SBA Unplugged

Talent Show MC Devin Gill congratulates winner Steven Tetrault

Talk about eclectic music tastes...


The 2011 SBA Talent Show/Kick It Community Dinner this week featured student performances of music by Frank Sinatra (Fly Me to the Moon), Charlie Daniels (The Devil Went Down to Georgia), Plain White T's (the Rhythm of Love), John Newton (Amazing Grace) and Jane Taylor (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star). 


"I didn't know that there was so much musical talent on campus," Head of School Tracy Keller told the student body at the conclusion of the evening's entertainment.


"The SBA Talent Show has come a long way since its inception here."


Taking top podium honors at the Student Council-sponsored event was Steven Tetrault, who delivered an impassioned recitation of his original poem, Opus/Vox Populi. 


Student Council Vice President Dylan Murtha was the driving student force behind the event, said SC Faculty Advisor Aly Kendall.


"Without Dylan, it would not have gone as well as it did. He not only performed - and quite memorably, I might add - but he also took the lead in recruiting and motivating other people on campus to perform."


Enjoy the video footage, as well as a text taste of Steven's poem found at the bottom of this post. 









And now, as promised, an excerpt from Steven Tetrault's original poem Opus/Vox Populi, posted here with the author's permission:

We all have the potential for greatness or weakness - to accept our stations in life and wither away;

Or stand united and build as one hand, one heart, one soul.

To raze Babel’s great misadventure,

Or take its broken bricks and rebuild Jericho’s gates; undo the tragedies of eternity.

We are born with our own potentials, ready to [ab]use them as willed by ourselves.

There are these hidden truths in everything around us.

The rules that can be broken, laws for manipulation;

Those who know them, and those who stumble into things greater than themselves.

We all have the yearnings of possibilities yet to be, yet to have been;

Allusions to the realities beneath and above, and through our own. Metaphors.

Dwell not in the mistakes of the past but in the promises of the future;

History and time will absolve us all of our mistakes.

Revel in the beauty of the profound and infinite universe,

The power of physics, the grace of mathematics;

The quantum miracle microcosms that build planets and galaxies and the blush in the infant son’s cheek.

These are the true reasons to live.

We all know the victories of problems greater than any one man; any one woman; any one child or person.

Courage is looking across the void of temporality to just LOVE.

The Aftermath

After one of the fiercest storms to hit Donner Summit and the SBA campus in recent history, the 35-foot campus flagpole suddenly looks to be not much taller than Devin Gill. 

Devin strikes a patriotic pose

To see more of Andy Giordano's photos of life on Donner Summit, please click here.

Sign on campus, Monday, March 28th

Nationals Await SBST Alpine Skiers

Sugar Bowl Ski Team will be well represented at Senior Nationals, beginning Thursday, March 31 in Winter Park, Colorado. 

The following profiles of alpine skiers training with SBST who will be competing at Senior Nationals was supplied by Head Men's Alpine Coach Guenther Birgmann.

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Mark Engel: 
Mark has won fifteen FIS races this year, putting him in #1 position in the U.S.A. for the season and #20 in the all-time record book in the country.  Currently ranked eighth in the world rankings for juniors, Mark is a big contender to make U.S. "C" Team selection criteria.

Adam Barwood: 
Adam is a member of the New Zealand Ski Team, and is currently ranked the #1 junior in New Zealand for Slalom and GS. Adam has five FIS podiums, including two wins, and has been training with SBST for the past two seasons. Adam has had strong performances during the NorAm Series, and is representing SBST as well as his home country New Zealand in the U.S. Nationals.

Dylan Brooks

Dylan Brooks: 
Dylan has five FIS podiums under his belt and is currently ranked in the top 10 in the U.S.A. in his age class. Dylan has had an awesome season so far and has improved his ranking significantly during the season. Dylan performed consistently well during the Qualifier races in Park City, Utah, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and had an outstanding NorAm series in Aspen, Colorado.

Craig Marshall: 
Craig has three FIS podiums in his career and is currently ranked top 12 in the U.S.A. in his age class. Craig is training and racing with SBST, and accomplished U.S. National selection with a great performance during the Qualifier Races in Park City and Jackson Hole.

Thanks to Guenther for this report, and best of luck to all the SBST Alpine racers competing at Senior Nationals!