Josh Pope's Record Deal?

Josh was given an amazing opportunity to perform for a record producer and wowed him so much that within an hour, he was offered a contract. Nothing has been signed, so stay tuned....

High School Musical

Phew. Jen finally gets a week of rest after doing three casts of High School Musical at two separate performing arts centers.
Yay! Selah was able to perform and enjoy herself as one of the cheerleaders for East High School in her cast of High School Musical. (you'll see her looking up from signing autographs in the photo album - and that really happened. For the kids who came to this show, being on the cast was about as big a thing as any you could do.
Wow! Izzi absolutely nailed her part as Coach Bolton, a part written for a male which required her to play a strong and overbearing basketball coach.
And what a special time for the girls when Omi and Grandpa Du came to see a performance.

New Kellen Stats

17 points and 10 boards. Sheboygan Lutheran tried a box and one against him.

Latest Kellen Stats

Kellen's game on Friday vs. St. John's Delafield: 28 points, 10 boards. They won, and the team scored a total of 50 points.

Kellen's Averages Through Four Games

15.5 points / 9.75 rebounds.

Kellen's Line

Kellen's line from his first freshman game: 17 points, 6 boards, 2 assists. That'll do.

More Press on Martina's Robots

Channel 2 - WBAY TV in Green Bay - where Greg interned back in the day* - is running a story on Martina's robots at 4, 5, and 10 tomorrow. I think. Stay tuned, and BNS will see if there's a link that we can find.

*Two interesting notes: 1. One guy who sat in the newsroom while Greg worked, sometimes working, but sometimes talking on the phone with his wife, was Kevin Rompa. Kevin would sometimes turn to Greg and say, "Greg, don't hate me because I'm beautiful." Kevin also advised Greg to not get into the news business, advice Greg took and went on to fame as a member of 98 Degrees. No, wait. After toiling for years at a bunch of jobs, Greg found people who will pay him to essentially do nothing more than walk into an office and do what he would have done for free. Please do not tell Greg's employers this. 2. Mipps is currently in week 4 of dating this Channel 2 luminary. This puts her in the lead. Much like Pat Robertson at CBN, BNS does not officially endorse candidates for Mipps, but as a private citizen, holds no opinions until we can verify the whole pig thing.

Teia, Izzi and Brennick's Choir

As mentioned earlier, Living Word's A Capella choir have a recording online! I think this was actually recorded last year, but its nice...

Heidi: Dancer, Communicator

The following was sent to the little-used BNS email address on Saturday:

The "Christmas Window" opens tomorrow night, with performances tomorrow, 2 on Saturday, 1 on Sunday and next weekend as well.

This was sent last week to your avicom address but could not be delivered due to content. We are half way thru with many, many positive comments. What a blessing to be part of this. hid

There's lots to talk about here. Heidi mentioned that this performance contains Cirque de Soleil performers and a rendition of Disney's "Be Our Guest." Something tells me Carl Bornemann might have passed on this one.

In addition, what kind of emails is HKBD sending that are getting rejected due to content? What kind of salacious comments or crude words is she writing? We'll never know.

OOPS! The Taste That Didn't Click

I fixed the bad link on the links to work that Greg does. If you encounter something hinky like that, let the blog know.

N.E.W., Alexis Finish A Spectacular Season With A Loss

Alexis, Erin and Jeff's oldest, helped lead her volleyball team to state tournament competition. Unfortunately, they fell short. But Alexis has a few years of experience left in her tank. It's good to know those Filipino-German genes are still hopping and competing out there.

Alexis, know your family - even Black Sheep Uncle Greg - is proud of you. Never doubt that.

Danny Batiansila Sighting (Sort Of)

...Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, cousin Danny Batiansila made the Dean's List at Appalachian State University last year.

We don't know much about Danny, so if anyone has any more recent news, let the blog know.

Ken Batiansila Sighting (Sort Of)

Looks like our cousin, Ken, hit a hole in one on a Washington golf course 6 years ago. (go to the 2001 listings).

Target's Fresh Face Is Familiar: Our Model Cuz

Graham is throwing frisbees on Target's website.

Graham is Heidi's second kid. Heidi and Phil live in the Twin Cities area with their two boys. Heidi is Bat and Christa's second kid. Heidi and Phil have two houses.

This is getting weird.

They Printed It After All

Looks like they printed my book(let) after all. That's about 7 years after I finished my part of it...

JOOYY!

Heidi called me on Saturday. I'm walking through the store and she asked me if I knew a Christmas song...it goes "Jooooyy.....".

Don't ask me to replicate what she sang. It didn't matter. "JOOOOYYY..."

So, if you know the song, let me know. I couldn't get it.

Turns out Heidi is considering trying out for a play, and was trying to locate the song. I'm not sure if it's called "Jooooyy..." or if that's the chorus. Heidi's still on the fence about trying out for the play...I'll keep you posted.

Isabel and Selah tried out and received parts in High School Musical. Izzi is in the Jocks and an extra audition person (where she gets to try out however she wants) (I know that if you don't know anything about High School Musical, that meant nothing) and Selah is a cheerleader!

OOH! And Teia and Isabel's choir was chosen from many entrants to sing with the Milwaukee Symphony in November. They will be performing, among other pieces, "Messiah." And perhaps, "Joooyy."