The North Hall High School Band Program consists of a Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and several Chamber Ensembles. The current director of bands is Alan Kirkland, who is in his 4th year at North Hall. As of 2007 the band program is 91 members strong and competes in A, AA, and AAA classes.
Marching Trojans
The marching program at North Hall performs and competes under the name 'Marching Trojans' and has approximately 40 winds, 20 percussion, 14 color guard, and a feature twirler as of 2007. The marching band performs halftime at each football game as well as pregame at homefield in The Brickyard. The band competed 3 times in 2007 earning straight superiors in each field and coming in the top 5 the last 2 of the 3.
The 50th Reunion Alumni Band 2007
During the 2007 football season the school was celebrating its 50th anniversary and the band contributed by forming an alumni band with present and past members from the past 45 years. The band being 45 years old had 2 original members on the field at pregame, 7 former drum majors, and former band director Larry Sims contucted the alumni band through the National Anthem at pregame before the North Hall vs. Gilmer County game. There were over 120 members from all over the country who came to participate and the North Hall band was the biggest band in Region 7-AAA, if only for a night.
Halftime/Competition
*2008 - Escape
*2007 - Spanish Fiesta & Themes of James Bond
*2006 - A Gangster's Chronicle
*2005 - Scenes of the American West
*2004 - A Night of Jazz
*2003 - Movin' Out
Competitions
Valhalla Classic 2007
*2nd in Class A
* Band - 1
* Percussion - 1
* Color Guard - 2
* Drum Major - 1
Heart Of Georgia Invitational 2007
* 2nd in Class AA
* 7th Overall
* Band - 1
* Percussion - 1
* Color Guard - 1
* Drum Major - 1
Old South Marching Festival 2007
* 1st in Class AAA
* 5th Overall
* Band - 1
* Percussion - 1
* Color Guard - 1
* Drum Major - 1
* Feature Twirler - 1
Symphonic Band
The concert season sees the 'NHHS Symphonic Band' perform a winter, spring, and festival performance as well as National Adjudicators Invitationals the past 2 years and a stage show performance every other year. The band earns straight superiors each year and performs level 4 and 5 at festival.
Jazz Band
The North Hall Jazz Band usually makes appearances around the state of Georgia during spring semester. And is well known in the community for the 2007 benefit concert to raise money for the Enterprise High School Band of Enterprise, Alabama after a tornado struck the school and demolished 20% of the school. The band, all in all, raised over $5000 for EHS.
Band Directors
* Alan Kirkland (2004-Present)
* David Arvold (2002-2004)
* R. Bryan Lambeth (1997-2002)
* Larry Sims (1979-1997)
* Hal Lovorn (1977-1979)
* Roy Forrester (1969-1977)
* Bob Murff (1968-1969)
* Townley Johnson (1967-1968)
* Richard Teutin (1964-1966)
* Bob Murff (1962-1964)
Drum Majors
* Sara Beth Jones (2007)
* Amanda Warren (2006)
* Ryan Jarchow (2004-2005)
* Valerie Kenney (2003)
* Chase Hyder (2002)
* Jordan Shaw (2001)
* Latessa Bortner (1998-2000)
* Beth Trotter (1997)
* Staton West (1991)
* Jennifer Bryant and Julie Braddam (1990)
* Jerry Brady (1978)
* David Stevens (1977)
Marching Trojans
The marching program at North Hall performs and competes under the name 'Marching Trojans' and has approximately 40 winds, 20 percussion, 14 color guard, and a feature twirler as of 2007. The marching band performs halftime at each football game as well as pregame at homefield in The Brickyard. The band competed 3 times in 2007 earning straight superiors in each field and coming in the top 5 the last 2 of the 3.
The 50th Reunion Alumni Band 2007
During the 2007 football season the school was celebrating its 50th anniversary and the band contributed by forming an alumni band with present and past members from the past 45 years. The band being 45 years old had 2 original members on the field at pregame, 7 former drum majors, and former band director Larry Sims contucted the alumni band through the National Anthem at pregame before the North Hall vs. Gilmer County game. There were over 120 members from all over the country who came to participate and the North Hall band was the biggest band in Region 7-AAA, if only for a night.
