SHS Drama Club News

SHS SPEAKER SYSTEM INSTALLED

The Somers High School Drama Club is very proud to announce that the mission to raise funds to enhance the SHS auditorium speaker system has been accomplished! This effort was started in the fall of 2004 and the speakers were installed during the holiday break in December, 2005. The efforts raised approximately $23,000 and are being used to purchase and professionally install a Bose Speaker System, a gift to the school. The auditorium is used not only by the Drama Club for their productions but also by the Music Department in the school for concerts, the Mabelle B. Avery Middle School play presentation, the local community theatre group, a local dance company, town events (largest seating capacity in the town), and many other events during the year. The speaker system will benefit literally thousands of people over a given year.

With a history of providing improvements to the infrastructure at SHS, the Drama Club contributed about 27% of the total through their own profits from show productions, a dinner theatre and other fundraising events. Other major contributors include The Somers Village Players, an Arts Grant from the State of Connecticut, The Music Patrons, The Somers Education Foundation, The Savings Bank of Rockville, The Somers Cultural Arts Commission, the SHS Class of 1999 as well as donations from many individuals.

The students and their advisor, Mrs. Kathy Welch, wish to thank all of the contributors and all of our fund-raising supporters. We invite everyone to come in and “have a listen.”