The EP titled Emergency Protocol consists of these five songs in the following order: Hopeful Horizon, Eternal Endeavor, The Witness, Song 4, and Chocolate Snow. After being published on iTunes, Google Play and various other webstores, on January 5th, minor advertising started to roam the school’s hallways; from person to person primarily by word of mouth.

“I say the band is forced together by our friendship,” said Joseph, Pull’s keyboardist. Roemello added “It is nothing special when we gather up together to write something new, it is like spending time with the people you love.” Roemello discussed how the writing process goes with the rest of the band as well.

It is obvious that  the band is very dedicated to their work.  They even have an upcoming gig planned.  They will be playing in Battle of the Bands on April 6th, 2013.  The event will be held at the Full Cup, 388 Van Duzer Street in Stapleton, Staten Island.  It will take place between 6:30 pm and 12:30 am.

(Roarke Carrique had also contributed to this article)

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     Many of Chainsaw fans are thrilled with the movie, the bloody scenes, the way he massacred the people.“When I saw this movie I thought it was one of the best horror movie made in 3D. The way he took off the faces of the people was crewed and the way he sewed their faces onto his face. I enjoyed watching this movie, I wonder if theres going to be a part 3 since he hasn’t died yet,” said a fan of the movie Devante Belton. “To me the 3D made it more scary, I felt like he was going to kill me when he was using the chainsaw to kill the people. I thought the movie was great it still leaves you wondering what’s going to happen to him, hopefully there’ll be another part to the movie,” said another fan David Pantaleon.

As it can be seen, many are pleased with this movie and many are looking foword to another part to this horror movie.

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On December 12th, a titan of a movie came to theatres.  However the main character is anything but a titan.  Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, is the main protagonist of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.  The Hobbit is a prequel to the hit trilogy The Lord of the Rings.  It tells the story of Bilbo Baggins who is a stay at home hobbit who is not the most adventurous guy around.  One day baggins is visited by Gandalf the Grey, played by Ian McKellen, he brings Bilbo on the adventure of a lifetime.

2012 was a big year; one hit was the rider on the invisible horse.  PSY is the creator of Gangnam Style.  This song was a huge hit in North America despite it being of the K-pop genre.  It was released in North America on the 15th of July.  It was the first video to reach 1 billion views on youtube.

The MTV music awards of 2012 was hosted by Kevin Hart.  The award ceremony took place on September 6, 2012.  It was broadcasted live from the Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles.   This was the lowest watched MTV Awards since 2007, because they changed the day from Sunday to Thursday.

Carly Rae Jepson wrote the big hit Call Me Maybe. This song became not only a radio favorite, but also a famous internet meme. Jepson is a Canadian singer who was discovered when Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez were driving through Canada and heard her voice on the radio.  After becoming famous internationally, she was signed with Interscope Records.

(Roarke Carrique had also contributed to this article)

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“It gives the students the opportunity to perform and work towards a performance as well as to celebrate the holidays. It gives them something to be excited about. It is hard to teach when you don’t have a goal in mind, we get to play songs that everyone knows.” said Steven Pepe. Similarly to the previous years, the show will consist of a choir selected by Steven Pepe himself and a band.  The band currently consists of a few guitarists, Maxim Kleiman on the bass, and Daniel Bond on the drums.

“They’re ready for it. At this stage they’re ready for. I been  nervous the whole year but we pulled  through.” said Pepe.The band tries to practice as much as they possibly can; almost three times a week.  They are expected to play a number of songs on the day of the show.  All of the songs are based on the upcoming holiday season.  They focus mainly on the topic of Christmas.

As the practices go on, they continue to become better and progress to be more in sync with each other.  Their bonds with each other have been increased.

Looking forward for a successful show, “I think it will turn out good, hoping a lot will be there. It’s free, we are not selling tickets this year.” said Pepe once again.

(Jazlyn Cerbin, Roarke Carrique, and Lindsay Martini had also contributed to this article)

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Sing is an annual event that the school forms. Two teams, Senior-Soph and Junior-Fresh. These two groups will be attempting to outdo each other in a battle of originality. Each team must make a play from scratch and bring it to life in their own special way.

“I was prepared and nervous because I’m in charge of everything,” said Anglie Breslin, the director of Sing 2012. The members of the teams must practice for a long time with effort before the actual performance can take place. The process of training is very stressful for all the students participating in Sing. During one of the practice sessions of Senior Soph; they were having a lot of problems with lighting and sound. They also had some trouble with moving and setting up the props on stage.

On the night of the play, the performers must perform their creative acts in front of an enormous audience at New Dorp High School’s auditorium. In the audience, there will be judges that will judge their performance on various different categories. The categories include band, dance, acting and proper design. The winner of the majority of these categories will be pronounced as the winner of Sing 2012.

“It was postponed weeks later. It was suppose to be November 16 now it is December 6,” said Anglie Breslin as well. “We were more than excited to get it done back to normal.”

