and actors Jack Black, Jenny Slate and Jacki Weaver

AWARDS BUZZ

The Awards Buzz part will display screen 45 of the 92 official submissions in the most effective foreign-language movie Oscar class.

A Letter to the President (Afghanistan) Director: Roya Sadat

Zama (Argentina) Director: Lucrecia Martel

Yeva (Armenia) Director: Anahid Abad

The House Between (Australia) Director: Ruth Borgobello

Blissful Finish (Austria) Director: Michael Haneke

Racer and the Jailbird (Belgium) Director: Michaël R. Roskam

Males Don’t Cry (Bosnia) Director: Alen Drljevic

First They Killed My Father (Cambodia) Director: Angelina Jolie

Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Canada) Director: François Girard

A Incredible Lady (Chile) Director: Sebastián Lelio

Responsible Males (Colombia) Director: Ivan D. Gaona

Ice Mom (Czech Republic) Director: Bohdan Slama

You Disappear (Denmark) Director: Peter Schonau Fog

Woodpeckers (Dominican Republic) Director: Jose Maria Cabral

Tom of Finland (Finland) Director: Dome Karukoski

BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France) Director: Robin Campillo

Within the Fade (Germany) Director: Fatih Akin

Amerika Sq. (Greece) Director: Yannis Sakaridis

On Physique and Soul (Hungary) Director: Ildikó Enyedi

Below the Tree (Iceland) Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson

Newton (India) Director: Amit V. Masurkar

Foxtrot (Israel) Director: Samuel Maoz

A Ciambra (Italy) Director: Jonas Carpignano

Her Love Boils Bathwater (Japan) Director: Ryota Nakano

The Insult (Lebanon) Director: Ziad Doueiri

Barrage (Luxembourg) Director: Laura Schroeder

Tempestad (Mexico) Director: Tatiana Huezo

The Practice of Salt and Sugar (Mozambique) Director: Licínio Azevedo

One Thousand Ropes (New Zealand) Director: Tusi Tamasese

Thelma (Norway) Director: Joachim Trier

Wajib (Palestine) Director: Annemarie Jacir

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori

Birdshot (Philippines) Director: Mikhail Pink

Spoor (Poland) Director: Agnieszka Holland

Loveless (Russia) Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Felicite (Senegal) Director: Alain Gomis

Pop Aye (Singapore) Director: Kirsten Tan

The Line (Slovak Republic) Director: Peter Bebjak

The Miner (Slovenia) Director: Hanna Slak

The Wound (South Africa) Director: John Trengove

A Taxi Driver (South Korea) Director: Jang Hoon

Summer season 1993 (Spain) Director: Carla Simón

The Sq. (Sweden) Director: Ruben Ostlund

The Divine Order (Switzerland) Director: Petra Volpe

Ayla – The Daughter of Warfare (Turkey) Director: Can Ulkay

CINE LATINO

The pageant will showcase a few of this yr’s greatest Ibero-American movies eligible for the Cine Latino Award. The pageant’s nation focus this yr is on Argentina.

April’s Daughter (Mexico) Director: Michel Franco

Establishing Albert (Spain/Estonia) Administrators: Laura Collado, Jim Loomis (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

The Desert Bride (Argentina/Chile) Administrators: Cecilia Atan, Valeria Pivato

A Incredible Lady (Chile, Germany, Spain, U.S.) Director: Sebastian Lelio

The Future Forward (Argentina) Director: Constanza Novick

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Good Manners (Brazil/France) Administrators: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra

Responsible Males (Columbia) Director: Ivan D. Gaona

Holy Camp (Spain) Administrators: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Looking Season (Argentina/U.S./Germany/France/Qatar) Director: Natalia Garagiola

Killing Jesus (Colombia/Argentina) Director: Laura Mora

Numerous Children, a Monkey and a Fort (Spain) Director: Gustavo Salmeron

The Motive (Spain/Mexico) Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca

Rey’s Training (Argentina/Spain) Director: Santiago Esteves

A Form of Household (Argentina/Brazil/France/Poland) Director: Diego Lerman

Stealing Rodin (Chile/France) Director: Cristobal Valenzuela Berrios

Summer season 1993 (Spain) Director: Carla Simon

The Summit (Argentina/Spain/France) Director: Santiago Mitre

Tempestad (Mexico) Director: Tatiana Huezo

Two Irenes (Brazil) Director: Fabio Meira

Vazante (Brazil/Portugal) Director: Daniela Thomas

Veronica (Spain) Director: Paco Plaza

Woodpeckers (Dominican Republic) Director: Jose María Cabral

Zama (Argentina/Spain/France) Director: Lucrecia Martel

MODERN MASTERS

The Fashionable Masters part options seven movies from worldwide administrators who set the requirements for modern cinema.

The Brawler (India) Director: Anurag Kashyap

Blissful Finish (Austria/France/Germany) Director: Michael Haneke

Let the Sunshine In (France) Director: Claire Denis

Spoor (Poland/Germany/Czech Republic/Sweden/Slovak Republic) Director: Agnieszka Holland

The Third Homicide (Japan) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Workshop (France) Director: Laurent Cantet

Youth (China) Director: Feng Xiaogang

NEW VOICES NEW VISIONS

The New Voices New Visions competitors showcases 10 movies from rising worldwide administrators bringing their first or second narrative options to the pageant.

Angels Put on White (China/France) Director: Vivian Qu

Ava (France) Director: Lea Mysius

The Charmer (Denmark) Director: Milad Alami

The Gold Seekers (Paraguay) Administrators: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Killing Jesus (Colombia/Argentina) Director: Laura Mora

Cell Houses (Canada/France) Director: Vladimir de Fontenay

No Date, No Signature (Iran) Director: Vahid Jalilvand

On Borrowed Time (United Arab Emirates) Director: Yasir Al Yasiri

One Thousand Ropes (New Zealand) Director: Tusi Tamasese

Suleiman Mountain (Kyrgyzstan/Russia) Director: Elizaveta Stishova

Thoroughbreds (U.S.) Director: Cory Finley

Three Peaks (Germany/Italy) Director: Jan Zabeil

TRUE STORIES

True Tales options documentaries on a broad vary of subjects together with music, sports activities, style and Hollywood.

