Monday, June 11, 2012

The Seneca Valley Film Festival...and Other High School Thoughts

Last night Marilyn and I ventured north to the Strand Theater in the heart of beautiful downtown Zelionople, PA to take in the first Seneca Valley Film Festival.  For over two hours we watched about two dozen short films and videos that were written, directed, produced, and starred students from Seneca Valley High School. We had a horse in this race as our nephew, sophomore Zach Stoner, had a hand in several of these offerings, both in front of and behind the camera. 

I suppose that at this point we shouldn't be surprised by such things, but we were once again blown away by the talent displayed by these young kids.  That was some absolutely amazing stuff that was on display last night.  Congratulations to all of these kids for putting their wonderful abilities, and congratulations to the Seneca Valley School District for making it possible for these kids to have the opportunity to develop and  fulfill the talent within them.

And, of course, special congratulations to Zach!

When I thought about it last night, I realized that attending this film festival put the cap on a school year where we saw an awful lot of positive efforts by a lot of kids:

  • Varsity soccer games at Central Catholic
  • Freshman and JV basketball games at Central
  • Orchestra and Strolling Strings performances at North Allegheny
  • The North Allegheny Spring Musical
  • The Percussion concert at Mt. Lebanon High School
  • The Mt. Lebanon High School baseball team
  • The young film makers at Seneca Valley
Congratulations to all of these terrific kids.  It was a joy watching all of it!

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