Patrons

A & E 13March 8, 2012

Jo DelbridgeBrian & Teri DonnellyDave & Polly DrakerAndrea DriscollDave & Vicki DrownStephen & Kay ElliottBrian ErbeMary ErgerCarl EskerMichael EskerPaul EskerTom & Heidi EulDennis & Melissa FaganGloria FaganDawn FeltmanJack & Micki FenskeJim & Linda FenskeJim & Katherine FineRita FinnOmer & Lois FortmanRoger FortmanMatthew FoxPam & Richard FoxJohn & Kelly FultonJohn & Mary GatesKellie GatesKyle GatesRegina GeorgeAlexis GibbsEd GibbsRandy & Shawn GibbsTerry & Paul GormenMr. Noah HagenTom HanleyDave & Carolyn HanzelkaAubrey Hart

Greg & Shannon HarvieuxTraci & Brian HazelettTony & Carla HelmkampElizabeth HoffmannJean & Tom HoffmannEric HovdaLogan & Stephanie HoxieMike HunstadVern HunstadJeanne & Doug JoensSami JonesJackie JosephRay & Beth KaminRay & Jan KaminBecca KarasLori & Ernie KarasElaina KempinDiana KimbroSteve KimbroJackieKingBarb KlimeshCourtney & Shane KoehnBob & Nelli KrapflJessica KrayDarrell KrewsonSherri KrutzfieldChuck & Bobbie LampeDennis LarkinWilliam & Kathy LarsonChristine, Cathy, & Suzy LevettJim & Paula LevettLorah & Dorothy LindsethDavid & Sharon LoecherDoris LogelJoe & Sharon Lutgens

Dan & Donna LynchErin LynchConnor MahrDennis MartinDixie MartinJoan MartinJoe & Carolyn MartinBill & Mary Lou McCartanSusan & Tom McCartanWill McCartanRita & Dan McCoyTony McDermottDavid & Maureen McGrawAmanda McWhinneyJohn & Kay McWhinneyMark & Sara McWhinneySara MichalskiDavid & Jason MilkePat & Deb MilkeKatie Mills GiorgioJerry & Mary MitchellLeo & Diane MonaghanMelissa MonaghanTony & Ashley MonaghanJen & Mark MullinKelly & Jim NachmanBill & Nina NibbelinkDick & Char NoelStephen & Janet NoonanWill & Amy NortonDeb & Mike NunemakerStacey O’BrienJamie & Dawn O’ConnellMark OttingMegan OttingSusan Otting

Anne & Jim PapeYvonnie PapeTom ParmanJames & Ruby ParrisPamela PerezRegina & Paul PisarikMike & Molly PotterStephanie & Jim PottsDavid & Ann RichardsonTom & Dianna RichardsonMark & Jaclyn RichmondShirley RissiBen & Mary RosencrantsTanya & Jeff RosencrantsPaul & Shelly SampsonJune SandersKelsie SargentMarian & Arlen ScheffertMary Beth SchendenRosemary & Lawrence SchendenRachel SchuellerDarrel SchulteJohn Hunter SchulteAndi ShepardBill & Rocki ShepardTerri ShiflettMarvin & Diane SmithRichard SmithMike SojkaLinda Sojka-ParmanLana StoneLen & Chris StrandBrian & Martha StrongLynn & Trudee SvaldiVerna SvaldiHope Taylor

Jack & Helen AckermanDick AlexanderNancy AlexanderBrian & Ali AndersenScott & Nicki AndersenSteve & Karen AndersenDoug & Colleen AndersonBob & Terry AskelsonAnnalise BandelDenise & Tim BandelDoug & Janelle BanowetzBreana BarakNicole BarnesDale & Judy BarringerKaren BoveeDorrance & Shirley BradyMark & Janice BradyScott & Tammi BradyMarge & Frank BreyaJerry & Rita BrownMike & Lydia BrownRick & Heidi BrownLaVern & Audrey BusseMichele & Jeff BusseKen CaveDavid & Lindy ChristensenTerry & Jan ChristensenBill & Sheli ChristiansonLisa & John ClarahanKelly & Connie CollinsLibby CollinsPurdy ConnollySharon CraibClark & Kathy CunninghamMarc & Teresa DaubtizMatthew & Heidi Dean