Past the Reverse Intercourse (U.S.) Administrators: Emily Abt, Bruce Hensel

Brimstone & Glory (U.S./Mexico) Director: Viktor Jakovleski (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

The Cage Fighter (U.S.) Director: Jeff Unay (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

The China Hustle (U.S.) Director: Jed Rothstein

Itzhak (U.S./Israel) Director: Alison Chernick

Jane (U.S.) Director: Brett Morgen

Liyana (Swaziland/U.S./Qatar) Administrators: Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Numerous Children, a Monkey and a Fort (Spain) Director: Gustavo Salmeron (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Love, Cecil (U.S.) Administrators: Lisa Immordino Vreeland (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Love Means Zero (U.S.) Director: Jason Kohn (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Makala (France) Director: Emmanuel Gras

Mankiller (U.S.) Director: Valerie Pink-Horse Mohl (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep Finish (U.S.) Director: Pablo Bryant

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (Canada) Administrators: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me (U.S.) Director: Sam Pollard

Skid Row Marathon (U.S.) Director: Mark Hayes

So Assist Me God (Belgium/France) Administrators: Jean Libon, Yves Hinant (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Stealing Rodin (Chile/France) Director: Cristóbal Valenzuela Berríos

Stumped (U.S.) Director Robin Berghaus

This Is Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo/US/Canada/Qatar) Director Daniel McCabe

The Employees Cup (U.Okay.) Director: Adam Sobel (additionally in competitors for the Schlesinger Award)

Further programming

The pageant will display screen three of the movies chosen as a part of Selection’s 10 Administrators to Watch, which embody:

Bodied (U.S.) Director: Joseph Kahn

Custody (France) Director: Xavier Legrand

Foxtrot (Israel/Germany/France/Switzerland) Director: Samuel Maoz

The pageant’s first Homosexual!La His screening would be the U.S. premiere of:

The Gospel In line with Andre (U.S.) Director: Kate Novack That includes Andre Leon Talley

Scotty and The Secret Historical past of Hollywood (U.S.) Director: Matt Trynauer

The Homosexual!La Hers screening would be the U.S. premiere of:

My Days of Mercy (U.S./U.Okay.) Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer Starring Ellen Web page and Kate Mara

The world premiere of Cowl Variations can be a part of the Native Highlight program highlighting movies from the Coachella Valley.

The Dinner & A Film part features a dinner adopted by the movie’s screening. The 2 movies in this system are:

Establishing Albert (Spain/Estonia) Administrators: Laura Collado and Jim Loomis

The Cakemaker (Israel/Germany) Director: Ofir Raul Grazier.

The World Cinema Now part consists of titles akin to:

Borg vs. McEnroe (Sweden/Denmark/Finland) Director: Janus Metz Starring Shia LaBeouf and Stellan Skarsgard

Discovering Your Ft (U.Okay.) Director: Richard Loncraine Starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and David Hayman

I Am Not a Witch (U.Okay./France) Director: Rungano Nyoni Starring Juliette Grandmont and Emily Morgan

I, Tonya (U.S.) Director: Craig Gillespie Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney

Lean on Pete (U.S./U.Okay.) Director: Andrew Haigh Starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny and Travis Fimmel

Candy Nation (Australia) Director: Warwick Thornton Starring Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey

The Leisure Seeker (Italy/France) Director: Paolo Virzì Starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.

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Porchlight Music Theatre and Artistic Director Michael Weber are proud to announce the first mainstage production it its 2017 – 2018 season Billy Elliot the Musical, music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, with direction and choreography by Porchlight Artistic Associate Brenda Didier, with Associate Choreographer Craig V. Miller and music direction by Porchlight Artistic Associate Linda Madonia at Porchlight’s new home, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street. Previews are Friday, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The regular run performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m.(October 22, October 29 and November 5) and at 2 p.m. (November 12 and 19) with an open captioned performance, Saturday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. and a weekday matinee Thursday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Please note: there is no 7:30 p.m. performance Thursday, Nov. 16. Tickets are $33 – $60 and available at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org or by calling the Porchlight Music Theatre  box office, 773.777.9884.

Billy Elliot the Musical is based on the 2000 film “Billy Elliot” and features music by Elton John with book and lyrics by the film’s screenplay writer Lee Hall. Winner of both the Tony Award and Olivier Award for Best Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical is an inspirational story set in an English mining town during the miners’ strike of 1984-85. Billy Elliot takes a journey from the boxing ring to a ballet class to make his dreams come true while challenging the long held beliefs of his hometown. Along the way, he discovers a passion for dance that unites his family, inspires his community and changes his life forever.

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The cast of Billy Elliot the Musical will be the largest in Porchlight’s history and includes Jacob Kaiser and Lincoln Seymour sharing the title role of “Billy Elliot;” Shanésia Davis, “Mrs. Wilkinson;” Sean Fortunato, “Dad;” Iris Lieberman*, “Grandma;” Adam Fane, “Tony Elliot;” Peyton Owen, “Michael Caffrey;” Nicole Cready, “Mum;” ”Princess Isis Z. Lang, “Debbie Wilkinson;” with Jordan DeBose, “George/Ensemble;” Gabriel Robert, “Small Boy;” John Gurdian, “Big Davey/Ensemble;” Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, “Lesley/Ensemble;” Jeff Bouthiette, “Scab/Posh Dad/Ensemble;” Tommy Novak, “Mr. Braithwaite/Ensemble;” Ivan Bruns-Trukhin,“Older Billy/Ensemble;” Bernell Lassai III, “Pit Supervisor/Ensemble;” Logan Baffico, “Posh Boy;” Alejandro Medina, “Tall Boy;” Jessica Vann, “Clipboard Woman/Ensemble;” Graham Hawley, “Accordion Player/Grandma Dancer/Ensemble;” Jacob Voigt, “Ensemble;” Roy Brown, “Ensemble;” Jenny McPherson, “Ensemble/Grandma Dancer;” Kayla Boye, “Ensemble;” and Darby Leetch, “Alison Summers;” Moriah Mitchell, “Keeley Gibson; Paula Hlava, “Angela Robson;” Anna L. Bramlett, “Julie Hope;” McKenna Rogers, “Karen Davidson;” Emerson Tait, “Sharon Percy;” Katelyn Montgomery, “Margaret Gormley;” Kendall Sorkin, “Tina Harmer;” Ayla Gray, “Tracy Atkinson” and Bernadette Olivia Schwegel, “Susan Parks.”

