Tribal Affect: Talawanda Marching Band
The Talawanda High School Marching Band is in the home stretch of their 2013 season with their show, Tribal Affect. The band will be competing at the MSBA (Mid States Band Association) Finals on November 2 at Mason High School and at the BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis on November 14. With 70+ playing members, […]
“The Great American Trailer Park Musical” Comes to Oxford
Oxford Area Community Theater is putting on the musical “The Great American Trailer Park Musical”, and one of their leading roles is THS biology teacher Ben Mattox. Directed by Rebecca Howard, the production follows the relationships between residents at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Florida, particularly between a stripper named Pipi, an agoraphobic woman […]
Talawanda Baseball Fields Not Yet Finished
Talawanda baseball and softball field dugouts are not yet built, but treasurer Mike Davis said once a builder is contracted, dugouts can be built in about four weeks. “The architect tells me that dugouts are not complex structures,” Davis said in an email. “There is still some reasonably good weather days ahead before we hit […]
Talawanda Ice Hockey Getting Ready For Season
On November 2, the first Talawanda ice hockey tryouts will take place at Goggin Ice Center. To prepare the players for the season, the team has been conditioning several times a week. Assistant coach Marc Tincher said he has been very pleased with the number of players participating in the workouts. During the workouts the […]
How Old is Too Old for Trick or Treating?
Halloween has finally creeped around the corner. Children dressed in costumes of all sorts will be knocking on doors and asking the age-old question, “trick or treat?” The Talawanda Tribune wanted to know, just how old is too old for trick or treating? Some people were fine with older trick or treaters, as long as […]
School Wifi Unblocked to Social Media
Talawanda recently unblocked internet access to social media websites, blogs, YouTube, retail websites, message boards, and GoogleChat. Jim Vajda, the Information Technology Coordinator for Talawanda, said he proposed the decision to unblock the websites and it was then approved by the District Technology Committee. “It’s legally required by CIPA [Childhood Internet Protection Act] to block […]
Opening of Armstrong Student Center Right Around the Corner
Miami University in Oxford has 17,472 students, 2,000 acres, and about 400 student organizations. And soon, it will have something else to its name: a brand-new student center in the heart of campus. Armstrong Student Center, which has been in the works since 2007, is scheduled to open in January of 2014 […]
2013 Fall Choir Concert
On Wednesday, October 16th, at 7pm,Talawanda High School hosted it’s annual Fall Choir Concert, in the Talawanda Performing Arts Center. As is tradition, performing in the show was the Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Fermata Nowhere, Show Choir, and Women’s Ensemble. All of the choirs are directed by TJ Pearson, the Talawanda High School choral teacher […]
New Year, Same Expectations
During the 2012-13 school year Talawanda has had one sports team to be very proud of, women’s basketball. With an impressive 14-0 record in the Southwestern Ohio Conference last year, and even more impressive regular season record of 21-0, this lady’s team has given Talawanda a lot to cheer about over the past year. According […]