David & Karen ThinnesJoanne ThinnesAllan & Mary ThomsBev & Mike ValantAaron Van HoeckMatthew Van HoeckCarolyn VernonKim VipondChad & Florence VonKampenTed & Lorrie VonKampenJacob WallraffBrian & Kathy WalvoordKathi WardDoug & Kristin WeihKathy & Dean WelterBrad WimmerKevin WimmerScott & Tracy WinkerJim WinkowskiLynn & Lynn WoellertAnn WolfJoel & Maureen ZimmermanDave & Cindy ZippererWilfred & Lillian ZippererBig Benr Design Co. Catherine Salata-Hill & Tim Hill First Federal Credit Union- Cedar Rapids First Federal Credit Union- Hiawatha True Performance

Whitney Elizabeth Houston

Show choirs wrap-up competition seasonThe Xavier show choirs

Xuberance and Xhilaration brought their competitive seasons to a close on Saturday, February 25 at Kennedy’s show choir invitational, Raise the Roof. Xuberance came in third place in the prep division and Xhilaration received fifth place in the varsity division. Throughout the season, Xhilaration and Xuberance attended two out of town competitions in Muscatine and Benton, and two in town at Linn-Mar and Kennedy. Xhilaration also attended Viterbo in Onalaska, Wisconsin, which was their first competition of the season, but Xuberance did not attend.

In the varsity division, Harry Daubitz received best male soloist at both Viterbo and Raise the Roof and Meredith Diebold received best female soloist at Muscatine.

In the prep division, Emma Deignan was awarded best female soloist at both Linn-Mar and Kennedy.

Members of both show choirs say that their favorite parts of the season are these competitions. “My favorite part is laughing hysterically at girls’ warm up,” junior Allison Pitz said about her experience in Xhilaration this year. “Why is Cameron on the floor?”

This past weekend Xavier hosted their annual middle school competition, Xtravanganza, an all-day competition for middle school show choirs. This competition is unique from other middle school competitions in that they are given the opportunity to go to a finals round in the evening, whereas most other competitions for middle schools do not include finals. Xtravaganza is one of the biggest fund raisers for Xaiver show choirs.

Lauren LutgensA&E Writer

Born: August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey

Died: February 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California

Genres: R&B, Soul, Pop, Gospel, Dance

Awards: 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards

Film Roles: The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher’s Wife, Cinderella, Sparkle

Television Roles: Gimme A Break!, Silver Spoons, Boston Public

Albums: Whitney Houston (1985), Whitney (1987), I’m Your Baby Tonight (1990), My Love is Your Love (1998), Just Whitney (2002), One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003), I Look to You (2009)

Biggest Achievements: seven consecutive #1 hits (breaking the Beatles record), 170 million albums sold worldwide, the only artist with seven consecutive multi-platinum albums

Members of Xhilaration and Xuberance and their parents worked hard to get everything ready for the competition. The room hosts came in on Friday evening to decorate each of the rooms with a unique theme. Xavier show choir members and their parents also helped throughout the day on Saturday to keep things running smoothly.

The final performances of Xhilaration and Xuberance will take place tonight at Xavier in the Regis LaSalle Theater. There will be performances at 6 and 8 p.m.

“Xuberance had a great year! They worked really hard, had a lot of fun, and they improved with every single performance,” Mr. Walker, director of Xuberance said.

“It was a great show this year, we had tons of talent, and it was a blast,” Mr. Bieber, director of Xhilaration said.

Laura WalkeyA&E Writer

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