Messages Which Are Hopeful..... MWAH! Archive of Recent Articles and Video History...
Dancers from both MWAH! and Northeast High School – Middle School in Goose Lake, Iowa following the troupe's issues–oriented presentation on April 22, 2013 inside the school's new auditorium. For a video slideshow from this appearance, please click Here . (video slideshow by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
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For a video slideshow of the troupe's presentation on April 8, 2013 at PORTA High School – an acronym for Petersburg, Oakford, Rock Creek, Tallula, and Atterbury) – Please click Here .
(photos and video by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
For a link to a video slideshow from an appearance on March 18, 2013 by the MWAH! troupe at Athens High School in Athens, Illinois in Menard County, northwest of Springfield, please click Here .
(photos and video by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
For a video slideshow of the MWAH! troupe's appearance on March 9, 2013 at the Livingston County Operation Snowflake retreat at Pontiac Junior High School in Pontiac, Illinois please click Here.
(photos and video slideshow by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
For a video slideshow about a MWAH! appearance at Abbott Middle School in Elgin, Illinois on February 28, 2013, please click Here. For a story in The
Courier-News of Elgin on March 4, 2013, please click Here.
(video slideshow by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
A video slideshow of the MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe from the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) Section 11 conference on February 8, 2013 in Fairbury in central Illinois may be viewed Here.
(video and photos by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
The song 'Born This Way' featuring MWAH! artists Rachel Plasch, Alex Oechsel, Taylor Oechsel, and Justice Henderson during a keynote presentation at the 27th annual Quad Cities Youth Conference in Davenport, Iowa on January 23-24, 2013.
Please click Here for a link to a story of January 25 in the Quad-City Times.
(photo by Larry Fisher of the Quad-City Times)
Please click Here for a link to Facebook photos of the MWAH! troupe's participation in the conference.
(Facebook photos by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
Please click Here (60 and 61) for news videos from WQAD-TV (ABC) about the MWAH! troupe as the keynote for the 27th annual Quad-City Youth Conference on January 23-24, 2013.
The song 'Born This Way' featuring MWAH! artists Rachel Plasch, Alex Oechsel, Taylor Oechsel, and Justice Henderson during a keynote presentation at the 27th annual Quad Cities Youth Conference in Davenport, Iowa on January 23-24, 2013.
Please click Here for a link to a story of January 25 in the Quad-City Times.
(photo by Larry Fisher of the Quad-City Times)
Please click Here for a link to Facebook photos of the MWAH! troupe's participation in the conference.
(Facebook photos by Jeremy Reed of Impact Life Photography)
Please click Here (60 and 61) for news videos from WQAD-TV (ABC) about the MWAH! troupe as the keynote for the 27th annual Quad-City Youth Conference on January 23-24, 2013.
The song 'Sticks and Stones' Here as performed November 17, 2012 by MWAH! artists Jacob Metoyer (keyboard and vocals) and Sarah Saltiel (viola) at the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Operation Snowball retreat at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort, Illinois. The song was written by Jacob, based on some of his experiences as a teenager living in Texas, then later in Illinois.
(photo by Jeremy Reed from MWAH! performance on September 10, 2012 at Marseilles
Elementary School in Marseilles, Illinois)
For a news video which aired on WCIS-TV (ABC, Channel 20 in Springfield) on the troupe's appearance November 5, 2012 at Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois please click Here (#57) .
For a story in The Register-Mail about the MWAH! appearance at Galesburg High School on October 9, 2012 please click Here.
- A Video of the song 'Fix You' as performed October 9, 2012 at Galesburg High School by MWAH! artists Rob Delgado, Rachel Plasch, Jake Smith (vocalists), Luke Ballard, and Ashley Stonehouse (guitarists). (video compliments of Galesburg High School) Here – (Then click on video line #59) and
- A video of the song 'We Belong Together' from Galesburg High School Here – (Then click on video line #58)
For a news video from the Galesburg High School appearance which aired on WHOI-TV (ABC) and WEEK-TV (NBC),
based in Peoria, please click Here (#56).
Please click Here for a WAND-TV (NBC) news video (#55) about the MWAH! performance
on September 24, 2012 at St. Matthew Catholic School in Champaign, Illinois,
involving students in grades 6-8 from St. Matthew School and Holy Cross
School in Champaign and St. Thomas School in Philo.
For photos by Greg Taylor Photography from the St. Matthew Catholic School
performance please click Here.
A radio news interview Here with MWAH! artist Jake Smith by Jason Thompson of WCMY (1430 a.m.) in Ottawa, Illinois about plans for a troupe performance at Marseilles Elementary School in Marseilles, Illinois on September 10, 2012
For a story in The Times about the MWAH! appearance in Marseilles on September 10, 2012 please click Here.
For a story in the Morris Daily Herald about the MWAH! appearance in
Marseilles please click Here.
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News about MWAH! performance at John Deere Middle School in Moline, IL on August 27, 2012:
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For a story in The Pantagraph about the MWAH! troupe's participation in the
Cebrin Goodman Teen Institute in Bloomington, Illinois on July 24, 2012, click HereFor a slideshow from this CGTI performance please click Here.
News about the MWAH! performance at Blue Ridge Junior High School in Mansfield, Illinois on February 13, 2012:
Photos from the MWAH! performance of April 16, 2012 at the High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign, Illinois by Greg Taylor Photography may be viewed Here.