Halftime/Competition
*2008 - Escape
*2007 - Spanish Fiesta & Themes of James Bond
*2006 - A Gangster's Chronicle
*2005 - Scenes of the American West
*2004 - A Night of Jazz
*2003 - Movin' Out
Competitions
Valhalla Classic 2007
*2nd in Class A
* Band - 1
* Percussion - 1
* Color Guard - 2
* Drum Major - 1
Heart Of Georgia Invitational 2007
* 2nd in Class AA
* 7th Overall
* Band - 1
* Percussion - 1
* Color Guard - 1
* Drum Major - 1
Old South Marching Festival 2007
* 1st in Class AAA
* 5th Overall
* Band - 1
* Percussion - 1
* Color Guard - 1
* Drum Major - 1
* Feature Twirler - 1
Symphonic Band
The concert season sees the 'NHHS Symphonic Band' perform a winter, spring, and festival performance as well as National Adjudicators Invitationals the past 2 years and a stage show performance every other year. The band earns straight superiors each year and performs level 4 and 5 at festival.
Jazz Band
The North Hall Jazz Band usually makes appearances around the state of Georgia during spring semester. And is well known in the community for the 2007 benefit concert to raise money for the Enterprise High School Band of Enterprise, Alabama after a tornado struck the school and demolished 20% of the school. The band, all in all, raised over $5000 for EHS.
Band Directors
* Alan Kirkland (2004-Present)
* David Arvold (2002-2004)
* R. Bryan Lambeth (1997-2002)
* Larry Sims (1979-1997)
* Hal Lovorn (1977-1979)
* Roy Forrester (1969-1977)
* Bob Murff (1968-1969)
* Townley Johnson (1967-1968)
* Richard Teutin (1964-1966)
* Bob Murff (1962-1964)
Drum Majors
* Sara Beth Jones (2007)
* Amanda Warren (2006)
* Ryan Jarchow (2004-2005)
* Valerie Kenney (2003)
* Chase Hyder (2002)
* Jordan Shaw (2001)
* Latessa Bortner (1998-2000)
* Beth Trotter (1997)
* Staton West (1991)
* Jennifer Bryant and Julie Braddam (1990)
* Jerry Brady (1978)
* David Stevens (1977)
Though two different words, together, the words Cathartic Lament represents a new movement in which a healthy purging of ones inner being is done by one's public expression. It is the releasing of emotions in a loud, sourrowful manner which results in a feeling of renewal and release. This page is an explanation of the term catharticlament which has been seen in various places on the world wide web. Although religious in nature, the term has become a way for people in general to release their anger and pain.
Cathartic: Inflected Form(s): plural ca·thar·ses its etymology is New Latin, from the Greek katharsis which derived from kathairein which means cleanse or purge.
Catharses is the act of purgation.
This act is the purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art. It is a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension. This is also beneficial in the elimination of a complex (outside force) by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression.
Lament: Its etymology is Middle English -lementen, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French lamenter, from Latin lamentari, from lamentum, noun, lament
To lament means to mourn aloud : wail. It is an act to express sorrow, mourning, or regret strongly.
To lament, is often seen as a religious experience. Campus Ministries recite the origin and purpose of laments.
Lament is an ancient practice. They riddle the psalms. Some are very dark. But ultimately they are not expressions of despair. Despair assumes that nothing can be done about the mess the world’s in. A lament differs in that it is addressed to God, the source of hope.
By and large, laments follow a basic formula: (1) they begin by addressing God, (2) they present their complaint (i.e. they tell God what’s wrong), (3) there is a confession of trust, the author remains determined to believe in the faithfulness of God, (4) they make a petition in which they declare what they would like God to do and/or why God should do it, (5) this is followed by words of assurance, reminders of God’s goodness and faithfulness, (6) finally they typically close with a vow of praise. This praise indicates that the process of lamenting can be healing and cathartic. Things fall back into perspective.
Likewise, according to Campus Ministries, We lament because of alienation. Humanity was created to live in loving, life-giving relationship with God, ourselves, one another, and the creation. But we live in a world in which God is hidden, we are fragmented, our relationships are often tenuous and shallow, and the creation suffers exploitation.
Cathartic Laments are often seen and witnessed within a religious gathering as the mournful expression of the purification ones soul, a spiritual renewal if you will. Recently, it has become a way to express regret and emotions related to any outside force which affects one's life. In the 21st century, with the invent and popularizing of the internet, many users of the World Wide Web use blogging or popular online communities such as myspace as a means for cathartic laments. One popular internet persona who 'laments' about things that outrage him is Maddox.