Additional members of the creative/production team of Billy Elliot the Musical include Porchlight Artistic Associate Bill Morey, costume designer; Denise Karczewski, lighting designer; Christopher Rhoton, scenic designer, Robert Hornbostel, sound designer; Mealah Heidenreich, props designer; Adrian Abel Azevedo, assistant director; Kayla Boye, assistant choreographer/dance captain; Sara Haverty, assistant to the choreographers/associate child supervisor; Sammi Grant, dialect coach; Jaq Seifert, fight choreography; Sean McStravick, stage manager; Corey Boughton, assistant stage manager; Matt Nadler, assistant stage manager; Shannon Desmond, assistant stage manager; Joaquin Gomez, child supervisor/ASM swing and Samantha Treible, wardrobe supervisor.

Musical Director Madonia conducts and is the pianist with musicans Justin Kono, drums/percussion; Cara Hartz, reeds; Sarah Younker, french horn; Greg Strauss, trumpet; Justin LaForte, guitar and Dan Kristan, electric bass.

*Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

ABOUT BRENDA DIDIER, DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

Brenda Didier, a Porchlight Music Theatre artistic associate, returns to Porchlight where she last directed and choreograhed In The Heights and the award-winning Dreamgirls. Didier is a multiple Jeff Award recipient in both direction and choreography, and the recipient of After Dark Awards, BroadwayWorld awards and the National Youth Theatre award. She is the proud owner and artistic director of the Lincolnshire Academy of Dance, celebrating its 20th season. Other credits include work at the Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Second City, Theatre at the Center, BoHo, Mercury Theatre Chicago, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Stage Left, Six Flags Great America, Busch Gardens Virginia, Cirque Shanghai at Navy Pier, T-Mobile’s national commercial “Home for the Holidays,” The Kenny Rogers Christmas Tour and the University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin and Carthage College.

ABOUT CRAIG V. MILLER, ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Craig V. Miller returns to Porchlight Music Theatre where he choreographed the Porchlight Revisits production Little Me and was the assistant choreographer for the Jeff Award-winning Ain’t Misbehavin’. As a guest artist, he has performed with the Civic Ballet of Chicago’s production of The Nutcracker, Esoteric Dance Project, Dance in the Parks, and Chicago Dance Crash. Additional choreography credits include: The Color Purple at Mercury Theater Chicago where he was the associate choreographer and won the Broadway World Award-Best Choreography in a Musical and Carl Neilsen’s Maskarade (Vox3 Collective, choreographer). His work has also been presented at Dance Chicago, Dance Chance and Chicago Freelance Dance.

ABOUT LINDA MADONIA, MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR/PIANIST

Linda Madonia is a Porchlight Music Theatre artistic associate and has previously worked with Porchlight on Porchlight Revisits Little Me, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Double Trouble. As a music director and conductor in the Chicago area for more than 30 years, Linda Madonia’s recent credits include Mary Poppins and I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett at The Mercury Theatre. Other credits include Grand Hotel and Nunsensations at Drury Lane Water Tower Place, and A Chorus Line, She Loves Me and Me and My Girl at Theatre at the Center and The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes at Mercury Theatre Chicago. For the past nine years, Linda has been the music director for Chicago’s Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards. Madonia also owns American Eagle Productions, a touring theater company that takes shows and workshops directly into schools. American Eagle has been doing shows for twenty-four years and presents 250 shows a year to Chicago area schools.

ABOUT SHANÉSIA DAVIS, “MRS. WILKINSON”

Shanésia Davis makes her Porchlight Music Theatre debut with this production. Recent credits include Baltimore Center Stage: Jazz and Intimate Apparel, Mark Taper Forum/ Goodman Theatre: Immediate Family (NAACP award nomination) and Congo Square’s What I Learned in Paris, Brothers of the Dust. Other credits include South Coast Rep’s Intimate Apparel; The Gift/Steppenwolf’s Richard III; Court Theatre/American Blues Theater’s Native Son; Steppenwolf’s Our Lady of 121st St, One Arm, and The Glass Menagerie; The Goodman’s Watermelon Rinds (Jeff nomination), Black Starline, Spunk, The Visit, Drowning Crow (Jeff/BTAA nominations). Davis’ Film and TV credits include Early Edition, Cleveland Abduction, Empire, Chicago Fire, Crisis, Detroit 187, Chicago Hope, Missing Persons, Making a Case for Murder: The Howard Beach Story, Internal Rivals, Consumed, Damaged Goods, The Weatherman, Uncle Nino and Life Sentence.

ABOUT SEAN FORTUNATO, “DAD”

Sean Fortunato makes his Porchlight Music Theatre debut with this production. His recent credits include Cabaret at Theatre at the Center and Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody at Writers Theatre. Other credits includeThe Diary of Anne Frank, Hedda Gabler, The Real Thing, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Travels with My Aunt, The Chosen, Incident at Vichy, A Phoenix Too Frequent, Richard II, Rough Crossing, Spite for Spite (Writers Theatre), 2666, Measure for Measure (Goodman Theatre), Spamalot, The Producers (Theatre at the Center), Pericles, Cyrano De Bergerac, School for Lies, Sunday in the Park with George and Timon of Athens (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), “Rene Gallimard” in M. Butterfly (Court Theatre), “Detective Cioffi” in Curtains (Drury Lane Theatre) and work at Northlight Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, About Face Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Next Theatre and First Folio Theatre. Regional credits include Intiman Theatre (WA), The Old Globe (CA), The Duke on 42nd (NY) and twelve seasons with Peninsula Players (WI), where he played “George” in Sunday in the Park with George. His film amd TV credits include The Merry Gentleman directed by Michael Keaton and Chicago PD. Fortunato has received four Joseph Jefferson Award nominations and an After Dark Award.

