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Music Review: Carrie Underwood vs. Bo Bice
by Erin Parker

All together the American Idol stars have an unprecedented amount of album sales as a whole. But just because you are a winner of American idol does not mean that when the time comes for an album to drop that yours will be selling the most. The real contest begins when contestants from the show must complete and release their own albums.
Since her win in 2005, Carrie Underwood has been working diligently to make herself noticed in the country western world. Her music video “Jesus Take the Wheel,” showed repeatedly on MTV’s TRL countdown. But followed close behind is America’s favorite rocker Bo Bice. He is quickly becoming as popular as Underwood.
Bice’s album, released in December of 2005 is getting recognition now more than ever. His rugged rocker voice starts the album off with “The Real Thing.” The song sounds authentic as if one could actually expect to hear it on the radio and sing along. The overall album has a unique sound that is a brilliant mixture of American Rock and Roll and Country. Produced by the famous Clive Davis, Bice’s album features an assortment of writers including Bon Von Jovi, Chad Kroeger from Nickleback, and Ben Moody from Evanescence. Bice’s seems to have formulated a well thought out album, but just one month before, American Idol winner Carrie Underwood released her album.
Underwood’s album, “Some Hearts” directly reflects the sweet girl portrayed on American Idol. She begins the album with a sweet titled, “Wasted.” Just listening to the sound of her voice, even first time country listeners can tell that Carrie Underwood is a star. Her voice is perfectly matched with each of her songs that can make it hard for any music lover to ignore. Both albums are worth buying and the music quality are about equal.

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Guatamala Trip 2006
The Guatemala team traveled to Guatemala the week of February 17, 2006. Mr. Steve Torode as well as Mr. Nathan Smith and Mrs. Lisa Moore accompanied the students on their six-hour flight far away from home.
While in Guatemala, the group of 17 students helped to build the roof of a schoolhouse. They went to San Antonio Nejapa, Antigua, and Guatemala City. They also visited schools where they did activities with children such as ball games and blowing bubbles. A favorite game of the students that was shared in chapel was Shrimp and Caramel. One person starts by saying shrimp, and the other person answers back with caramel. Though the game sounds simple, it was a way to get the kids involved with the students.

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Girls Soccer Defeats Scotts Valley to Take CCS Crown
The varsity girls soccer team defeated the Scotts Valley Falcons on February 25, earning the title of Division III CCS Champions for the 2006 season.
When the Lady Warriors were knocked out of the WCAL tournament after a loss to Saint Ignatius in early February, the girls held on to their hope. Fortunately, luck was on their side, and they were allowed to proceed to the first game of CCS finals.
On the evening of February 15, the Warriors took the field under Valley Christian’s stadium lights determined to make the most of the opportunity they had been given. Their opponent, Woodside Priory, was unable to penetrate Warrior defense throughout the game, resulting in a hard-earned 3-0 victory for Valley Christian.

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Student Experiences the Grammys
For most students, February third was exciting simply because it marked the beginning of the weekend. Valley Christian junior Yuma Sung found the day exciting for other reasons.
Yuma was selected to play in the 2006 Grammy Trio as a pianist, an honor that few receive, let alone a sixteen year old. Staying in Los Angeles for ten days, Yuma had the opportunity to play with many famous Jazz musicians and experience the prestige of the awards show.

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Valley Christian Theater Production Captivates Audiences
Valley Christian Theater’s spring musical, Oklahoma, is one of its finest accomplishments yet. The authenticity, dedication, and captivation of the audience by the performers brought people back for more.
The teachers had their own opening night on Wednesday, March 15. Their experience was that of astonishment as these were their students acting and putting on a show that could not be done to this quality even by those much older. Miss Julie Claypool stated, “I thought it was really good, very adult. It was a great romp all through Oklahoma!”

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