THEBEAT goes on

At the end of the concert, all of the senior band players got together and did a song together.

Her friends thought the stick and blanket she brought for ‘anything-but-a-backpack day’ was absolutely hilarious. Ini Ray (‘26) says the set up was heavy but she was feeling like herself while confidently walking through the halls. “I didn’t want to bring a suitcase, that was boring; so thought of something more creative and had a stick just chilling in my backyard. I’ve had it there since moved here, so thought of using that with the biggest blanket own”

Photo by B.Dowdy

She and Dennis, the janitor, are good friends; so she decided to surprise him on twin day. Initially, Ms. Ivy informed Dennis that she would come in wearing a similar gray flannel as him for Twin Day; however, she surprised him by completely replicating his look, down to his iconic mustache. “The reaction was better than thought,” said Ms.Ivy, “he seemed like he laughed and he had a good time.”

Photo by B. Dowdy ending the year

With A Swing

The Spanish Club is all about experiencing and appreciating the heritage of the Spanish culture. Alesia Spicochi (‘25) has been spending her time in a Spanish club making a paper maché balloon for around a month with her partner Maia Lopez. Alesia wanted to make a fun, colorful balloon with confetti and Lopez wanted it to include a streamer rainbow. They plan to break them at their end of the year party. “I am putting on the streamers on the paper maché balloons so its colorful” Spicochi said.

Chase Ferris (‘23) has been playing trumpet since the sixth grade. As a senior, the Spring Concert was Ferris’ last show of high school, and he and the other seniors got together at the end of the show to perform Elton John’s hit classic: “I’m Still Standing”. “It was a little bitter-sweet,” said Ferris, “but guess kinda have a different experience than most people in their last concert because I’m going to college for a music major, so it’s definitely not the last concert for me.”

After the band had visited Disneyland to perform in front of new audiences, they came back and played those same Disney songs during the Spring concert. For the final show, William O’Neal (‘25) and his bandmates played a few songs that they had the pleasure of playing in DisneyLand. One of the songs O’neal and his bandmates played, titled “Disney at the Movies” – which was an extended compilation of various Disney songs – was one of O’Neal’s personal favorites. “Disney at the Movies is just fun,” said O’Neal, “because it’s just ten minutes of Disney.”

S14 S15 spring supplement: week #33: 5.8-5.14 spread completed by team #3