Star Journal Donors, staff, school board celebrate Rhinelander Dome Share:
Dr. Lee Swank cut the ribbon to officially open the Hodag Dome to the public. He is surrounded by Rhinelander chamber ambassadors, school board members, donors, and school district staff.
By Eileen Persike
Editor
What started with the largest private donation to the Hodag Schools Foundation (HSF) in 2018, was celebrated today as a game-changing addition to the School District of Rhinelander and the community.
Retired physician Dr. Lee Swank pledged $500,000 to a project that would allow Rhinelander athletes to practice indoors
Hodag Schools Foundation president David Heck addressed those in attendance.
I’m sitting in Rhinelander High School’s nearly empty auditorium.
On the stage in front of me, about 20 students are performing their final dress rehearsal of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
One of the actors twirls around in a long, rainbow-colored coat.
They’re singing into microphones tucked beneath tie-dye masks.
The students are getting ready for a weekend of performances.
Like their rehearsals, these performances will look much different than shows from a pre-COVID era.
Kristin Higgins is one of the directors.
In addition to the masks, she said the play has been choreographed so that students stay six feet apart.