ABOUT PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE

Porchlight Music Theatre, now in its 23rd season, is nationally recognized for developing innovative new works, reimagining classic productions and showcasing musical theatre’s noted veterans and rising stars. Porchlight elevates the genre in Chicago by providing intimate and powerful theatrical experiences for its growing and diverse audiences. With the vision of Artistic Director Michael Weber, Porchlight builds on its role as Chicago’s only Equity not-for-profit company exclusively specializing in music theatre. Porchlight’s rich history includes the staging of more than 60 productions with 15 Chicago premieres and five world premieres. Through Porchlight’s “Off the Porch” new works program, the musicals of the next generation are developed and given a first audience. The School at Porchlight is Chicago’s center for music theatre training in the areas of performance, writing and appreciation including the launch of a youth Summer Camp in 2017. The company’s many accolades include 17 Black Theatre Alliance nominations and three awards, as well as a total of 126 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations resulting in 39 Jeff Awards including four consecutive Best Production awards for Dreamgirls (2016), Sondheim on Sondheim (2015), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (2014) and A Class Act (2013).

Porchlight Music Theatre and Artistic Director Michael Weber are proud to announce the first mainstage production it its 2017 – 2018 season Billy Elliot the Musical, music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, with direction and choreography by Porchilght Artistic Associate Brenda Didier, with Associate Choreographer Craig V. Miller and music direction by Porchlight Artistic Associate Linda Madonia at Porchlght’s new home, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street. Previews are Friday, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m.,Monday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Opening night is Sunday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. The regular run performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. (October 22, October 29 and November 5) and at 2 p.m. (November 12 and 19) with an open captioned performance, Saturday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. and a weekday matinee Thursday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Please note: there is no 7:30 p.m. performance Thursday, Nov. 16. Tickets are $33 – $60 and available at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org or by calling the Porchlight Music Theatre  box office, 773.777.9884.

Porchlight Music Theatre is partially supported by generous contributions from the Actors’ Equity Foundation,  the Bloomberg Philanthropies, Chapman | Spingola, Attorneys at Law, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, Cooper’s: A Neighborhood Eatery, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at the Prince Foundation, The Saints, the Service Club of Chicago, and the Topfer Family Foundation. The season program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency and by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Porchlight Announces Casting for Brenda Didier Helmed BILLY ELLIOT Porchlight Music Theatre and Artistic Director Michael Weber are proud to announce the first mainstage production it its 2017 – 2018 season 

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Radix Minneapolis Teen Solo Results 2020

1. Payton Riss (The Dance Complex) OTE

2. Lydia Werschay (Summit Dance Shoppe) OTE

3. Bennet Espinda Banick (Larkin Dance Studio), Ava Wagner (Larkin Dance Studio), Isabella Jarvis (Larkin Dance Studio) OTE

4. Mini Preston (Larkin Dance Studio), Mercedes Lorentz (Larkin Dance Studio) OTE

5. Cami Redpath (Larkin Dance Studio), Ayla Pilrain (The Dance Complex) OTE

6. Charlie Weber (The Dance Complex), Sydney Ishaug (Larkin Dance Studio), Livia Wambach (The Dance Complex) OTE

7. Vanessa Barnes (Summit Dance Shoppe), Sloane Dokman (Summit Dance Shoppe), Brody Merila (Urban Dance Productions) OTE

8. Asher Lindamood (Larkin Dance Studio), Faith Cichocki (The Dance Complex) OTE

9. Kate Costley (Urban Dance Productions), Bella Cundiff (Summit Dance Shoppe), Bela Vargas (Larkin Dance Studio), Kirbie Adams (The Dance Complex) OTE