Another website, CatharticLament.com, operated by employees of various adult themed night clubs, uses the internet as a way to purge their lives of the day to day encounters of clientele and female counterparts, strippers. Although the website does delve deep within the atrocities seen within the strip club environment, the site does lament about current trends in news and politics.
Other catharticlaments are websites such as I Hate Starbucks ,
I hate Best Buy, , and The Consumerist, , who openly laments his disgusts about various consumer products and retailers.
With the ever expanding world of online messaging, blogging, forum writing and expression, public opinion, or cathartic laments will become more popular, widely known and recognized.
Sources:
"Cathartic." Merriam-Webster. 11 Jan. 2008.
"Lament." Merriam-Webster. 11 Jan. 2008.
Roeda, Mark. "Lament in Advent." Campus Chapel. 5 Dec. 2007. University of Michigan. 12 Jan. 2008
Cathartic: Inflected Form(s): plural ca·thar·ses its etymology is New Latin, from the Greek katharsis which derived from kathairein which means cleanse or purge.
Catharses is the act of purgation.
This act is the purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art. It is a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension. This is also beneficial in the elimination of a complex (outside force) by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression.
Lament: Its etymology is Middle English -lementen, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French lamenter, from Latin lamentari, from lamentum, noun, lament
To lament means to mourn aloud : wail. It is an act to express sorrow, mourning, or regret strongly.
To lament, is often seen as a religious experience. Campus Ministries recite the origin and purpose of laments.
Lament is an ancient practice. They riddle the psalms. Some are very dark. But ultimately they are not expressions of despair. Despair assumes that nothing can be done about the mess the world’s in. A lament differs in that it is addressed to God, the source of hope.
By and large, laments follow a basic formula: (1) they begin by addressing God, (2) they present their complaint (i.e. they tell God what’s wrong), (3) there is a confession of trust, the author remains determined to believe in the faithfulness of God, (4) they make a petition in which they declare what they would like God to do and/or why God should do it, (5) this is followed by words of assurance, reminders of God’s goodness and faithfulness, (6) finally they typically close with a vow of praise. This praise indicates that the process of lamenting can be healing and cathartic. Things fall back into perspective.
Likewise, according to Campus Ministries, We lament because of alienation. Humanity was created to live in loving, life-giving relationship with God, ourselves, one another, and the creation. But we live in a world in which God is hidden, we are fragmented, our relationships are often tenuous and shallow, and the creation suffers exploitation.
Cathartic Laments are often seen and witnessed within a religious gathering as the mournful expression of the purification ones soul, a spiritual renewal if you will. Recently, it has become a way to express regret and emotions related to any outside force which affects one's life. In the 21st century, with the invent and popularizing of the internet, many users of the World Wide Web use blogging or popular online communities such as myspace as a means for cathartic laments. One popular internet persona who 'laments' about things that outrage him is Maddox.
Another website, CatharticLament.com, operated by employees of various adult themed night clubs, uses the internet as a way to purge their lives of the day to day encounters of clientele and female counterparts, strippers. Although the website does delve deep within the atrocities seen within the strip club environment, the site does lament about current trends in news and politics.
Other catharticlaments are websites such as I Hate Starbucks ,
I hate Best Buy, , and The Consumerist, , who openly laments his disgusts about various consumer products and retailers.
With the ever expanding world of online messaging, blogging, forum writing and expression, public opinion, or cathartic laments will become more popular, widely known and recognized.
Sources:
"Cathartic." Merriam-Webster. 11 Jan. 2008
"Lament." Merriam-Webster. 11 Jan. 2008
Roeda, Mark. "Lament in Advent." Campus Chapel. 5 Dec. 2007. University of Michigan. 12 Jan. 2008
"It Was Always Me" is an independent film that never released stateside starring Eliza Dushku in the lead. The film was shot in New York and London. Rogue Arts was the initial distributor for the film but a legal tug-of-war ensued between the company and the film's producers ultimately shelving the project.
This film is an example of a "Ghost Film" in that it is a film starring 'name' talent, Eliza Dushku, but does not appear on any official filmography such as IMDB. The only proof of its existence being a review by the Toronto Horizon newspaper. At present there are no commercial means to access or view the film.
This film is an example of a "Ghost Film" in that it is a film starring 'name' talent, Eliza Dushku, but does not appear on any official filmography such as IMDB. The only proof of its existence being a review by the Toronto Horizon newspaper. At present there are no commercial means to access or view the film.
