Rider Riderettes present “For You” showcase
Posted by Camille Esposito in Arts, Entertainment on March 8th, 2010
On Wednesday, March 3, the Rider Riderettes presented “For You,” another great showcase of performing arts here at Roosevelt. The Rider Riderettes started the show with their hip-hop competition piece.
Felix Huynh "tutting".
The Break Club and Tap Club pitched in with a couple lively, crowd-pleasing performances. More beautiful dance routines followed, including audience-favorite “Tutting” by Felix Huynh, a cute and zesty pantomime routine, and a moving lyrical piece performed by senior Ruby Miller, junior Audrey Wheeler, sophomore Erika Jacobsen and freshman Madhavi Narayanan. The Rider Riderettes also performed their basketball halftime piece, and juniors Zoe Geiger, Wheeler, and Sarah Clevenger danced a Pointe piece to Sleeping Beauty’s “Bluebird.”
It wasn’t all dance: senior Sophi Obenza took the stage singing Phil Collins’ “True Colors” and “Thunder and Lightning.” Sophomore Devan Campbell swooned us with Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb” and Sarah Evans’ “Born to Fly”.
“The showcase this year was perfect, and we have our coach, Mindy Lu, to thank for that. The audience seemed to really enjoy the diversity of pieces we displayed, and we raised a ton of money for competitions!” said junior Riderette Zoe Geiger.
Men’s soccer welcomes new coach
The Roosevelt men’s soccer team is entering the 2010 season with a new captain steering the boat, Coach Val Seid. He’s looking to build up a notable soccer program at Roosevelt from the JVC team all the way up to the top tier Varsity program. He’s encouraging team camaraderie to build to future success for Roosevelt soccer.
Coach Val comes from the sidelines of the Riders’ greatest rival, Ballard, where he was the assistant Varsity coach. He is still the head coach of the girl’s soccer team at Ballard where he nabbed Coach of the Year honors in 2006.
The season is still young and the players have yet to fully get to know their new coach, but one thing is apparent. “We can definitely tell that he wants to win,” said junior midfielder Mikko Keranen.
Just because the season has barely begun, doesn’t mean that practice isn’t hard. ”We take practice seriously,” said Keranen. ”It really prepares us for the season and it’s important that we play as a team.”
Last year the team made a run to the State tournament but fell short in a first round match up with South Kitsap that ending in a shootout. The graduation of Leo Cohen and Dan Tonkovich among other seniors will be a tough task for the Coach Val to overcome but he’s dedicated to the long term success of soccer of Roosevelt and the hard work that is necessary to win. With Keranen returning for this third year on Varsity and seniors Nick Drummond and Travis Mealand leading the team, the young season is shaping up to be a good one.
All Issues now posted
Posted by admin in Entertainment, News, Online Only on January 7th, 2010
All current issues have been uploaded to our website. Simply click the thumbnail in the “Issues” tab to download your copy.
Welcome to The Roosevelt News website.
Posted by admin in Arts, Entertainment, News, Online Only, Sports on December 1st, 2009
The Roosevelt News website got a makeover. We will now be offering content through our online blog. Readers can also download issues in the Issue tab.