10. Natalie Vazquez (The Dance Complex), Kylie Vandeest (Woodbury Dance Center), L’Amore Ema Cable (Summit Dance Shoppe)

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Viernes 13 de enero de 2017 — El año pasado la escena competitiva de League of Legends (LoL) en LAN evolucionó como nunca. Gracias a la Copa Latinoamérica Norte 2016 y el establecimiento de las primeras gaming houses, así como la liga presencial, se sentaron las bases para consolidar la Liga Latinoamérica Norte (LLN), la cual dará comienzo a una nueva etapa para los profesionales de LoL para la temporada de 2017. Una de las principales novedades que ha traído consigo la LLN es la incorporación de dos escuadras adicionales a la escena competitiva, lo cual da un total de ocho equipos participantes. Más equipos se traduce en mayor variedad de estrategias, un incremento en el nivel de juego de los contendientes y, por supuesto, más juegos que disfrutar para los espectadores, así que prepárate para un 2017 cargado de acción en la Grieta. Los cuatro equipos ya conocidos de LAN –Lyon Gaming, Just Toys Havoks, Gaming Gaming (antes Galactic Gamers) y Zaga Talent Gaming– permanecerán tal y como están, salvo por algunos cambios en sus alineaciones. Sin embargo, provenientes del Circuito de Leyendas Expansión, llegan cuatro nuevas escuadras que están listas para cambiar la cara de la escena profesional y retar a los actuales campeones: Inifinity eSports, Predators eSports, Infamous Gaming y Dash9 Gaming. Esto da un total de ocho equipos, dos más de los que anteriormente conformaban la escena profesional de nuestra región. Alineaciones Lyon Gaming Carril superior: Daniel “Jirall” Del Castillo (México) Jungla: Sebastián “Oddie” Niño (Perú) Carril central: Ali “Seiya” Bracamontes (México) Tirador: Matías “WhiteLotus” Musso (Argentina) Soporte: Mariano “Genthix” Polonsky (Argentina) Suplente: Jorge “Legion” Valencia (México) Entrenador: Rodrigo “Yeti” Del Castillo (México) Analista: Luis “Revehaza” López (México) Just Toys Havoks Carril superior: Gerardo “Porky” Cuamea (México) Jungla: Santiago “Deps” De Pool (Venezuela) Carril central: Felipe “Hobbler” Tobón (Venezuela) Tirador: Fabián “Warangelus” Llanos (Chile) Soporte: Yair “Keoo” Campos (México) Suplente: Carlos “DCStar” Méndez (México) Entrenador: Gonzalo “Enatsu” Peredo (Chile) Analista: Santiago “Cohenn” Ruiz de Aguirre (México) Gaming Gaming Carril superior: Álvaro “Fearless” Menéndez (México) Jungla: Diego “LiquidDiego” Padilla (México) Carril central: Rubén “Leza” Jara (México) Tirador: Ian “N1nja” Espinosa (México) Soporte: Iván “Nerzhul” Meza (México) Suplente: Daniel “Mazino” Carbajal (México) Entrenador: Evandro “Yaltz” Cerqueira (Brasil) Analista: Weber “WildCheese” Schneider (Brasil) Zaga Talent Gaming Carril superior: Mauricio “Voltigore” Gutiérrez (Perú) Jungla: Diego “SolidSnake” Vallejo (Perú) Carril central: José “Masterjos” Beltrán (Bolivia) Tirador: Guillermo “VirusFX” Navarrete (México) Soporte: Alejandro “Baula” Serrano (México) Suplente: Jesús “Medusa” Juárez (México) Entrenador: Daniel “Mihilea” Azón (España) Analista: Juan Carlos “Suplife” Sánchez (Perú) Infinity eSports Carril superior: Daniel “Eledion” Nogueras (España) Jungla: Andrés “Wikko” Legarda (Colombia)  Carril central: Sergio “Cotopaco” Silva (Colombia) Tirador: Roberto “Peluchín” Ponce (México) Soporte: Emanuel “Gralou” Trasande (Argentina) Suplente: Carlos “Akari” Calderón (México) Entrenador: Carlos “Soren” Ibarra (México) Predators eSports Carril superior: Jero “Jer0m” Pujades (España) Jungla: César “Fénec” Bautista (España) Carril central: Marcelo “IcyTower” Barba (México) Tirador: Iván “Xpng” Ortiz (México) Soporte: Stiven “Choisix” Cordero (Costa Rica) Suplente: Raúl “Snow” Portales (México) Entrenador: Víctor “Victpm” Corrales (España) Analista: Iasi “Oxaciano” Salomón (Argentina) Analista: Estephan “Scarface” Méndez (Argentina) Infamous Gaming Carril superior: José “Relic” Pombo (Portugal) Jungla: Bruno “Kenny” Córdova (Perú) Carril central: André “Cotton” Alarcón (Perú) Tirador: Kevin “2020” Santos (Perú) Soporte: Nicolás “Sony” Jiménez (Venezuela) Suplente: Jorge “Zero Zero Yon” Bravo (Perú) Entrenador: Aarón “Babeta” Collados (España) Analista: Stephanos “Arty” Kourniatis (Perú) Dash9 Gaming Carril superior: Miguel “Akunma” Aylas (Perú) Jungla: Julián “Julaxe” Escobar (Colombia) Carril central: Nicolás “Nobody” Ale (Argentina) Tirador: Alonso “Donut” Pacheco (Perú) Soporte: Alejandro “Suppa” Restrepo (Colombia) Suplente: Gonzalo “Totti” Pérez (Chile) Entrenador: Gerson “Dye” Castaño (Colombia) Analista: Juan “Demizos” Morales (México) Calendario 16 de enero – 14 de febrero: Fase de Grupos (Ida) 27 de febrero – 29 de marzo: Fase de Grupos (Vuelta) 5-6 de abril: Semifinales 15 de abril: Gran Final.  Horarios de Fase de Grupos Lunes 16 de enero: 5:00 PM MX / 6:00 PM CO Predators eSports vs. Infamous Gaming Lyon Gaming vs. Just Toys Havoks Martes 17 de enero: 5:00 PM MX / 6:00 CO Dash9 Gaming vs. Infinity eSports Zaga Talent Gaming vs. Gaming Gaming Miércoles 18 de enero: 5:00 PM MX / 6:00 CO Lyon Gaming vs. Infamous Gaming Just Toys Havoks vs. Infinity eSports La adrenalina comenzará a fluir a partir del 16 de enero, cuando dé inicio la Fase de Grupos (o Fase Regular). Anteriormente esta etapa se jugaba al mejor de tres partidas; sin embargo, a partir de este año se disputarán al mejor de dos partidas (Bo2), obligando a los equipos a prepararse estratégicamente para una cantidad específica de partidas, en igualdad de condiciones en cada ocasión. Mientras que los empates (1-1) otorgarán a cada equipo un punto, las victorias (2-0), les brindarán tres puntos. ¿Qué significa todo esto? Básicamente, una liga con más oportunidades para todos y mucha emoción, puesto que un empate será de gran ayuda para los equipos que buscan subir en la tabla, mientras que afecta al equipo que quiere permanecer en los primeros lugares. Además, los tres puntos que otorgan las victorias serán una buena motivación para que los equipos vayan siempre tras el 2-0 y den siempre lo mejor de sí en cada batalla. Por otro lado, las eliminatorias (o playoffs) seguirán el mismo formato de siempre, en el cual los cuatro mejores equipos de la fase regular pasarán directamente a las semifinales del 5 y 6 de abril, respectivamente. Las series de las eliminatorias se jugarán al mejor de cinco partidas (Bo5) y los equipos que salgan victoriosos de esta fase se batirán por el título de campeón en la gran final del 15 de abril, la cual también se disputará al mejor de cinco partidas. Promoción / Relegación El talento naciente también es una parte clave para impulsar el crecimiento de la región, es por ello que, como parte de las estrategias implementadas para fomentar ésto, el sistema de Promoción y Relegación se renueva. En 2017 el riesgo se eleva y habrá más en juego para los equipos profesionales, puesto que el nuevo sistema de Promoción y Relegación de la LLN indica que el equipo que termine en último lugar tras la fase de grupos será relegado de manera directa a la nueva liga semiprofesional de LAN, el Circuito de Leyendas Norte (CDLN). Mientras tanto, el equipo que obtenga el primer lugar en el CDLN será promocionado directamente al siguiente ciclo de la LLN. Además, la escuadra que ocupe el séptimo lugar en la LLN tendrá que vencer al segundo lugar del CDLN para defender su lugar en la escena profesional, en un duelo que tendrá lugar el 11 de abril. Circuito de Leyendas Norte Este año, el antiguo Circuito de Leyendas (CDL) se ha actualizado, abriendo espacios para nuevos talentos que buscan ingresar a la escena profesional de LoL en la región. El nuevo CDLN buscará formalizar la escena semiprofesional, y para ello contará con cuatro nuevos equipos dispuestos a darlo todo por avanzar en su camino a la cima: Silver Crows, Authority eSports, 6Sense y Kiki Clan Gaming. A estas nuevas caras se les unirán dos combatientes ya conocidos: BrawL eSports y Elite Wolves (antes llamados Revenge eSports) –quienes fueron relegados durante la CLN 2016 Clausura– para completar un total de seis equipos que tienen toda la intención de destronar a los actuales campeones de la escena competitiva. La batalla entre las escuadras de CDLN comenzará el jueves 19 de enero a las 5:00 PM hora de México. Con todas estas novedades, la región entera se prepara para presenciar una nueva etapa con un mayor nivel competitivo y mejor desempeño a nivel internacional. ¡Es momento de crecer a lo grande!

