Steel Drum and Jazz concert

Liz Cheney , Online Photo Editor
May 17, 2013
Filed under Features

Corona del Sol Jazz band and Steel Drum band performed May 10 at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Each band definitely stole the night in a whirlwind of music and entertainment. Accompanying both bands was world-renowned steel-drummer Andy Narrell. The concert started with both bands performing together.... Read more »

Tempe Sister Cities

Omar Soussi, Assistant Sports Editor
May 3, 2013
Filed under Features

While students are thinking about what they’ll be doing over summer break, 15 Corona students already have it planned out. For five to six weeks, 32 students will be in a foreign country with their host family, and when they come back, they’ll be back with their host sibling. The program is sending... Read more »

You.Better.Werk. dance show preview

Juliana Edwards, Staff Writer
April 30, 2013
Filed under Features

On May 2 and 3, the last dance show of the school year will be held in the auditorium at 7 p.m. put together by dance teacher Aaron Gilbert. There will be five performing classes and beginning dance in total. However, this show features the Corona del Sol Dance Company, Junior Company and some members... Read more »

The Boys Next Door play review

Omar Soussi, Assistant Sports Editor
April 23, 2013
Filed under Features

On April 19 and 20, CdS Theatre performed “The Boys Next Door.” The play is about the lives of four mentally challenged people and one man, Jack, who is watching over them. Jack, played by senior Patrick Michaelsen, has been with them for the last eight months and hates his job. Each of the mental... Read more »

What college taught me outside of the classroom

Preslie Hirsch, Special to the Sunrise
April 22, 2013
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College is an experience unlike any other that you’ve encountered in your life, or will again in the future. It’s an odd, awkward cross between immaturity and adulthood. My mom once told me, “College is the hardest years of your life.” It’s is the awful truth, but she never fails to reassure... Read more »

Play Preview

Manali Chavan, Staff Writer
April 17, 2013
Filed under Entertainment, Features

Straying from the usual plays performed at Corona del Sol, the CdS drama department has chosen to try something new by performing the play The Boys Next Door  April 19-20. Although the play is filled with comical jokes and hilarious stunts, the play touches on a more sensitive topic than plays in the... Read more »

Dance Show preview

Aashini Choksi, Calender Editor
April 4, 2013
Filed under Features

On April 4 and 5, Corona’s Intermediate and Advanced Dance classes will perform their annual spring show in the James C. Love auditorium from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. “We have practiced the dances every day in class for months and after school this whole week,” sophomore Zoe Smith said. Smith is... Read more »

Tips on saving money

Manali Chavan, Staff Writer
April 2, 2013
Filed under Features

  A broken genie lamp, wrong directions to the end of the rainbow; we’ve heard all the excuses before. Surprisingly though, they may not be the reasons you often find yourself opting for a burger and fries from McDonalds rather than your favorite pizza from California Pizza Kitchen. So why... Read more »

Spring Assembly 2013

Josh Ambre, Online Managing Editor
March 27, 2013
Filed under Entertainment, Features

The last assembly for the 2013 school year brought a celebratory conclusion to this year’s school spirit events on Friday, Mar. 22. The assembly began with a patriotic electric guitar solo accompanying the national anthem, followed by a thunderous performance by the CdS percussion students. Rather... Read more »

Cute ways to ask girls out to Prom

Alisa Rodriquez, Staff Writer
March 25, 2013
Filed under Features

Here comes the moment of truth: will they say yes or no? Almost everyone who has asked their crush out has asked themselves that question. There’s always that pressure to ask that special person in the cutest way possible. Sadies has passed and Prom is coming on the fourth of May. It’s never to... Read more »