(Jazlyn Cerbin, Roarke Carrique, and Lindsay Martini had also contributed to this article)

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The story of Pippin (or how the show is supposed to be preformed) shows the life of the first born son of Charlamagne (Played by Brandon Smith), King of the Holy Roman Empire. Pippin (Played by Joesph Caruselle) is an educated child where as his brother Lewis (Played by Blerim Cukovic) was raised to be a soldier. Throughout the play, Pippin is trying to find meaning in his life and promises his tutors (and the audience) to never waste his life on “frivilous” things. Pippin does several things to find his “Corner of the Sky” or meaning in life such as going to war, asking his grandmother (Played by Jessica Maldonado) for help on how to find meaning, killing his father to become king with the help from his untrustworthy step-mother Fastrada (Played by Sabrina Bogen) and even by falling in love with a wonderful woman named Catherine (Played by Amanda Courtright) and moving into her large estate with her son Theo (Played by Robert Heany) and his pet duck, Otto. When all that fails, it is revealed to Pippin that his search for greatness and meaning was doomed from the start and the only way he could feel truly complete was to perform “The Grand Finale” which consisted of Pippin jumping into a flame and being killed. After a huge song (literally entitled “The Finale”) performed to convince Pippin to jump into the flame. Pippin ultimately declines and goes back to Catherine and Theo, where he was the happiest. In anger The Lead Player takes away all of the sets, takes away all of the music and asks Pippin if this is how he really wants to live, with no music or magic, just with a very “casual” life. The play finally ends with Theo singing the song “Corner of the Sky” from the play and being praised and taken away by the lead player and the rest of the cast symbolizing that the entire process of finding ones meaning will be repeated by Theo. 

Overall, The school’s performance of “Pippin” was amazing and it truly shows how hard the actors, band, dancers, and  people alike work to make a phenominal show. The cast did their parts perfectly without any problems or conflicts. Being in the band, I can’t really say that we performed all the songs to their potential or else this would be a bias article but i think that we did a great job. The dancers also did an amazing job, their dances matched the flow of the show and it never seemed unnecessary. Truly, this was a show that one shouldn’t have missed due to it’s intricate plot, funny lines, and amazing music.

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The main character Josh about to shoot his own father

On Friday, March 9th New Dorp’s second and final Black Box Production of the year took place. The show, entitled ” Bang Bang You’re Dead”, was about a teenager named Josh ( played by Joseph Caruselle) who goes into his high school with a gun and murders five teenagers. The play shows his perspective and why he wanted to shoot the five teenagers.

The show was carefully chosen and directed by AFADA Theater teacher, Mr. Stoebling.

“I chose this particular work because I felt it was a welll structured play that would be accessible to a young cast given the majority of the characters were high school students,” said Stoebling. “As we began rehearsals, the content of the play seemed perhaps a bit  ‘foreign’ to some of the student actors. ”

Josh reveals his motives for the murders after he is haunted by the spirits of the five teens he shot; they pressure him over and over to say why he killed them and through a series of very well played flashbacks, Josh becomes violent after he gets his first gun. Josh eventually goes hunting with his grandfather and shoots a buck, while he did not want to shoot it in the first place, he wanted to become a man and stop kids from laughing at him in school so he shot it and got a picture taken by his grandfather.

Back in his hometown, Josh brags about his kill with picture in hand to his current girlfriend Katie ( played by Danielle Gibson) who is not impressed at all because he ditched her on a date to go hunting. Katie ends up dumping Josh for a new person, Josh’s friend Michael ( played by Blerim Cukovic). This sets off a rage within Josh and eventually makes him write a threat on a black board in his school. News eventually gets around and Josh is high suspected of the act, while he denies it, the school knows the truth of it all and Josh’s parents are informed about the incident.

Furious with Josh, his parents take away his gun leave Josh beyond angry at his parents, after hearing voices in his head telling him to steal the gun, he eventually takes the gun back. When his parents catch Josh in the act of stealing his gun back, Josh shoots and kills both his parents. Immediately filled with remorse, Josh determines that there’s no going back now and goes to his high school to make himself known.

Inside the school, Katie, Michael and three other friends of theirs Matt, Jessie, and Emily ( played by Auel Kanaybekov, Allix Regina, and Jessica Maldonado respectively) are all sitting down talking. One by one Josh shoots and kills them all in order to make the laughing and ridicule stop. Immediately after telling the spirits why he killed them, the spirits reveal that they are going to haunt him for the murders forever and the play ends on a scene of Josh kneeling down full of remorse for his previous actions.

Overall, this Black Box Production was a very deep and suspensful play that would leave you to seriously think about the minds of students who commit these massive tragedies. The play was so deep and mind opening, that even Deirdre DeAngelis, The principal of New Dorp High School, admitted that she was moved to tears during the show on the next day’s announcements. The moral of the show would have to be that ridicule and constant bullying, both physical and verbal, can lead students to do horrible things. “If we can start with respect and acceptance for all we can hopefully go a long way towards  change in our world and maybe, one day, make this play seem ‘foreign’ to everyone.” Concluded Mr. Stoebling.

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