The winning bidder of the Trinity Valley Community College Play4Kay coaching promotion selected Linda Land (pictured at center), an employee in the Office of Institutional Advancement, to serve as honorary assistant coach during last night’s Lady Cardinal game against Paris. She sat on the bench with the Lady Cards and assist head coach Elena Lovato (left) and assistant coach Gerald Ewing. The winning bid of $750 was added to funds raised for the annual Play4Kay event, which aims to raise funds for breast cancer research.
TVCC sophomore guard Shlonte’ Allen broke a school record that had stood for more than a quarter century when she scored 52 points in the team’s win over Panola Wednesday evening at Cardinal Gym. Allen’s record-setting night topped the previous record of 50 in a single game set by Cardinal Hall of Famer Portia Hill in 1988. Allen is seen in this photo signing the ball of a young Lady Cardinal fan moments after the record-setting performance.
Congratulations to Malakoff High School’s Damontes Dowell on signing to play football for the Trinity Valley Cardinals.
Dowell has been an outstanding running back for the MHS TIgers and this year was named to the 63rd Annual Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 2A All-State Football Team.
TVCC head football coach Brad Smiley said, “He has decided this is where he wants to be to start his career and we are excited to have him. He’s a very talented player, and will add a lot to our program.”
The football coaching staff at Trinity Valley Community College has scheduled a one-day scouting combine Saturday at Bruce Field.
Registration for the combine is schedule from 1:30-2 p.m.
The cost is $20 (check should be made payable to Brad Smiley Football Camps).
High school seniors and players with remaining NJCAA eligibility participating in the combine will be tested for speed, agility and athleticism by TVCC coaches. The combine is designed to give participants an opportunity to show the ability to play at the next level.
Participants are required to bring tennis shoes and cleats, workout clothes and information sheet.
It will be to participants’ advantage to bring a highlight video or two game videos and transcripts.
Mary (played by Channing Horton) deals with the spirits of her past during a recent rehearsal of “The Secret Garden: The Musical,” which debuts Thursday night at the TVCC Auditorium. General admission tickets are $10, tickets for TVCC faculty and staff are $5 and students will be admitted free with a TVCC ID.
By Jayson Larson/TVCC Public Information
The Trinity Valley Community College Department of Theatre is putting the final touches on one of its most ambitious productions in years.
“The Secret Garden: The Musical” will debut at the TVCC Auditorium on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Shows will continue: Friday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 22, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and conclude Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
“The Secret Garden” is an enchanting, classic tale of forgiveness and renewal. The musical adaptation, written in 1992 through the brilliant stylings of composer Lucy Simon and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman, “has a lot of moving parts,” said TVCC Director of Theatre Craig Lee.
“I think this is one of the best new musicals written in a long time,” said Lee, who has a strong background in musical theater. “It was written in a classical sense – the music has a traditional feel to it along the lines of South Pacific or others like that. To do this the way they did it, it’s really cool and beautiful. Some of the musical numbers are real show-stoppers.” Continue reading ““The Secret Garden: The Musical” Debuts Thursday at TVCC”
