![IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Junior Zalie Mann performs “I Love to Cry at Weddings,” an ensemble piece from the fall musical Sweet Charity, to prospective students during the Fine Arts Showcase on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The showcase is a compilation of performances and demonstrations from each fine arts strand offered at McCallum. This show is put on so that prospective students can see if they are interested in joining an academy or major.
Sweet Charity originally ran the weekends of Sept. 28 and Oct. 8, but made a comeback for the Fine Arts Showcase.
“[Being at the front in the spotlight] is my favorite part of the whole dance, so I was super happy to be on stage performing and smiling at the audience,” Mann said.
Mann performed in both the musical theatre performance and dance excerpt “Ethereal,” a contemporary piece choreographed by the new dance director Terrance Carson, in the showcase. With also being a dance ambassador, Mann got to talk about what MAC dance is, her experience and answer any questions the aspiring arts majors and their parents may have.
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![SPREADING THE JOY: Sophomore Chim Becker poses with sophomores Cozbi Sims and Lou Davidson while manning a table at the Hispanic Heritage treat day during lunch of Sept 28. Becker is a part of the students of color alliance, who put together the activity to raise money for their club.
“It [the stand] was really fun because McCallum has a lot of latino kids,” Becker said. “And I think it was nice that I could share the stuff that I usually just have at home with people who have never tried it before.”
Becker recognizes the importance of celebrating Hispanic heritage at Mac.
“I think its important to celebrate,” Becker said. “Because our culture is awesome and super cool, and everybody should be able to learn about other cultures of the world.”
Caption by JoJo Barnard.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53221601352_4127a81c41_o-1200x675.jpg)
VIDEO: Local Businesses Board Up For Election Day
See firsthand accounts of why shop owners are boarding up their shops in preparation for election results.
November 16, 2020
Just a few months after some George Floyd demonstrations turned violent last June, stores and businesses in Shalhevet neighborhoods boarded up their stores Nov. 2 in preparation for the possibility of post-election day unrest.
In Pico-Robertson, restaurants and pharmacies took precautions, while in Beverly Hills it was mostly stores and jewelers.
Rouha Sadighi, the owner of the Rooster Restaurant on Pico, said the June riots influenced their decision to board their windows.
“We boarded up the store just to be more precautionary just because of what happened in June,” Ms. Sadighi said. “I don’t anticipate anything happening but I just wanted to make sure that the store was safe in case.”
She said it was unlikely they would keep it boarded up past Friday or Saturday.
Among the stores boarded up in Pico were Kosher Pizza Station and Feldmar Watch Company.
In Beverly Hills, demonstrations have continued through and since the summer, though without violence. Groups have marched and demonstrated in and around Beverly Gardens Park on Santa Monica Boulevard, sometimes over the death of Breonna Taylor and other victims of police violence, and more recently to protest the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
By midday Nov. 2, it appeared that at least three-quarters of businesses were boarded up with plywood, and there was heavy police presence in the area including the blockage of some streets.
Mr. Stuart Newmark, the manager of Avedon Boutique on North Canon Drive, said he was boarding up just in case.
“Because of the potential rallies, protests, riots, looting, that could happen,” Mr. Newmark said.
He said he didn’t expect those things, however, and that Beverly Hills police had not advised him to shield his glass walls. But he thought it was a prudent thing to do anyway.
“If windows are broken, then we have to board up and we’d be boarded up for three or four weeks,” he said. “We’d rather be boarded up for two or three days than three or four weeks.”
As Election Day approached, Angelenos also demonstrated with flag-flying car caravans to support President Trump. A green car on Nov. 3 was seen on Pico flying a pro-Trump flag.
Jacob Hoenig, Barbara Seruya and Ariella Hirshhorn contributed to this story.
This story was originally published on The Boiling Point on November 4, 2020.
