Senior Matthew Belo has played a vital role in the tech crew in KO’s performing arts program since his freshman year. Matt has been extremely dedicated to the tech crew and is now the Head of Sound. “I manage pretty much all of the actor mics as well as the mics for the orchestra and […]
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Standing at the top of a mountain, it can be easy to forget the effort it took to reach the summit, and even easier to forget that you will eventually have to come back down. If one were to ask the average American in the early 1920s to predict what the coming decade would bring, […]
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Junior Nzinga Thompson, on any given afternoon, during the winter season can be found in the creative environment of After School Art. At KO she has taken Outside the Box, Drawing, and is now in Portfolio Prep, her favorite art class she has taken. “It’s difficult to choose a favorite,” she said, “as I’ve created […]
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Curtains fall. Lights dim, and the audience hushes. This year’s Middle School play invites the audience to stop thinking about the present and step into a journey through space and time with “A Wrinkle in Time.” The show was performed in the Black Box on Thursday, Jan. 15, and Friday, Jan. 16. The play begins […]
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Whether he’s making his official debut at KO’s annual Choreographer Showcase or taking over the center of the circle at his high school dances, one thing is clear: Choral Director Thomas Griffith, also known as “TG,” knows how to make an impression. Meet this month’s Musician of the Month! Audience members packed into the theater […]
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The liveliness inside Roberts Theater on Friday, Nov. 21, was already high after the final bows of the Choreographer Showcase, but it skyrocketed the moment students burst through the double doors to hear the moment they’d all been waiting for: finding out what this year’s musical will be. After a long week of trying to […]
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On Thursday, Nov. 6, and Friday, Nov. 7, in the Black Box Theater, we were dazzled by Kingswood Oxford’s 2025 Fall Play “Birthday Candles,” directed by Director of Theater Kyle Reynolds and assistant directed by senior Teague Shamleffer. Through the play, we follow Ernestine (played by junior Molly Palmer) from her 17th birthday to her […]
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On Nov. 20 and 21, KO’s annual Choreographer Showcase lit up Roberts Theater with one of the most ambitious and thrilling productions the program has presented in recent years. With a record-breaking 37 dancers and an impressive lineup of professional guest choreographers, this year’s Showcase was not only a performance, but it reached a new […]
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Since she was five years old, junior Marin Backer has played violin, and she’s found her spotlight right here, in the Kingswood Oxford Orchestra. Marin found her inspiration for beginning violin right in her home, from her mom. Every little girl wants to be like their mom, and Marin found this through the violin. “My […]
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Senior Lex Green had never taken an art class before he came to Kingswood Oxford. “ When I was younger in my free time I would spend time drawing,” he explained. “I never really got into it for school until I got to KO. Actually I never had an art class before coming here.” His first […]
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