The various races at Gahanna Lincoln High School are in more preforming arts programs this school year than ever, but the students and teachers still wish for more growth. Gahanna Lincoln High School offers many performing arts programs, including drama/theater, orchestra, band, choir, and speech and debate. Some programs are more affected by the various ethnic groups than others, and students are starting to become aware Based on the program, many teachers, coaches, and directors have different viewpoints on the various student populations. Leslie Muhlbach, coach of the speech and debate program always has the students and their backgrounds on her mind. “Diversifying my students has always been my philosophy,” Muhlbach said. Her aim is to
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The theater and drama classes offered are always trying to reach out to many types of minorities, to the point where even the students are encouraging others to try out. Many agree that there should be a more diverse group of people, and although it does not affect any personal performances, most students agree that the overall performances would benefit from a more diverse group of people. “That (the current demographic) should change to get some local color,” Chelsea Ker said. “People who are underrepresented would be most positively affected. It’d be nice to see more to break stereotypes.” Ker is one of many students who have this opinion, and that underrepresentation is one effect. She also stated that after being in the theater programs for several years, this year is better than most, so “things are looking up.” Ker has high hopes. In programs like theater and the annual Diaspora show where minorities are the main stars, there are some parts that require certain ethnicities that cannot be showed otherwise. “Casting is much more difficult without much diversity, though more people would affect that most,” theater student Cole Hengstebeck said. “But I’ve never really thought about it,” Hengstebeck said because it does not affected him in any
The theater and drama classes offered are always trying to reach out to many types of minorities, to the point where even the students are encouraging others to try out. Many agree that there should be a more diverse group of people, and although it does not affect any personal performances, most students agree that the overall performances would benefit from a more diverse group of people. “That (the current demographic) should change to get some local color,” Chelsea Ker said. “People who are underrepresented would be most positively affected. It’d be nice to see more to break stereotypes.” Ker is one of many students who have this opinion, and that underrepresentation is one effect. She also stated that after being in the theater programs for several years, this year is better than most, so “things are looking up.” Ker has high hopes. In programs like theater and the annual Diaspora show where minorities are the main stars, there are some parts that require certain ethnicities that cannot be showed otherwise. “Casting is much more difficult without much diversity, though more people would affect that most,” theater student Cole Hengstebeck said. “But I’ve never really thought about it,” Hengstebeck said because it does not affected him in any