Conformation Absentiality Chaos Factor (CACF), involves the inevitable disorder caused by reluctance for situational conformity. The "chaos" is ultimately led upon arbitrary judgment and a complete lack of acquiescence. Currently, as a social theory, CACF is not well-documented due to its extreme specificity in environmental relation and the paucity of those who fit those narrow specificities. Four phases have been proclaimed as present.
CACF occurs after an extended period of time where pressure for conformity is perpetuated in a group(s)of whom lack significant extraneous knowledge or particularly distinct qualities. These conditions tend to create an overwhelming amount of "protection" from those things that are developing around those who enjoin that conformance, bringing about an exiguous amount of options for the person being pressured. (Take note of the fact that these statements are extremely general considering the amount of detail actually involved).
Prevention
For those of whom CACF is relevant, the only apparent preclusion to the eventual discourse, is for total recondition of one's environment and those within that environment. This inherently leads to questionable risk or chance. Those who could axiomatically lead to the onset of CACF, are altogether unwilling to take any risk, whether it be considerable or almost insignificant. This fundamentally leads to an inability to stop the inception of CACF causing the avoidance of the factor to become virtually impossible.
Phase 1
Phase 1 involves the instigation of the desire to conform and the result of the conformity's protraction. In the beginning, one would feel the need to immediately conform, either due to the proclivity of acceptance or quite possibly because of a naturally admirable nature. Either way, if one is continually exposed to obligatory conformance, that person will ineluctably become "tired" of constant conformation and begin to withdraw.
Phase 2
Phase 2 involves random judgment upon others. Eventually, when one withdraws from those around him/her, that person feels the need to necessitate conformity from others. In doing so, the person begins to evaluate and observe others in hopes that they will conform to that person's unspoken conclusions.
Phase 3
Phase 3 involves the reversal of judgment upon the "judge" (the one observing and evaluating others). During Phase 2 the "judge" will try to make his/her conclusions clear by making it evident that he/she is observing and judging causing the uptake of Phase 3. In Phase 3, those who have viewed the original "judge" observing them begin to form their own judgments, making the original "judge" aware of his/her personal folly.
Phase 4
In Phase 4, the "judge" becomes aware that he/she must conform in order to avoid any uncertain outcome of his/her error. The person enters a stage of depression due to the realization of the forever perpetuation and endurance of the pressure to conform. If that person is not willing to "re-conform", he/she enters depression anyway because of the continuing judgment upon him/her.
Refrences
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CACF occurs after an extended period of time where pressure for conformity is perpetuated in a group(s)of whom lack significant extraneous knowledge or particularly distinct qualities. These conditions tend to create an overwhelming amount of "protection" from those things that are developing around those who enjoin that conformance, bringing about an exiguous amount of options for the person being pressured. (Take note of the fact that these statements are extremely general considering the amount of detail actually involved).
Prevention
For those of whom CACF is relevant, the only apparent preclusion to the eventual discourse, is for total recondition of one's environment and those within that environment. This inherently leads to questionable risk or chance. Those who could axiomatically lead to the onset of CACF, are altogether unwilling to take any risk, whether it be considerable or almost insignificant. This fundamentally leads to an inability to stop the inception of CACF causing the avoidance of the factor to become virtually impossible.
Phase 1
Phase 1 involves the instigation of the desire to conform and the result of the conformity's protraction. In the beginning, one would feel the need to immediately conform, either due to the proclivity of acceptance or quite possibly because of a naturally admirable nature. Either way, if one is continually exposed to obligatory conformance, that person will ineluctably become "tired" of constant conformation and begin to withdraw.
Phase 2
Phase 2 involves random judgment upon others. Eventually, when one withdraws from those around him/her, that person feels the need to necessitate conformity from others. In doing so, the person begins to evaluate and observe others in hopes that they will conform to that person's unspoken conclusions.
Phase 3
Phase 3 involves the reversal of judgment upon the "judge" (the one observing and evaluating others). During Phase 2 the "judge" will try to make his/her conclusions clear by making it evident that he/she is observing and judging causing the uptake of Phase 3. In Phase 3, those who have viewed the original "judge" observing them begin to form their own judgments, making the original "judge" aware of his/her personal folly.
Phase 4
In Phase 4, the "judge" becomes aware that he/she must conform in order to avoid any uncertain outcome of his/her error. The person enters a stage of depression due to the realization of the forever perpetuation and endurance of the pressure to conform. If that person is not willing to "re-conform", he/she enters depression anyway because of the continuing judgment upon him/her.
Refrences
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