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Posted by 1st Sgt. Efren Aguilar Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:24 PM
JROTC Instructor
A "TEAM" of 32 Cadets represented the Governors the “Farrington Way” this past Saturday (30 January) at the Kaimuki High School West Point Drill Meet Competition.
Congratulations to Sweet-Angel Figuracion and her Color Guard Team – Stacy Montero, Vincent Hanuna and Ave Sevidal – for capturing the First Place title in the Color Guard Event and to the Demilitarized Armed Exhibition Team composed of Gino Galope, Ivann Velasco, Erickson Tabucol, Justin Kealanahele, Ave Sevidal and Vincent Hanuna for placing Second overall. “Big Mahalo” to Cadet Krister Antolin for providing background support for the Team.
A “SUPER CONGRATULATIONS” to both Cadets Ave Sevidal and Vincent Hanuna for winning the title as the “Best of the Best” for both the Solo and Duet Demilitarized Armed Exhibition TEAM in Hawaii. Both Cadets will represent Farrington High and the State of Hawaii at the National High School Drill Team Competition in Orlando, Florida this May. When asked if both Ave and Vince will win the National High School Drill Championship title, I'd say their response would be, "We're going to Disney Land!" Congratulate them and wish them the best.
“GREAT JOB” to all Cadets who participated, and a Super Big Mahalo to the Kealanahele Family for doing the cooking. Their great moral support kept the Cadets and the Instructors motivated through the whole competition.
What's next? The Great Aloha Run, China Town Parade and the JROTC Annual Basketball Tournament at Kalaheo High School. The JROTC Department will also host a fundraising event for our “Best of the Best” to defray the cost of the Orlando trip. More to follow…
Posted by FHS Web Staff Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:02 AM
Mr. Pete Shimazaki Doktor, FHS TeacherFHS Slam's Club Advisor
The Farrington High School Poetry Crew elevates poetry from page to the stage, to uplift and connect students, audience and the community through the amplification of spoken word to transmit thoughts, feelings and experiences. The vision & art of poetry is the elimination of space between poet and audience, elevating both towards new possibilities of thinking, understanding, expression, creativity, empowerment, healing and connection.
Past Poetry SlamsYouth Speaks Hawai`i Fall '08 Interscholastic Poetry Slam: Second Place
Youth Speaks Hawai`i Spring '09 Interscholastic Poetry Slam: First Place
Youth Speaks Hawai`i 2009 Grand Slam: FHS Poetry Team Captain, Harrison Ines, selected as a member of the Youth Speaks Hawai`i State Team, which placed first in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival 2009 in Chicago.
Youth Speaks Hawai`i Fall 2009 Interscholastic Poetry Slam
Joseph Rider Farrington Community Auditorium
Friday, November 20, 2009
7 - 10pm, doors open at 6pm
For ticket information, please call 753-4661.
Posted by FHS Web Staff Saturday, October 10, 2009 7:19 PM
T-Shirt Theatre Brings to Life the Poetry of Langston HughesAlliance for Drama Education
June Sandrich
Photo courtesy T-Shirt Theater Productions
“Have you dug the spill
Of Kalihi Hill?
Cast your gims
On this sepia thrill” *
Kalihi’s T-Shirt Theatre enlivens the stage with rich shades of brown in this delightful and provocative performance, “LANGSTON who?” celebrating the life and work of African American poet Langston Hughes.
Our young Kalihi performers take us down a road that zigzags its way between social injustice and empowering proclamations, reminding us in the end to “hold fast to dreams.”
The performance is punctuated with several musical numbers reminiscent of Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Eubie Blake and black-face vaudevillian Bert Williams.
Langston Hughes is credited as one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry, which is characterized by syncopated rhythms and repetitive phrases and developed concurrently with jazz music during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s.
What: T-Shirt Theatre’s “LANGSTON who?”
When: Friday, October 30 ~ 7:30pm & Sunday, November 1 ~ 4:30pm
Where: Farrington High School Auditorium, 1564 N. King Street
Free. T-Shirt Theatre is a project of the Alliance for Drama Education, a non-profit organization in its 30th year, in collaboration with Farrington High School. For more information, call 220-5003 or look us up at www.rehearseforlife.com.
*Adapted from “Harlem Sweeties” by Langston Hughes
Last Updated on Monday, July 06, 2009 5:46 PM Posted by FHS Web Staff
By Farrington Digital Media - Ms. Christine Ho, Instructor/AdvisorPhotos courtesy Ms. Donne Dawson, Mr. Nathan Kurosawa & Ms. Emme Tomimbang
Additional graphics by FHS Webmaster, class of '79
Donne DawsonDonne Dawson is the film commissioner for the State of Hawaii. For the past eight years she has managed the Hawai`i Film Office, the first point of contact for all filming activity that takes place in the State. The Film Office serves as an advocate for the industry, administers a one-stop film permitting program and manages a new tax incentive program intended to attract more filming activity in Hawaii.
Nathan Kurosawa
A graduate of Kaiser High School, Honolulu-born filmmaker Nathan Kurosawa received a bachelor’s degree in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of California, San Diego and an MFA in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Kurosawa's first feature, “The Ride,” premiered at the 2003 Hawai`i International Film Festival (Audience Award for “Best Feature” and the Hawai`i Filmmaker Award). It also was named “Best Picture” at the 2005 Danville International Children's Film Festival in California.
Emme Tomimbang
Emme Tomimbang is a veteran broadcaster in radio and television, with over 30 years of experience in media. A graduate of Farrington High School, she went to Leeward Community College for her Liberal Arts Degree and attended University of Hawaii for her Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education. Emme began at KISA radio, moved to KITV 4 as a news reporter and anchor, then to KHON 2 doing “Island Style” features and anchoring the morning news. Her shows have aired on NBC and CBS, and are currently on the FOX Network.
Her past awards include a 2006 Public School Graduate Award, a 2004 Filipina's Magazine National Communications Award, 2003 Hawaii Filipino Woman of the Year, 2002 Toastmasters Media Award, and her special on 9/11 “Hawaii To New York: The Aloha Spirit Lives,” was selected to be part of the Hawaii International Film Festival.
