Blythe Bull, '15
...has been performing on the ESA stage since her arrival in sixth grade. In her last ESA performance, Blythe and her four choir classmates, Carly Hebert, Angelle Bourgeois, Ashlyn Driskell and Ann Marie Lahasky, presented Women of Broadway in Review, with songs from popular musicals. A native of New Iberia, she attended Epiphany Day School and grew up acting with the Iberia Performing Arts League. Her first role, at age six, was as the narrator in IPAL’s Billy Goats Gruff. Blythe attended IPAL summer programs until the league discontinued them. As a freshman, she and her friends brought the summer program back, and Blythe continues to run the acting workshop. Last year, she directed the IPAL production of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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When she arrived at ESA, Blythe didn’t plan to audition for the musical. Her English teacher convinced Blythe to take part in the production. She has performed in the spring musical every year since, and has participated in ESA’s choir as well. Last year she was chosen as a member of the Lafayette Music Educators’ Association’s Honor Choir, which is made up of the top choir students from the Lafayette area.
A member of the Honor Council since ninth grade, Blythe served as Honor Council President this year. She considers that a highlight of her ESA experience. “I believe so much in it,” she says. At the Honor Book chapel this year, Blythe advised students, “Remember that this community values honorable decisions over good grades or better performances, but most importantly remember that breaking this oath doesn’t destroy anyone else but the person you see staring back at you in the mirror every day.”
This year, Blythe has enjoyed being a part of Student Council as a whole, thanks to the energy of the students and teachers involved, and the impact they have made on the school. Outside of school, Blythe plays the piano and spends her Tuesday mornings before school at Solomon House, where she distributes food to families in need.
Academically, Blythe is drawn to the sciences for the challenges they offer and the opportunity to learn how the world works. She doubled up in anatomy and chemistry her junior year, preferring not to give herself any free periods. “I wanted to take more challenging courses,” she says. “I ended up getting very little sleep.” While she plans to major in music at Hendrix College in Arkansas, Blythe will continue to take science courses, with the goal of attending medical school.
“I’m laid back because of ESA,” Blythe says. “I learned how to manage my academic load but I also found parts of myself that I love and could let grow and prosper here, whether it was music with Mr. Allen, drama with Mrs. Mova or leadership with Mrs. Bush. It’s not everywhere that you get to have lunch with your teachers or talk about TV shows. I really appreciate it.”
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