One act, many smiles

For the first time ever, Horn Elementary competed in the HISD One Act Play Festival for Elementary Schools. The competition took place at Pershing Middle School. Horn performed a hilarious shortened version of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, directed by Lisa Miller. Aadarshini Venghadesan (Scrooge) and Trinity El-Hakam (Jacob Marley’s ghost) both took home Outstanding Performance awards. Harris Mann was awarded Best Crew Member. Pictured are (front row, from left) Karaninkha Saravana Kunar, Skylar Campbell, Emma Tran, Evan Onufer, Claire Canon, Natalie Herbst, Miranda Rivas; (second row, from left) Samuel Smith, Isabella Denena, Aria Jin, Kaylyn Learned, Akshatha Perumel, Aadarshini Venghadesan, Taylor Vondenstein, Allie Barker; (third row, from left) Harris Mann, Sissy Zhang, Isabelle DeGrange, Annaliese DeGrange, Nia Covington, Saige Clary, Alexia Camp and Trinity El-Hakam. 

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