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Community Tailgate: Go Wildcats!

The Williston Northampton community will celebrate the Class of 2012’s final home football game of the season tonight against Tabor Academy. The tailgate begins at 5:00 p.m., and the game starts at 6:30 p.m.  The Wildcats are 4-2 on the season and looking for another win.

In an email to the school community, team co-captain, Walter McLaughlin ’12, encouraged the Williston community to: “Come show your school spirit, socialize with friends, eat bbq, and watch James Fitzgerald Ward, Junior ’12 score touchdown after touchdown!”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.  Go Wildcats!

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Grubbs Gallery Exhibits Portraits and Figurative Sculptures by “Go Figure” Members

Evelyn I hear music by Viki Gable

Members of Go Figure Sculpture Studios in Holyoke, MA, will present a group show of portraits and figurative sculptures in clay and bronze at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center of The Williston Northampton School from November 3 through December 30, 2011.  An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, November 6, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Participating artists are:  Esthela Bergeron, Harriette Block, Elizabeth Caine, LeaAnn Cogswell, Cynthia Consentino, Viki Gable, Betty Gerich, Lee Hutt, Betsy Koscher, Christina Mastrangelo, and Lauren Mills.

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Fall Blood Drive Sets Record

red cross blood driveThanks to Williston faculty members Kim Evelti and Peter Gunn, and a large group of student volunteers, The Williston Northampton School hosted its annual Red Cross Blood drive just before Thanksgiving recess. Head of School (and blood donor) Bob Hill observed in his blog, “I learned that Williston students answer the call to give in unusual numbers, and they do so with a cheerfulness that I’ve not seen before. First time givers always had one or two friends standing by them while veteran teenage donors (I did not realize that such a group exists) thought nothing of strolling in to their appointment alone.”

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Grubbs Gallery Exhibits Paintings by Barbara Hadden

barbara haddenBarbara Hadden will exhibit “Paintings,” at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center at The Williston Northampton School from January 4 –February 12, 2011. An artist’s reception will be held on January 9, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Using oil, gouache, and watercolor, Barbara Hadden explores landscapes of varying terrains. “I paint from observation, in the world and from memory, and this involves a lot of walking, staring, drawing, and even photography. One of the things I stare at, by the ocean, is the foam that momentarily covers what is under foam,” says Hadden about her work. Some of the works in the exhibition began for Hadden during a month-long residency on Cranberry Island, Maine, at the Heliker–LaHotan foundation. Others came out of two visits to a stretch of the National Seashore in Truro.

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“Rhythmic Shock!”— A Fall Dance Performance at Williston

The Williston Northampton School’s Dance Ensemble presents “Rhythmic Shock!” an evening of dance ranging from Latin to jazz to ballet en pointe in the Williston Theatre on November 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m.

dance show

A collection of new dance pieces choreographed by Williston dance teacher Laurel Raffetto, guest artists, and student choreographers will be performed. This year’s Williston Dance Ensemble concert will showcase the talents of guest artists Debra Vega and Erin Law. Student choreographers include Maddison Stemple-Piatt of Hatfield, Madeline Wise of South Hadley, Mika Chmielewski of Southampton, Victoria Durocher of Blandford, and Tory Kolbjornsen of Haydenville. There will also be a special presentation by the students who are in the fall choreography class.

Join Williston’s Dance Ensemble for these exciting new fall performances. Tickets are $5 for general admission and may be purchased at the box office. Children under 12 are free. For further information, please contact Laurel Raffetto at 413-529-3773.

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