'Helping kids make good choices' – MWAH! performances at Timber Ridge Middle School in Plainfield, Illinois – column of 2/26/12 by Denise Crosby of the Aurora Beacon–News and Herald–News of Joliet may be seen Here .
A story published March 2, 2012 in The Enterprise newspaper of Plainfield, Illinois may be viewed Here
Recent news videos and articles about MWAH! appearance at Stark County High School in Toulon, Illinois on March 12, 2012
Videos:
- WEEK-TV (NBC – Channel 25 in Peoria)
video – Here – (Then click on video line #50) - WEEK-TV (NBC – Channel 25 in Peoria)
video – Here – (Then click on video line #49) - WMBD-TV (CBS – Channel 31 in Peoria and Bloomington) 5pm news
video – Here – (Then click on video line#51) - WMBD-TV (CBS – Channel 31 in Peoria and Bloomington) 6pm news
video – Here – (Then click on video line #52)
- A story published in WEEK-TV (NBC) of Peoria, Illinois may be viewed Here
- Stark County students cope with MWAH! help – Peoria Journal Star of March 13, 2012 – Here
- MWAH! assembly hits close to home at Stark County High School – Star Courier of Kewanee, Illinois may be viewed Here
- The Stark County News in Toulon, Illinois – March 22, 2012, may be viewed Here
Recent articles and videos about MWAH!
The song 'Sticks and Stones' Here as performed November 17, 2012 by MWAH! artists Jacob Metoyer (keyboard and vocals) and Sarah Saltiel (viola) at the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Operation Snowball retreat at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort, Illinois. The song was written by Jacob, based on some of his experiences as a teenager living in Texas, then later in Illinois.
(photo by Jeremy Reed from MWAH! performance on September 10, 2012 at Marseilles
Elementary School in Marseilles, Illinois)
For a news video which aired on WCIS-TV (ABC, Channel 20 in Springfield) on the troupe's appearance November 5, 2012 at Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois please click Here (#57) .
For a story in The Register-Mail about the MWAH! appearance at Galesburg High School on October 9, 2012 please click Here.
- A Video of the song 'Fix You' as performed October 9, 2012 at Galesburg High School by MWAH! artists Rob Delgado, Rachel Plasch, Jake Smith (vocalists), Luke Ballard, and Ashley Stonehouse (guitarists). (video compliments of Galesburg High School) Here – (Then click on video line #59) and
- A video of the song 'We Belong Together' from Galesburg High School Here – (Then click on video line #58)
For a news video from the Galesburg High School appearance which aired on WHOI-TV (ABC) and WEEK-TV (NBC), based in Peoria, please click Here (#56).
Please click Here for a WAND-TV (NBC) news video (#55) about the MWAH! performance on September 24, 2012 at St. Matthew Catholic School in Champaign, Illinois, involving students in grades 6-8 from St. Matthew School and Holy Cross School in Champaign and St. Thomas School in Philo.
For photos by Greg Taylor Photography from the St. Matthew Catholic School performance please click Here.
A radio news interview Here with MWAH! artist Jake Smith by Jason Thompson of WCMY (1430 a.m.) in Ottawa, Illinois about plans for a troupe performance at Marseilles Elementary School in Marseilles, Illinois on September 10, 2012
For a story in The Times about the MWAH! appearance in Marseilles on September 10, 2012 please click Here.
For a story in the Morris Daily Herald about the MWAH! appearance in
Marseilles please click Here.
(photo by Larry Fisher/Quad-City Times) Bigger
News about MWAH! performance at John Deere Middle School in Moline, IL on August 27, 2012:
(photo by Steve Smedley/The Pantagraph ) Bigger
For a story in The Pantagraph about the MWAH! troupe's participation in the
Cebrin Goodman Teen Institute in Bloomington, Illinois on July 24, 2012, click HereFor a slideshow from this CGTI performance please click Here.
News about the MWAH! performance at Blue Ridge Junior High School in Mansfield, Illinois on February 13, 2012:
Photos from the MWAH! performance of April 16, 2012 at the High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign, Illinois by Greg Taylor Photography may be viewed Here.
'Helping kids make good choices' – MWAH! performances at Timber Ridge Middle School in Plainfield, Illinois – column of 2/26/12 by Denise Crosby of the Aurora Beacon–News and Herald–News of Joliet may be seen Here .
A story published March 2, 2012 in The Enterprise newspaper of Plainfield, Illinois may be viewed Here
Recent news videos and articles about MWAH! appearance at Stark County High School in Toulon, Illinois on March 12, 2012
Videos:
- WEEK-TV (NBC – Channel 25 in Peoria)
video – Here – (Then click on video line #50) - WEEK-TV (NBC – Channel 25 in Peoria)
video – Here – (Then click on video line #49) - WMBD-TV (CBS – Channel 31 in Peoria and Bloomington) 5pm news
video – Here – (Then click on video line#51) - WMBD-TV (CBS – Channel 31 in Peoria and Bloomington) 6pm news
video – Here – (Then click on video line #52)
- A story published in WEEK-TV (NBC) of Peoria, Illinois may be viewed Here
- Stark County students cope with MWAH! help – Peoria Journal Star of March 13, 2012 – Here
- MWAH! assembly hits close to home at Stark County High School – Star Courier of Kewanee, Illinois may be viewed Here
- The Stark County News in Toulon, Illinois – March 22, 2012, may be viewed Here