Georgia HOBY Newsletter:
Sixty-Fourth Edition, May 10, 2016
Featured Alumnus: Caleb Siler '12
I remember the first time I heard about HOBY. I was pulled into the counselor’s office of my high school, and I was told I had been selected to attend this thing called HOBY that upcoming summer. I agreed to going without really knowing fully what I was getting myself into. I spent the rest of my second semester of sophomore year with HOBY far back in my mind. Finally, the day before the first day of HOBY arrives and I do not want to go. I end up calling my friend who had gone through the experience before so he could give me some reason to want to go. He said something along the lives of, “HOBY is full of unicorns, you will fit in perfectly.”
This response turned out to be very true in many ways:
- 1. Everyone at HOBY has magical powers
- 2. They are fabulous beyond belief
- 3. And, at HOBY, we all ride the pony, a close ancestor to the unicorn.
However, in all seriousness, if I had said no to going to HOBY, I would not be the person I am today. Today I am attending Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee where I study theatre and film. The performing arts have always been a passion instilled in my heart, and HOBY has given me the drive to not just try, but succeed in my art. From being an actor, to designing, my work process is influenced by the values I learned at HOBY. The theatre world is full of very different people from all different backgrounds meaning people are going to have different ideas. Knowing this is important, according to the HOBY values I learned, because everyone’s ideas are important and can enhance my artistic abilities to be understood by a larger scale of people, especially since acting alone is an art of understanding.
Service is another huge part of HOBY that has impacted my life. Every year I help run an acting class at my university for adults with learning disabilities. This is not only a great way to help my community, but it is a way that I can help with my talents. The best way to serve your community is to look at what you love doing, and find a way to do that to serve your community. Once you find that one thing, you will never stop serving.
HOBY has impacted my life in many ways and I hope to keep serving and helping seminar sites around the country until my stature and physical state becomes that of a sloth. I am very honored to be chosen to be the featured alumni, and I can not wait to see how many more amazing alumni HOBY will produce.
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