  #LoL: Inicia Campeonato de Liga Latinoamérica Norte: Prepárate para un año cargado de acción en #LeagueOfLegends Viernes 13 de enero de 2017 — El año pasado la escena competitiva de League of Legends…

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Forgotten Myth; Chapter two.

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Warnings- height/falling, fighting, arguing, mentions Lee’s death

Summary-  When fourteen year old Ruby Moore is chased down the hallway at school by a character out of one of her fever dreams, she gets thrown into a world of tales and myths that society has ruled out to be fake. Befriending a Pegasus that hates everyone, and gathering friends strong enough to be considered a small army, she has to embark on a journey that will change her life forever.

POV- Ruby

Chapter One- https://rqmcuwdwpjo.tumblr.com/post/188285543834/forgotten-myth-chapter-one

Will took me around the camp, Camp Half-Blood according to his shirt. Showing me everything from a strawberry field to the infirmary. He told me stories of our dad, about how Apollo got banished to be a mortal a while ago and since he’s back being a god he now has a new sense of identity. He took me to the archery range, where I impressed him with my archery skills even though I was new. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I took archery lessons from age six to age ten. 

By the end of the educational tour, I was exhausted. I felt like I’d just ran a million miles, but he didn’t stop there. He took me to the only building in a rectangle of twenty other oddly specific buildings that literally was glowing gold in the setting sun. Inside there were about ten bunks, all pushed to the outside edges of the building so that there was room in the middle for three cots. 

“Please tell me I don’t have to sleep in one of those.” I whined, pointing at one of the cots. Will made a face as if to say: I hope you like back problems. I almost started complaining but he laughed and placed a hand on my shoulder to keep from toppling over. 

“Those are medical cots silly. But anyways, welcome to cabin seven; where children of Apollo learn the trades of our father.” I looked around and took in the scene. Books on various topics lined the many bookshelves in between the bunks, medical supplies spilled out of bags while syringes soaked in a yellowish-brown liquid. One thing that stuck out to me the most, was the fact that everywhere I looked, some sort of archery target hung from the walls with very distinct holes in the bulls-eye. Will rummaged around under one of the bunks that looked abandoned and pulled out a box. When he opened it, a faint light filtered out as if they’d trapped it in there. 

“This was Lee Fletcher’s bow. If you want it, it’s all yours,” Will said, sadness drifting through his voice. I was tempted to ask what happened to Lee, but something about Will’s posture and aura told me that I’d better just accept the bow. 

“It looks perfect, thank you,” he handed me the bow, and I had to admit; it was perfect. The nocking point seemed to be in a direct line to my shoulder, the bow string wasn’t too taut, I felt like this bow had been crafted just for me. As I was holding it, I realized that the bow itself was actually glowing; not blindingly, just enough for me to see a faint halo of light outlining the bow. 

Once Will had enough of reminiscing about Lee’s bow, we went back outside. A horn blew in the distance, scaring me so badly I screamed and hid behind Will (Not my best moment I’ll admit). 

“That’s the dinner horn, nothing to be afraid of-” he said, a dark figure appeared out of seemingly nowhere cut him off. 

“eccoti, ti ho cercato dappertutto,” the dark haired kid said. 

“Nico, for the last time, I don’t speak fluent Italian.” 

“Ciao, chi sei,” they all turned to me as if I just grew another head. Though the black haired kid looked more grateful than confused. 

“Puoi parlare italiano?” the black haired kid -who Will called Nico- asked. 

“no, perché dovrei?” I asked. Will’s face flushed red, but he looked rather pissed. 

“Would you two stop that! Ruby you’re speaking Italian!” He yelled, taking both of us by surprise. I looked down at my hands as if they’d give me answers; but no avail. I was thinking in another language too, symbols rather than english letters were flying around my head. I realized the same symbols were almost everywhere around camp, telling me where to go. For a moment, I completely forgot english and my whole sense of identity blurred. Will set a hand on my shoulder, drawing my attention from my hands. 

“pós boró na milíso angliká?” I asked frantically. Nico handed me the book he was reading, thankfully it was in english and the other two languages seemed to go back to their hiding places. My mind went back to thinking in my first language; I handed the book back to Nico and huffed, “Thank you,” he nodded and started up the hill.

