Friday, December 19, 2025

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Holland Art: Vote for Ashylyn DePoy as a finalist for Artist of the Week  (https://www.artsonia.com/museum/aotw/vote.asp). She is this week's finalist for her Misunderstood Mug. There are 1000's of pieces submitted every week, and Artsonia selects its finalists, but we need your vote to win.  

Holland Theater: Holland Theater is excited to share details about our mid-winter musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! Please read this email carefully-- there’s a lot of important information about auditions, casting, and rehearsals. There’s also a note about our next performance opportunity coming up later this spring! 

Audition Dates: Monday, January 5 & Tuesday, January 6
Show Dates: March 5, 6, 7, and 8
Location: HHS Auditorium

What to Expect

• Monday, Jan. 5: Singing auditions. Please prepare a 16-32 bar song to sing (about one minute long or so). If you’re not sure what to sing, please feel free to reach out to me. We will also have songs available day-of.
• Tuesday, Jan. 6: Callbacks + additional vocal auditions as needed
• Sign-up: You can start signing up for auditions now at this link. Drop-in auditions are welcome, as well, but it's great to have an idea of who's coming beforehand!

Attached to this email you can find:

Tiny Gallery Holland - Student Design & Art Opportunity: A student-led project in partnership with the Holland Arts Council, is currently recruiting 3-5 high school students interested in design, architecture, art, fabrication or hands-on making to help design and build miniature public art galleries that will be installed in community spaces. Great opportunity for creative students who want to gain real-world experience while contributing to their local arts community! Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgJiiq5nYyWiwKJPdOGErToSw1fwkmw1wAdnRgh-uUlUc4yg/viewform

SLiC: SLiC is collecting squishmallows for children in foster care, as they are the most popular request by children of all ages. Each donation helps ensure children entering the foster care system have something of their own during an uncertain time. All plush donations will be distributed by Arbor Circle through their welfare and youth programs. The donation box is located in the SSO

Sports - https://hollandathletics.com/

Women's Basketball: Holland dropped a non-conference game to its crosstown rival West Ottawa. "We will continue to learn and grow. We are focusing on getting 1% better every day," said Coach Telgenhof. Amari Copado led the Dutch with 8 points. Miona Rogers and Alba Rodriguez Lima both had 7, while Maggie Telgenhof chipped in with 5.

Men's Basketball: Holland fell to West Ottawa 74-49 in a non-conference game on Thursday night. Holland (3-2) took a 16-11 lead after 3s from Keegan Hulst and Andrew Legg. The Dutch led 18-13 after one quarter. Legg converted a three-point play to push the lead to 21-13. Legg finished with 12 points, Josiah VanHekken had 11, and Hulst finished with nine. "We bought into the little things, and we did a really good job of that in the first quarter," Holland coach Andrew Meeuwsen said. "It is not just one guy. They started trapping more and using that pressure."

Word of the Day

Veracity is a formal word that can refer to truth or accuracy, or to the quality of being truthful or honest.

The jury seemed not to doubt the veracity of the witness.