Winter Carnival 2015 News and Opinions from the Students of Berkshire School
February 4, 2015
Inside Winter Carnival: A Breakdown of Field Events By Molly Crabtree
On the night of January 30, Berkshire students filled Allen Theater for Winter Carnival opening ceremonies with each dorm representing the theme of different music genres. There was a lot of hype among the student body about the theme this year, which was clear when members of all the dorms stormed Allen Theater at 7:30 before the field games began. Junior Eliza Griffin thought the theme “was jazzy”. Eipper lined the Allen Theater lobby, waiting for all the other dorms to pass through before they made their official entrance. Unlike the other dorms, Eipper remained straight-faced and silent, representing their Jazz theme appropriately. Further embodying their theme, Eipper was decked out in black and white attire holding saxophones and wearing dark sunglasses. Stanley was the first dorm to enter Allen Theater, filling the first two rows of seats.
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Their outfits reflected attire kids wear to Electric music concerts. The other dorms were hesitant to enter Allen Theatre, vying to make a statement in front of the other dorms. Unlike the other dorms, Allen arrival was from the side entrance of Allen near the stage. Allen’s entrance was bold, dressed in flannels and cowboy hats, repeatedly saying, “We are Allen”. It took a couple of minutes before Mr. Quilty could calm down the hyped student body. When all the dorms were quiet enough, Mr. Quilty cued the prefect video, in which prefects from each dorm gave a sneak preview of their Winter Carnival music genre. After the prefect video was shown, each dorm ran out to the football field, prepared to take on the other dorms in the various races and games. Heading into these competitions, on the girls side, Spurr/Senior House were the overall points leaders with 2460 points. Not far behind was Godman with 2405 points. Likewise, Allen was leading on the boys end with 2405 points, with the day students not far behind with 2310.
Despite the freezing cold weather outside, the competitions on the football field got heated among the students. Both Spurr/ Senior House and Godman kept their first and second places in lock by winning their relay races; whereas DeWindt, Stanley and Buck came from behind and won their races, stealing the lead from Allen. Although Allen was not able to pull out a victory in the relays, they prevailed in the sled races, winning both heats. Eipper was able to pull out two victories in the sled races, making it a close battle for first place on the boy’s side. The utmost anticipated event on the football field was tug of war. Both Spurr/Senior House and CGR won both of their hard fought battles. Allen and Eipper were also able to pull off two victories in tug of war. Despite the cold weather, the energy remained upbeat during the whole duration students were outside. Senior Liza Jane Branch particularly noticed this enthusiasm, “I’ve never seen anything like this past weekend before at Berkshire. All of the dorms became united and worked together so well. It was incredible to experience, especially in Macmillan. Even in the crazy wind storm and freezing temperature, everyone was excited to be a part of the weekend.” Mr. Quilty was impressed with the efforts on the football field as well, “I loved the energy and the support the students offered to their teammates. It’s great to see them running around the sled race pulling their team with words of encouragement.” Heading into the ice skits, it was a close call for who was in first place for both the boys and girls. The judges would have a hard decision to make as all the dorms prepared for countless days and mornings to perfect their performances on the ice. Senior Olivia Silverman, prefect of Godman, choreographed the school’s largest girls dorms’ ice
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