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In this weekly column, senior Emily Thomas provides her take on a new albums, concerts, and artists.

Acoustic Avenues: new year, new music

Ana Toro, Staff Reporter August 16, 2021

Welcome back, everyone! As school starts up again, so does this blog. I am very excited to continue this year on Acoustic Avenues. Here, I like to review albums, talk about new artists, and ones who have been around for a while. I also enjoy telling you...

After rescheduling, band is finally performing Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at their Midwinter concert. Redhawks are excited to show off the music they have been working on in class.

Frisco ISD explores public-private partnership for fine arts facility

Erika Pernis, Managing Editor August 13, 2021

Frisco ISD is moving ahead with plans for a public-private partnership with the City of Frisco and developer Craig Hall with the goal to build a fine arts facility in Hall Park that would be an opportunity for many students and staff to expand performing...

The Redhawk band department returns back to pre-pandemic procedure as the mask mandate and social distancing guidelines have been lifted. “The biggest challenges we have been facing the past four weeks already during our summer band camp has been reestablishing and building the culture and climate of the band program,” assistant band director Tyler Elvidge said. “The underclassmen have never gotten to experience a true high school band season so we are relying on our upperclassmen and leadership team to set the standard.”

Band falls back to pre-COVID routine

Jordan Battey, Managing Editor August 12, 2021

As the new school year rolls around, the Redhawk band department is working together to re-establish pre COVID-19 normalcy. “Returning to normal has allowed us to bring our private lesson teachers back on campus for private lessons and for our...

Artistic Expressions: volume 11

Artistic Expressions: volume 11

May 19, 2021

Hundreds of students on campus take part in the many fine arts courses offered at school and each week Wingspan profiles one such student in this weekly feature.

Many movie theaters are beginning to follow IPICs footsteps in showing old films.

IPIC Plays the Classics

Andrew Jáuregui, Staff Reporter May 19, 2021

Due to COVID-19, production companies delayed their upcoming movies, with some releasing straight to streaming, while others have been delayed for over a year now. In order to fill the gaps left by the lack of releases, movie theaters began playing older...

Outside in the band parking lot and socially distanced, the band is finding an opportunity to recognize its members by hosting a banquet Tuesday at 7 p.m. “The event is free, and participants should bring their own food. Students and their families could reserve tables through a form and indicate anyone that they wanted to sit with. Tables will be socially distanced and everyone in attendance will be required to wear a mask, associate director of band Tyler Elvidge said.

Instruments for accolades, band celebrates with year-end banquet

Grant Milleson, Staff Reporter May 18, 2021

With the school year ending soon, the band is finding an opportunity to recognize its members by hosting a banquet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the band parking lot, where like many things this school year, there will be some differences from years past.  “Banquet...

Summer weather

Summer weather

Lexie Laviolette, Staff Reporter May 17, 2021

In this weekly column, senior Emily Thomas provides her take on a new albums, concerts, and artists.

Acoustic Avenues: favorite albums of 2021

Ana Toro, Staff Reporter May 17, 2021

This is my final blog entry for the 2020-2021 school year, so let’s end with a list of my favorite albums of these first few months in 2021. These albums have helped me push through the rest of this year and finish strong. At number one is Sueños...

Top Bunk members include Memorial senior Diego Fernandez (top left), Heritage senior Shruthi Venkatesh (top right), Memorial senior Kaleb Mills (bottom left), Memorial junior William Flashnick (middle left), Memorial class of 2020 alumni Corbin Dennis (bottom middle), Memorial junior Megan Butler (bottom right), and Memorial junior Jurnee Brinson (far right). I’ve always felt that Top Bunk will be whatever Top Bunk wants to be. We have no agenda and it is truly a space for everyone within it to evolve as they feel is natural, Fernandez said.

Bunk up the beat

Aaron Boehmer, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2021

Under a loft bed, two friends from English class started making music.  From that same loft bed, a record label came to be: Top Bunk Recordings. Memorial High School seniors Diego Fernandez and Kaleb Mills met at school and their friendship led them...

Wingspans Ananda Ghoshal delves deeper into the world of Bengali food and shares her thoughts.

Bengali Bites: Lebur Jol

Ananda Ghoshal, Staff Reporter May 14, 2021

Summer is literally right around the corner- I can definitely tell from the scorching hot and humid weather we’ve been having. You know what that means? Summer pool parties, lemonade stands and feeling like you can’t be outside for more than a few...

Pictured above: the theatre departments fall showing of Singing in the Rain, back in 2018. Within the span of a few months, freshman Nicholas Giles has experienced an entire musical production, while also finding a new hobby in the process. In this weeks edition of Artistic Expressions, Wingspan sits down with Giles as he talks about his passion for acting.

Despite pandemic, yearly theatre banquet takes place

Rishika Desai, Guest Contributor May 14, 2021

The theatre department is having its yearly banquet in the courtyard outside of the auditorium Friday.  “We had our induction a couple of weeks ago, but the banquet is more of a fun, student-led event where we don’t have to follow a specific script,”...

While the school year may soon be coming to a close, the Redhawk band is not done yet, as they will be perfoming Thursday at 7 p.m. as their first perfomance of the year.

Marching back to normality, band hosts live performance

Ayaan Ali, Guest Contributor May 13, 2021

Adapting to conditions regarding the COVID-19 virus, Redhawk band is having its first concert of the year Thursday after school on the school’s football field starting at 7 p.m. With the year being anything but normal, this will be the first time...

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