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Community Cluster
Community Youth
By Renae Hoffmann Walker
Savannah Bashus
Parents sometimes worry
that their child will be shy. Not
so with Savannah Bashus. She
is an up-front, larger than life
personality who has found a niche
in community theatre.
“I’ve never really defined
myself,” said Bashus. “I’m friends
with lots of different groups. I’ve
had a not-so-great past, and that’s
alright. Music has always been
there for me; it’s something I lean on. When I go on stage and sing, I
get an adrenalin rush that feels amazing!”
Decked out in her sun-streaked, shag hairstyle, blue toenails
and hippy beaded sandals and satchel, this Century High School
junior is definitely her own person. You may have seen her in Sleepy
Hollow Summer Theatre productions of “Peter Pan,” “Hello Dolly,”
“Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “High School Musical,”
and “Jekyll and Hyde.” This summer, she starred with other female
performers in “Beehive.”
“With acting, you don’t just stand there and sing; you can pull
the emotions out more,” she says.
At CHS, Bashus is in concert choir and describes herself as “a
little person with a big voice.” After high school, she may try out for
the Medora Musical. But long term, Bashus thinks her career will
be in sales like her parents, Heather and Jim, because she says she’s
“learned from the best.”
For now, this self-professed, “closet book reader geek” is happy
to explore her newest performance art hobby. Bashus makes hula
hoops out of PVC pipe, fills them with water, secures them with
brightly colored duct tape, and does tricks with them like the
vortex, butterfly, helicopter twirls and isolation moves. She’s dabbled
in LED light hula hoops, fire wands and spinning poi, a method of
twirling balls on ropes around one’s body (www.homeofpoi.com).
At home, Bashus lives with three dogs, eight chinchillas and
a whole bunch of flying squirrels that her dad brought home.
Sometimes she hangs out with her brother, Houston, who plays
football for South Dakota School of Mines. She recommends
students read “Please Stop Laughing At Me” to get more in touch
with who they really are inside.
Renae Hoffmann Walker enjoys writing and public speaking as a former news
reporter and now as Community Relations Director for Bismarck.
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