through Blue Hills, the camera blocking his view
of the path.
“That whole first video was just one step to our
first real video,” admits Justin. But Teagan jumps
in: “It was more than one step - it was a staircase.”
As they prepare for college, (Ky to study
music at the University of Loyola in New Orleans,
Teagan to study film at Elon, Justin to Chapman
University with a dream to work in artist
representation, and Dimitri to UMass Amherst
with the intention of focusing on both music
and business), they talk about the support they
received from Xaverian along the way.
“Our grade is close,” Teagan explains. “When
people start getting interested in something and
want to take it to the next level, our classmates are
supportive, and so are the teachers.”
“I’m walking by Nicholson’s office one day,”
Dimitri chimes in (and it should be noted that
“Nicholson” is Mr. Michael Nicholson, Assistant
Principal of Student Life). “And I hear my voice
singing from in his office, and so I do a little
moonwalk backwards to see what’s up. Then
Nicholson calls me in and starts congratulating
me. And then after that, Vasta (that’s Mr. Chris
Vasta ’00, Assistant Principal for Academics)
pulled me out of class and talked to me about
it. Even Dr. Conca talked to me about it.” He’s
Pictured here are Justin Miller ’19, Kyron Brown ’19, Dimitri Charlot ’19, and Teagan Blum ’19
smiling. You can see the pride.
“This room is full of a lot of talent and
potential,” Kyron quietly points out. “In a few
years, I can see us going far.”
A grin breaks across Teagan’s face. “It would be
cool if every summer we came back and made a
music video,” he says. And with that, they depart.
It’s their last day on campus at Xaverian, and this
interview is their last thing to do before heading
out for Christian Senior Service assignments.
Their joking and laughter can be heard as they
make their way down the hall...four unlikely
friends, brought together by a song called
“Broken.”
Summer 2019 Xaverian Magazine 5