The performing arts departments all have leadership teams, but not every department has the same leadership roles. However, a leadership role that they all have in common is presidents.
Senior Maddie Cregar is the President of Mav Theater. Her role as president is to manage the leadership team, assist the directors, and help run and plan events. She has been in theater since sixth grade and has had many other leadership roles in theater over the years. Her sophomore year she was Morale Chair and in her junior year she was Web Master. Cregar also won Best Actress at UIL One Act her junior year. This year, she was the stage manager for the musical “Addams Family” and she is also one of the three senior directors for the freshmen Production 1 Class.
“I wanted to be president because theater has given me so much and I wanted to give back to it,” Cregar said. “The best part about being a student director is getting to interact with the Production 1 kids because they’re all really nice and I love getting to know them and watch them grow.”
Senior Rushil Jacob is the president of Mav Band. His role as president is to give speeches before competitions and football games and plan events with the band council. He is also the Percussion captain this year and he was the drumline captain last year.
“I wanted to be president because I knew that the role of president is to share your ideas with everyone and I felt like I had a lot of good ideas to help motivate us that I wanted to share.” Jacob said.
He started playing percussion in sixth grade and he started playing the snare drum his sophomore year. During the Homecoming pep rally this year he won the Best Performer award from Bush’s Chicken.
“It felt really nice to get best performer since band is such a big community and this is the kind of thing that I’ve been working towards since freshman year,” Jacob said.
Senior viola player Isaiah Kim is the president of Mav Orchestra. He has been in Orchestra since 6th grade. He was a general officer his sophomore year and he was vice president his junior year. His role as president is to help lead the orchestra through social events, help orchestra director Justin Anderson with anything he needs, and help strengthen the community.
“I wanted to be president because orchestra has meant a lot to me,” Kim said. “It’s been a really special community for me because I have made so many amazing and lasting friendships. It’s been an honor to give back and make orchestra special for other people.”
Kim has also been selected for All Region Orchestra and Solo Ensemble all four years of high school. “I feel like my accomplishments are a reflection of all the time that I put into the viola,”Kim said.
Mav Choir has co-presidents, seniors Timothy Li and Ariana Brito. Their job as presidents is to oversee the other leadership teams which are logistics, socials, media teams, and freshman reps. Li has been doing choir since fourth grade and he was an officer in the logistics team his junior year.
“I wanted to be president because choir is an amazing program,” Li said. “We are all like a big family so I really wanted to give back to it.”
Ariana Brito has been singing since she was very young but joined choir in sixth grade. In addition to being president she was also a Socials team officer her junior year.
“I wanted to be President because I really wanted to better the program, get more involved and introduce new ideas to the program which I feel like being in this position has really helped me do,” Brito said. “I love the choir program and hope that more people join.”
