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| Name | McKenna DUBOSE [1, 2] | |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | Date Published: October 25, 2009 SHS thespians win state honors Photo Provided Sumter High School students J.T. Rider, McKenna Dubose and Christian Hubbard display the trophies they won at the South Carolina Theatre Association during the weekend competition Oct. 16 to 18. By BELTON WHITE Item Staff Writer bwhite@theitem.com Three Sumter High School students were recognized at the South Carolina Theatre Association's two-day competition held at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg last weekend. Seniors Christian Hubbard and J.T. Rider and junior McKenna Dubose were awarded best ensemble for their performance of the one-act play "Oregon." Additionally, Hubbard was awarded best actor, and Rider and Dubose were selected as all-star cast members. The play is about a student, played by Hubbard, who travels to Oregon to attend Bible college. While hitchhiking to get there, he is picked by two punk rockers, played by Rider and Dubose. Becoming punk rockers meant the students had to alter their physical appearance, so Rider cut his hair into a Mohawk and Dubose dyed her hair darker. "See, I'm not really the punk kind of person, so it was definitely a different character for me to try and develop characteristics for," said 16-year-old Dubose. "But throughout the play she becomes more girlie and, like, the edge kind of rubs off. It was hard at the beginning to be punk." At the competition, there were 22 schools from around the state and more than 200 actors performing. But for 17-year-old Hubbard, the lead actor, performing before the judges, his competition and his peers wasn't what made him nervous. "In the beginning of the play, my character had two monologues where he just talks and talks and talks," he said. "So I was nervous mainly just to get the monologues, not performing them for people." Since the punk rockers' vehicle is the setting of the play, director Kelly Melton, the school's theatre instructor, had the students ride around town together and even visit a couple of gas stations while in character. "They're on a road trip, so we all got into a van, and we actually did their lines, their scenes, in character driving around Sumter," Melton said. "It really helped them, they said, nuisance their characters and get little details about their characters down." In addition to learning new acting techniques, the students also learned from the play's underlying messages and themes. "It definitely gives you that 'don't judge a book by its cover' mentality," Rider, 17, said. "It really helps you realize that before you judge someone by the way they look and act, you should probably get to know them a little bit first." A Sumter High student also won state theatre association scholarship at the event. Performing the monologue "Fast Girls" with the song "A Part of That," 18-year-old Abbie Geddings, a senior, won the $250 scholarship, which can be used toward her college tuition next year. The drama department's next performance will be the musical "Urine Town," which will run from January 19 to 23. [2] | |
| HIST | Date Published: October 25, 2009 SHS thespians win state honors Photo Provided Sumter High School students J.T. Rider, McKenna Dubose and Christian Hubbard display the trophies they won at the South Carolina Theatre Association during the weekend competition Oct. 16 to 18. By BELTON WHITE Item Staff Writer bwhite@theitem.com Three Sumter High School students were recognized at the South Carolina Theatre Association's two-day competition held at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg last weekend. Seniors Christian Hubbard and J.T. Rider and junior McKenna Dubose were awarded best ensemble for their performance of the one-act play "Oregon." Additionally, Hubbard was awarded best actor, and Rider and Dubose were selected as all-star cast members. The play is about a student, played by Hubbard, who travels to Oregon to attend Bible college. While hitchhiking to get there, he is picked by two punk rockers, played by Rider and Dubose. Becoming punk rockers meant the students had to alter their physical appearance, so Rider cut his hair into a Mohawk and Dubose dyed her hair darker. "See, I'm not really the punk kind of person, so it was definitely a different character for me to try and develop characteristics for," said 16-year-old Dubose. "But throughout the play she becomes more girlie and, like, the edge kind of rubs off. It was hard at the beginning to be punk." At the competition, there were 22 schools from around the state and more than 200 actors performing. But for 17-year-old Hubbard, the lead actor, performing before the judges, his competition and his peers wasn't what made him nervous. "In the beginning of the play, my character had two monologues where he just talks and talks and talks," he said. "So I was nervous mainly just to get the monologues, not performing them for people." Since the punk rockers' vehicle is the setting of the play, director Kelly Melton, the school's theatre instructor, had the students ride around town together and even visit a couple of gas stations while in character. "They're on a road trip, so we all got into a van, and we actually did their lines, their scenes, in character driving around Sumter," Melton said. "It really helped them, they said, nuisance their characters and get little details about their characters down." In addition to learning new acting techniques, the students also learned from the play's underlying messages and themes. "It definitely gives you that 'don't judge a book by its cover' mentality," Rider, 17, said. "It really helps you realize that before you judge someone by the way they look and act, you should probably get to know them a little bit first." A Sumter High student also won state theatre association scholarship at the event. Performing the monologue "Fast Girls" with the song "A Part of That," 18-year-old Abbie Geddings, a senior, won the $250 scholarship, which can be used toward her college tuition next year. The drama department's next performance will be the musical "Urine Town," which will run from January 19 to 23. | |
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| _UID | 5DB9C4EAC6954E919C8E144F5A1E3A77B487 | |
| Person ID | I221970 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 25 Oct 2009 | |
| Father | Tim DUBOSE | |
| Mother | Lisa | |
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| _UID | B85D572394614FDEA848AA42ED1CAAB9F90E | |
| Family ID | F150200 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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