Dinner was cool, I could order whatever I wanted and however much I wanted. My plate just seemed to refill itself, the Greeks really knew how to eat. Mr. D (Will told me his real name is Dionysus, the wine dude) stood and banged a knife against his goblet of diet coke. When he had everyone’s attention, he turned to Chiron. (yes, the Chiron from the ancient times.) 

“You all know what today is, the first Friday of the month. Which means-” he was cut off by the Ares table pounding their silverware on the table, chanting CTF; whatever that meant. The rest of the cabins joined in their chants till it was just a rumble of voices and an earthquake of silverware pounding. A stocky girl with dirty blonde, almost brown hair stood up and thrust her spear into the air. 

“We’re on her team this month. If we win, I get the Apollo chariot back that she stole from us while Michael Yew was our senior counselor.” Will spat, he didn’t sound happy about being on her team. 

“Then I guess we have to win.” I stated. I’ve always been competitive, and now I finally know how I’m so good at basketball. Will grinned at me, his eyes alight with an emotion I couldn’t place. 

After dinner, and after Chiron was finally able to explain the rules; Will led cabin seven through the hoard of people and into the woods. Everyone seemed to know their place, some went up into trees, scaling them like squirrels. Others turned invisible and the only hint that they were still there was a rustling in the bushes. Will led me to a pile of rocks that looked like a thumb, a blood red flag shone brightly in the setting sun. he scaled a tree next to the pile of rocks, something told me to do the same. I climbed a tree with surprising ease a few yards away from the flag so I’d have a clear view of who was coming through. Two kids that wore the same mischievous grins that Ayla defaulted to walked through the clearing. Behind them, enough teenagers to be considered a small army without the multitude of weapons came walking into the clearing. The girl, who Will told me was Clarrise, barked orders at people. 

“You excited?” someone asked behind me. My instincts pulled an arrow out and notched it all while turning around. I was met with a smug smile that I was so used to. Then I checked my pockets. 

“More nervous than anything, your dad is Hermes isn’t it.” I asked Ayla. It hadn’t occurred to me that she looked exactly like him -based on a description from a book I found- She nodded and perched in the tree next to me. I looked over to where Will was perched to see him lazily going in and out of being visible. He flickered sometimes, like he got stuck halfway through his change. 

“You and I are gonna charge the flag. According to Connor, they’ve got the entirety of Demeter’s children on guard duty, with Hecate’s scattered throughout the woods.” I nodded along with her, we’d need a plan to get through Hecate’s children’s magic. A bunch of grease covered kids walked into the clearing, -probably Hephaestus’s kids- and Ayla let out an audible sigh. I followed her gaze to a semi scrawny kid who would not stop moving -his dark curly hair and tanned skin gave him away as hispanic- talking to an equally dark skinned girl.

Clarrise held a thumbs up to the sky and then a few moments later a horn sounded. Our ranks bolted into the woods, and the Hephaestus kids started waving Wii remotes around really quickly. 

Yells and screams erupted from the woods, and a few kids watched everything through a shield looking thing. The first wave of kids were all blonde except for the black haired kid from earlier (Will told me that he’s the son of Poseidon, Perry Jackson, or something like that). Ayla drew her daggers and charged from her spot in the tree. Will and I rained arrows down on whoever got too close to the flag (Although, most of my arrows missed). A water spout rocketed toward me, but I jumped and fired one of the rope arrows into another tree, swinging across the battlefield kicking anyone that got too close. Light beams burned kids slightly when they started their assault on the flag. We were being overrun by kids. Another kid with blond hair came running through the mess and I thought it might be Will, but then I started to feel sleepy. 

“It’s Clovis’s magic!” someone yelled. I took a closer look at the blond haired kid and I realized that he was sleeping. Our defenses were dropping like flies, snores started the echo through the woods. They seemed to be protecting him, drawing a crescent moon around him. Next to me Ayla sleepily fluttered down onto the branch and closed her eyes, a good sized rock almost fell out of her hand. I knew what she wanted me to do. 

“C’mon Apollo, gimme one luck shot,” I murmured and wound up. The rock left my hand at an upward angle, then arced down; smacking Clovis right in the temple, he fell like a load of bricks. Some of his defenses tried to wake him up but he didn’t. Our defense team woke up one by one, recharged and ready to go they fought harder than before. 

My vision blurred and I saw a figure running for our flag, but I couldn’t see her. I sensed her. When my vision returned I saw someone grabbing at our flag, it rose and started down the hill. Almost all of the offensive troops had retreated. 

“Team Ares!” I yelled, gathering everyone's attention. “Stop our flag,” they followed my finger and watched as Annabeth emerged from nothing and set down the flag. A wave the size of a small house flung half our troops out of the way, then the dark haired kid (Perry? Percy? One of the two  I can’t remember what Will said) started fighting his way through the mess of kids. Ayla grabbed my hand and the next thing I knew we were zooming through the woods at top speed. She smacked into an invisible shield of some sort and crumpled to the ground with a groan. A few snickers from the other side brought my attention to a bunch of Demeter and Hecate children. Clarrise growled a few feet away from me and stabbed at the shield, getting thrown back. Ayla and I exchanged glances, something told me she wanted to go up. So we did. 

The shield was definitely not as strong on the top as it was near the bottom. The only problem was that we were suspended fifty feet up in the air by some jello. Ayla pried a hole in the top and I shot four arrows down. Unbeknownst to me, they were all sonic arrows. Each arrow sounded like it was on eight amplifiers and a surround sound speaker. Good news, it was enough to blast out the shield and disoriant their first line of defenses; bad news, Ayla and I were now falling fifty feet to our deaths. Someone caught me, I was met with brown eyes that screamed anger. He set me down and kept running, as Ayla lowered herself down next to me. Together, the three of us ran at the Aphrodite children. I stayed back a little bit and shot anyone out of the trees, while the rest of our offense fought against Aphrodite, Nemesis and what was left of Demeter. 

“Ayla! I have a plan!” I yelled, before I even had a P-L-A. She came running and I told her about what I saw Will doing and how he briefly explained it to me. Another kid came with her, however; it was the brown eyed Ares kid that caught me. 

