North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) presents HONK! starring Alex Paige ’14 (Brunswick), Hadley Gibson ’12 (Freeport), and Chelsea Muller ’12 (Gorham), and featuring Dainius Bukauskas ’13 (Portland), Louisa Mahoney ’15 (Freeport), Iszi Mickunas ’15 (West Bath), Ian Bennett ’15 (Yarmouth), Tess Hinchman ‘15 (West Bath), Lily Dearing ’14 (Lisbon Falls), Rachel Matson ’12 (Yarmouth), and Anya Siviski ’15 (Lewiston).

Show times:

• Friday, February 24, 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, February 25, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday, February 26, 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $6.00 in advance and $7.00 at the door. Advance tickets may be reserved by contacting Carol Harris at 846-9051or charris@nya.org. All performances will be held in Safford Center, 148 Main Street, Yarmouth. All shows are open to the public.

HONK! is an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, with an incorporated message of tolerance. Music for HONK! was composed by George Stiles, book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. HONK! debuted at The Watermill Theatre in England in 1993. The West End production opened in 1999 and won the 2000 Olivier Award (the British equivalent of the Tony® Award) for Best New Musical.

There are 51 cast members and four student crew members in the production. The show is directed by Nora Krainis with assistance from Patia Maule ’99 and piano accompaniment by Janelle Powers.

HONK! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

North Yarmouth Academy is an independent, college preparatory, coeducational day school serving students in grades five through twelve. For 198 years, NYA has fostered integrity, character and intellect in young adults. For more information, please contact NYA at 207-847-5423 or visit our website at www.nya.org.

On Friday, February 17, beginning at 7:00 pm, the Studio Band will perform their “Last Waltz” concert for the season in Safford Center. Admission is free, although donations are happily accepted and cheerfully encouraged. Rock on!

North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is proud to present an exhibit by alumna Amy Miller (’08) entitled “L’Avventura: Chronicling Amy’s (mis)adventures in Italia and elsewhere” in the Curtis Gallery (148 Main Street, Yarmouth) from January 5 through February 17, 2012. The public is invited to an art opening on Thursday, January 5 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in the gallery with live music and light refreshments. The exhibit will be open to the public during regular school hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Miller, a 2008 graduate of NYA, is currently a senior at Washington University in St. Louis studying Comparative Literature with a concentration in Italian and a minor in German. In the spring and summer of 2011, she spent seven months studying abroad in Italy and Germany. During the first five months, she studied at the Università di Bologna (University of Bologna) in northern central Italy. All classes were in Italian, and she lived in an apartment in the city with Italian students. Next, she traveled to Göttingen, Germany for two months of intensive German language study at the Goethe Institut, where she lived and attended classes with a diverse group of would-be German speakers from around the globe.

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The Upper School Winter Concert will begin at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 13, in the gymnasium. Get into the holiday spirit with a plethora of vocal and instrumental performances. You won’t want to miss it!

Middle School families are invited to join us beginning at 5:00 pm on Thursday, December 8, for the annual Middle School Celebration & Evening with the Arts. The evening begins with Pizza Dinner in Safford Center ($5/person or $20/family). From 5:45 – 6:25 pm, tour the student art exhibit in the Savage Middle School. Gather in the gym at 6:30 pm for the student concert – vocal and instrumental. Celebrate! See you there!

Writers in Process

Writer Susan Conley will visit North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 to speak with Upper School students followed by several workshops with Upper School English classes. From 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Conley will read and sign books in Higgins Hall (168 Main Street, Yarmouth) that is open to the public (donation suggested). Royal River Books will provide books for sale at a 10% discount.

Conley is the author of the critically acclaimed The Foremost Good Fortune, a memoir that explores her experiences in China with her family as she battles breast cancer. Currently, she is writing a novel to be published by Knopf. In addition to writing, Conley co-founded The Telling Room in Portland (ME), a non-profit creative writing center for students ages six to eighteen.

Conley’s visit is part of a visiting writers’ series entitled Writers in Process: Bringing the literary world to NYA and Yarmouth. The series began in October with Lily King, author of Father of the Rain, The English Teacher and The Pleasing Hour. Each visit will include an evening lecture and book signing open to the public.

North Yarmouth Academy is an independent, college preparatory, coeducational day school serving students in grades five through twelve. For 198 years, NYA has fostered integrity, character and intellect in young adults. For more information, please contact NYA at 207-847-5423 or visit our website at www.nya.org.

The North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) Parents’ Association will host the Annual Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in North Yarmouth Academy’s gymnasium (154 Main Street) and Safford Center cafeteria (148 Main Street) inYarmouth. This annual event is held in conjunction with a town-wide holiday celebration. Over sixty vendors from across the state will present a diverse variety of crafts including artwork, photography, jewelry, candles, soap, alpaca products, blown glass, woodworking and much more. Enjoy a sit-down lunch at the NYA Café and listen to holiday music by the NYA Chorus. Money raised from booth rental fees will help support NYA teacher grant requests.

There are no longer booth rentals available – the fair is currently full.  Crafters who would like to be placed on next year’s mailing list may email the Vendor Coordinator, Deb Cutten, at dcutten@maine.rr.com.

NorthYarmouthAcademyis an independent, college preparatory, coeducational day school serving students in grades five through twelve. For 198 years, NYA has fostered integrity, character and intellect in young adults. For more information, please contact NYA at 207-847-5423 or visit our website at www.nya.org.

On Friday, November 18, at 7:00 pm, Upper School students are performing excerpts from “A Tuna Christmas” in Higgins Hall. Admission is free!

Remember Arles, Thurston, Petey, and Bertha from last year’s Tuna Does Vegas? Well, they’re back, along with their friends Inita and Helen, Aunt Pearl, Didi Snavely, Vera Carp, and a few others! Get into the holiday spirit (sort of!) with a lot of laughs and great sweets!

Fall exams for the Upper School are scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, November 16-18. Here is the exam schedule.

On Wednesday, November 2, at 5:30 pm, the NYA Boys Soccer team (#9 seed) will face Waynflete (#2 seed) at Fitzpatrick Stadium to decide the Western Regional Class C Champion. There is no charge for admission. NYA pulled off another upset last Friday, defeating Lisbon High School (#4 seed) to advance to the finals for the third consecutive year.  GO, PANTHERS!