Category: Arts

Bethany’s New Jewelry Class

This year Bethany is offering a Jewelry Class, taught by Eric Good Kauffman, the Art teacher at Bethany. It may sound like a gender based class, but it’s not. Eric offers a variety of different projects to suit different people,…

“Lost in Yonkers” Cast and Crew List

The Fall Play at Bethany is “Lost in Yonkers.” This year, the play has a very small cast with seven roles, whereas last year had many more. With this small cast, there is a lot more people involved in the…

2013 Orchestra Festival Recap

This past weekend (March 15-17) Bethany hosted the annual Midwest Mennonite High School Orchestra Festival. The school welcomed students from both Central Christian High School in Kidron Ohio, and Iowa Mennonite School in Kalona Iowa. Beginning at 4:00 on Friday…

Performing Arts Department Highlight

One of Bethany’s best departments is the performing arts. Local community members will gladly testify that the school continually generates quality productions, concerts, and performances. Why has the program been so successful? A deeper look into the department reveals the…

Speech Sectionals Recap

This past Saturday, Bethany’s up-and-coming speech team won fourth place in the sectional competition at Columbia City. The tournament decided which competitors will be moving on to the state competition. Qualifiers were Rachel Schrock (‘14), who took home fifth place…

Oklahoma! Review

Bethany’s director Talashia Keim-Yoder has done it again! The musical Oklahoma! was a huge success, selling out every night except for opening night on Thursday. The 2013 seniors in particular ended their final theatrical season with a diverse mix of…

Emmaus 2013 Season Opens

Today the Emmaus Performing Arts Troupe kicked off their 2013 season with a chapel performance of their themed show “Dancing in the Rain.” Emmaus is a group comprised of sophomores, juniors and seniors at Bethany and is directed by Talashia…

Singing Valentines

Emmaus, Bethany’s performing arts troupe, will be performing singing valentines on Thursday, Feb. 14. The cost is $10 and includes two songs with the option of including a message on a card. Recipients need to be within 1 mile of…

At the Movies with Jesse: “Life of Pi”

I recently spent an evening at the Linway 14 Cinema for a screening of Life of Pi, a film based on the 2001 novel of the same name written by Yann Martel. I had finished the book only a few…