Beloved Meadowdale music teacher, Bob Burton, 90, passes away
Bob Burton died peacefully, alongside family in his Edmonds home near midnight on Thursday, August 10, 2023, after several weeks in hospice care due to ill health resulting from congestive heart failure and a stroke. A lover of ice cream, beautiful sunsets, spectacular music, his view of the Puget Sound and his children and grandchildren, […]
Hundreds of Meadowdale alums gather to sing for retired teacher’s 90th birthday
EDMONDS, Wash., July 15, 2023—Approximately 250 Meadowdale High School alums gathered at the Edmonds Waterfront Center on June 24 to celebrate the 90th birthday of former music teacher Robert Burton; taking the risers one last time to sing songs Mr. Burton had taught them over 30 years ago. In many ways Robert Burton kickstarted the […]
Meadowdale Player’s performance of Disney’s Newsies starts this Thursday
MUKILTEO, Wash., May 10, 2023—Meadowdale High School’s Drama Department kicks off their Spring musical of the Tony Award-winning Broadway show Newsies this Thursday, May 11. Newsies first released as a historical-musical-comedy film in 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures, starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall. The film was considered a commercial failure while still developing a […]
Meadowdale winter play is a reminder that the arts should never be overlooked
LYNNWOOD, Wash., January 16, 2023—Although still in high school, the talent of the cast of Meadowdale Drama’s adaptation, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, are beyond their years. To properly execute the multiple layers and complexity of a play like this requires a talented and intuitive cast paired with an intelligent and […]
Meadowdale Drama returns with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
LYNNWOOD, Wash., January 6, 2023—Meadowdale High School Drama is returning, January 12 through 14, with an ambitious take on Simon Stephens’ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Based on Mark Haddon’s novel of the same name, the story follows Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old English boy on the autism spectrum who embarks on […]