“You’re going to need a brute for that,” he grumbled, trying harder than necessary to sound mean. I didn’t have time to argue so I just grabbed their arms and ran, praying to Apollo that this worked. 

The fact that no one tried to stop us told me that it worked. We ran and dodged roots that were constantly growing. When we came to a clearing where a stream ran through, I slowed down. In front of us stood their flag, and a multitude of traps. Ayla groaned at the sight of the traps but I told her to just fly over everything. A blond kid that looked to be about my age paced in front of the first trap, folding over a knife in his hand. He grumbled about something, we didn’t stick around long enough to hear what he was saying. Ayla flew us over everything, groaning and complaining everytime one of us moved the wrong way. The brown eyed kid, -who refused to tell me his name- grabbed the flag and bolted for Ayla and I. An alarm sounded in the trees and two more cabins came running into the clearing. 

“Great, now what,” brown eyed boy grumbled. I hadn’t thought this far but I had the beginnings of something that would either be super cool, or the biggest failure in the history of camp. I pulled out my last arrow, it was a rope arrow. Thank Apollo, I thought. Without saying a word I shot it at an angle at Ayla; the arrow wrapped itself around her waist, almost pulling her out of the sky. Brown eyed kid seemed to be following my train of thought because he ran towards the closest kids near us and grabbed their shields. He threw one at me and stuffed the other under his foot. I stopped the shield with my foot, and gripped my bow better. 

“AYLA, FLY!” I screamed and she took off. The brown eyed kid grabbed onto the rope with his other hand and held the flag under his arm. 

We sped through the woods on shields, Ayla was going so fast that almost nothing could touch us. I’m sure we looked like a more badass version of the Three Stooges. She started laughing maniacally over the wind and we jumped a hill. Annabeth and the black haired kid (I’m pretty sure his name is Percy) were running back with our flag, thankfully they hadn’t made it back to their side yet. They ducked under us and gawked. Cheers erupted from the tree line where Ayla’s half brothers and sisters were gathering along with the Hephaestus kids. We were almost across when a wave knocked Ayla out of the sky, she hit the ground like a ton of bricks. 

“Connor! Go long!” he yelled and threw the flag like a spear. One of Ayla’s brothers broke off from the crowd and flew to meet the flag, pulling it over the line; the crowd cheered and lifted him up on their shoulders. With Ayla’s momentum and no one to steer, brown eyed kid and I rammed right into a tree. He turned around right before we hit and grabbed me, his back smacked into the tree hard, and my head smacked into his armor. We both crumpled to the ground, groaning. Will was already working on Ayla who had hit her head on a rock. A few of my other siblings ran over to brown eyed kid and I, healing us with no problem. I stood up and stuck out my hand to help him up, he took it gingerly. 

“That was quite the plan, Ruby,” he said and took off his helmet. For a moment I was overtaken with confusion but then I realized who he was. 

“You- you told Mrs. Johansson that I FAKED A PASS!” I yelled, poking a finger at his chest. Jackson Ryans stuck his hands in the air in surrender, though the grin on his face told me he was just getting started. 

“It was all part of the plan.”

“What plan?!” I demanded, only now realizing that he was a solid three inches taller than me. 

“To get you here of course, we needed an actual reason to get you here or else you wouldn’t believe us and someone kept telling the monsters off your scent,” he explained as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. That didn’t help the fact that I got a detention out of it and was benched for two basketball games. 

“He’s right, we did need a reason and Jackson volunteered to tattle on you,” Chiron said as he helped Ayla up off the ground. She brushed herself off quickly and thanked Will, who went to work on the others that were lying around groaning. 

“I was benched for two games because of him!” 

“Yeah, sorry about that one. That definitely wasn’t part of the plan,” Jackson said, scratching the back of his neck, still grinning. I wanted to smack him but Ayla led me away before I could, throwing me into a celebration that resulted in me, Ayla, Connor and Jackson on various peoples shoulders. Ayla and Connor start playing chicken, with two of the stockier Hephaestus kids. Slowly I realized that I was on an Ares kids shoulders, he was taking me toward their chicken game. Ayla punched me in the arm and Connor shoved my shoulder. 

“Hey! No tag teaming!” I laughed, shoving them back. Jackson came over and shoved them with me, together we pushed Ayla off the Hephaestus kids shoulders and then went to work on Connor. He gave up and flew off the kids shoulders. Jackson held his arms out for a hug, I was reluctant but it’s kinda hard to dismiss a hug that you’re forced into. Jackson’s brother moved so that he could pull me into him. 

“Okay okay, I forgive you… I guess,” I said so he’d let go of me. Did I actually forgive him? Not really; but something told me I’d have to or else this camp would be absolute hell.

[neqeyam]

I have too much going on in my brain rn omfg.

Anyways, here are four of my [counts on fingers] ten OC’s, more coming this week btw. Here’s a little backstory on each bc i’m bored and procrastinating my homework.

Ruby Moore (14): Demigod, daughter of Apollo, part of a Great Prophecy.

Blonde hair, Blue eyes

First Spoken Words: “Im sorry? I-I feel fine,”

Cassandra “Cassie” James (22): Mechanic, helps Transformers, protesting new laws against the TFs.

Black hair, green/brown eyes

First Spoken Words: “Oh my god! Yes! I did it!”

Ayla Weber (15): Demigod, daughter of Hermes, part of a Great Prophecy.

Brown hair, green eyes

First Spoken Words: “Ruby, what are you running from?”

Gabriela “Gabby” Reynolds “Warp” (26/17): After war ravaged her planet she abd five others left in search of another hospital planet to live on. They went through a dimensional opening that was created after the snap and crashed down on Earth. The five met up with the remaining Avengers and fought off villains coming from Gabby’s dimension.

Blonde hair, lavender eyes

First Spoken Words: “Wheres Brett?!”

Wow this took awhile lol, I had to go back through all my old fics that i’m rewriting (bc theyre TRASH) and figure out names, ages and that shiz. Honestly feel free to draw them in your style if you have the time, just tag me & credit me bc they are MY OC’s!!! Lob you dummies <3.