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Ten Minutes Or Less: The Hart Strings, Nomads, The Croods and more ramblings

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By JT Samart and Patrick Prifogle

Hello and welcome to Ten Minutes Or Less, Floyd Central’s number one podcast, we think. This week we have junior John Renfrow on the show to talk about “The Hart Strings”, and Steven Spencer is here to talk about his band “Nomads”. They will both be performing in the talent show. We also have a short review of the Local Natives concert and a summary of The Croods. We hope enjoy our ramblings and such.

Click below to listen to JT and Patrick’s very third podcast.

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Madrigal dinner impresses with excellent acting and singing

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By Patrick Prifogle

Floyd Central’s annual Madrigal dinner was, for the first time, in the hands of someone other than Chris Bundy. To those who have participated in, or attended past Madrigals, this may seem a frighting thought, but rest assured the feast is in capable hands.

Let me take a moment to explain what the madrigal dinner is. It is essentially a dinner, a choir concert, and a series of skits. The skits are sprinkled in throughout the dinner and the choir concert comes after the tables has been cleared.

Let me start with the most disappointing part of the evening, the dinner itself. The wassail and Dijon salad was an excellent start to the dinner, but that only got me excited for the main course, a chicken breast drizzled with parmesan sauce, that was where the dinner fell short. The chicken was almost soggy and just not impressive, especially when compared to the extravagant dinners of the past. There is also a flaming pudding that comes at the end of the dinner, it in itself was nearly as disappointing as the main course.  The lackluster food however was not enough to ruin my evening.

The actors really saved the dinner for me. Each waiter and waitress remained in character for the entirety of the night. When I walked in the door, the court jester announced my name to the guests that had arrived before me. The atmosphere was nearly the best part of the evening. The skits the actors performed were charming as well. They all managed to get me back into high spirits after the disappointing dinner.

The true high point of the evening was the concert. Each, and every song they performed was incapsulating. The music took me over and would not let go. It was truly something magical.

This was a transition year for FC’s famous dinner and while the food was a let down, the actors and choir members were more than enough to save the evening.

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Marching Highlanders place seventh at state

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By Megan Hardin and Patrick Prifogle

On Saturday, Nov. 3, the FC band marched their way to Lucas Oil Stadium, where they competed at state. “This was the most emotional performance for me, placement didn’t matter,” said senior Chloe Wassom. The emotional performance earned a seventh place finish.

Marching band performs on Saturday at the state finals at Lucas Oil Stadium. The band placed seventh in the state. This was the fourth consecutive year the marching band earned a trip to the finals. Photo by Sidney Reynolds.

“They did great, it was the best performance they have ever put together,” said band director Harold Yankey. Although they didn’t finish as well as they had hoped to they were all very pleased with their performance.

“I’m really happy about the performance. Our band improved greatly from last year, but so did everyone else’s,” said senior Christian Thomas.

“It was one of the best performances, everyone did really well,” said senior Maggie Staples. Many band members thought they deserved a higher place. “We couldn’t have done a show better than Saturday, we probably should have gotten sixth or fifth,” said Staples.

In the end, however, what really matters is the experience.

“It was a great ending to five years of band,” said Thomas.

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Seniors march to state finals four consecutive years

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By Megan Hardin and Patrick Prifogle

Doing what no other FC band has done before, the marching Highlanders have accomplished something remarkable as they compete in the state finals for the fourth consecutive year tomorrow.

“It’s the best feeling ever knowing that we accomplished something that no other FC graduating class has done,” said senior Shelby Reynolds.

“It’s very honoring to know that for the first time in 50 years. We came to a level of success to go to state all four years. Our goal has been to be the first band to go to state four times and we did it. I’m glad the class of 2013 made history,” said senior Craig Keibler.

Going to state for the last four years has raised the band’s expectations.

“Our goal this year isn’t just going to state; it’s doing well at state,” said senior Christian Thomas.

After finishing no higher than sixth place their last three years, the band is really trying to step up their game even more.

“This band has the potential to do better than sixth,” said Thomas.

“I think we have stepped it up this year; we need to perform well to be the best,” said senior Ryan Marksbury.

“I hope we get better than sixth, because getting sixth is getting old,” added senior Matt Drescher.

The band’s high expectations throughout the season have led them to this weekend’s honor.

“We expected to go to state this year. I think we can get fourth or fifth,” said senior Will Fancher.

In order to stop the trend of sixth place finishes, a lot of preparation has been done.

“We are working harder and are more focused, cleaning up a lot more than we have before,” said senior Andrew Frieberger

“We are working on keeping the visuals and music together,” added senior Parker Lyons.

“We need to do better on music; marching is improving,” said senior Amber Sprigler.

With all the stress of state it can be easy to forget that this is the senior’s last attempt at greatness.

“It’s kind of sad because this is the last competition I’m ever going to do at this school with this group of people,” said senior Kayla Sumner.

“This year has been stressful; it’s amazing to know I get to do it one last time,” said Sprigler.

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LittleBigPlanet Vita falls short

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By Patrick Prifogle

The LittleBigPlanet franchise has been evolving since the original came on back in 2008. The PSP release was nice but could have used a little more. LittleBigPlanet 2 was the real peak of the franchise and while LBP Vita does bring a lot of what LBP 2 brought to the table, this portable entry is a bit underwhelming.

The game itself looks great, in the 20 or so hours I played I didn’t see one bit of slow down or screen tearing. Sackboy looks as cute and fluffy on Vita as he does on the Playstation 3.

The gameplay is just the same as LBP 2 as well. That’s not all bad but it means that jumping is still floaty and worst of all the level editor is maddeningly complex. You need not fret though, because people adapt, I know that I don’t understand how to make a great LBP Vita level, but there is always someone who will crack the code and make amazing levels for us to enjoy.

The biggest hook LBP Vita has to offer is the fact that, through User-Generated content, LBP Vita has the potential to give Sony an answer to the App store. If people buy this game and make levels, in a month or two, this game could have over 200000 levels after all LBP 2 has over 8 million levels.

Even with the loads of levels though this game could be so much better. It’s a good game for sure but is falls short of being great, maybe next time they will finally perfect the formula.

+ Endless levels

+ Great Graphics

– Lackluster level design

– Floaty jumping

(7.5/10)