Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
2:42 pm GISS Gym
The 600+ students at Gulf Islands Secondary had a chance to experience wheelchair basketball. There were enough chairs for four teams at a time (2 games, cross-court). From what I saw, it was a very big hit!
In the photo above, the green team had three participants from a boys’ school team. They figured out how to squash their opponents with a fast-break strategy…and seemed somehow comfortable shooting quickly from a sitting position.
This is a crazy, quick thinking and no-holds-barred silly group that at once cracks you up and makes you wonder how they do it.
The thing is, they’ve managed to qualify with the other top improv teams in Canada for the Nationals of the Canadian Improv Games.
As you may know, performing arts at Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) has been my sole business cause for years. While I usually work with the GISPA group, it’s a treat to help out with the Improv kids this month. Coincidentally, a team from (I think) four years ago also travelled to the Nationals. And there were some siblings of the pictured students in that group. And those folks just signed releases to allow a photograph I’d taken of them during an ArtSpring performance to appear as the front cover of a novel (about improv) for middle school age students. Together we donated the $500 to help get the 2015 team to Ottawa.
They need a lot more than $500 to get there. If you’d like to know more about how you can help, just click the big black button below:
2:30 pm on the banks of the lower playing field at Gulf Islands Secondary School
Lots to learn looking at this photo I think.
(this student is clearly focused on her scholarship applications, my presence was accepted—which makes my task easier)
Acting 11 and 12 students and Second Story Theatre took Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to the ArtSpring stage last night (and tonight and Friday night).
It’s a complex undertaking and filled with delightful moments.
This photo is from the dress rehearsal. See also this Gulf Islands School District page for a gazillion more images.
The Gulf Islands Secondary Music Program was at ArtSpring Theatre yesterday for a tech/dress rehearsal.
The place was packed with talent. The student above has a most incredible voice and seems completely comfortable moving from instrument to instrument.
Tonight they’ll wow a sold out audience.