PVEC Rugby

This was my first year that I actually carried through with playing rugby. While may not have been a good idea to go out between math papers and play an incredibly high contact sport, it was certainly a good way of relieving stress and applying all those math lessons on vectors. I certainly learned a lot this year, going from zero knowledge about the sport to being able to play in three different positions. Who knows, maybe I'll pick it up again when I go to university ...

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Theatre is a bit of a tradition in our family, one which I am happy to continue. For the first time this December I got involved in a show that wasn't a school production, the Christmas show at the Pearl Theatre in Lunenburg. This year the production consisted of two short, classic plays, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas". 
My preferred role is not onstage, but behind the scenes helping backstage. Although I've tried both, acting doesn't have the same appeal to me as backstage because I prefer the opportunity for me to make the props required for the production. And actors would be hopeless if they didn't have someone to remember where they put things. 
On top of this production I was also involved backstage in the PVEC Drama Club's 2012 production of "If a Man Answers" and "Check Please", and I plan on being involved in this year's school production as well.
I enjoy creating things with my own hands, and involvement in the theatre allows that either from a carpentry/props standpoint or a sewing/costumes standpoint. The environment is generally creative, very social, and usually hectic. I have been trying to take as many opportunities to get involved in theatre as I can because it is something which I can picture myself pursuing later in life.