The Cypress Springs High School VOICE Special Edition
The Cypress Springs High School
VOICE Adviser - Julianne Wood Editor - in - Cheif - Eileen Salazar Managing Editor - Denise Cervantes Reporters Stephanie Arce Cynthia Arreguin Brittany Baisley Caci Clark Damien Claudio BreeAngela Hamilton Sade Johnson Annvie Nguyen Zeneida Ramirez Brittany Stevenson Daniel Tellez Jasmine Vasquez Troy Youman
Contents Features Lady Diamonds..............4 & 5 Confessions of a High School Fashionista Fashion Show.....6 &7 Intresting Facts....................,,8 Speech and Debate................9
Reviews
Death Of A Salesman.....................8
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Lady Diamonds remain District Champs
By: Eileen Salazar
“Lady Diamonds are forever.” is one of the infamous chants that our award winning reiging champs, the Cy-Springs Lady Diamonds step team, holds true. On April 13, the annual District Step Show was held at the Berry Center. Schools from all over the Cy-Fair District compete in an intense competetion for a $400 dollar grand prize and bragging rights for the year. “We are known as one of the best teams in the district and out of district,” junior Jonique Mitchell said. “People look forward to seeing us perform, so we knew we had to put on an amazing show.” The Lady Diamonds went out and shut the show down. “It was such a rush performing at district,” junior Alexas Overshown said. “It’s a lot of fun because we know the crowd loves to see us, and all you hear is the crowd going wild with all our steps.” The Lady Diamonds remain the district champs, making it two years in a row.
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Confessions of a Highschool Fashionista Fashion Show
By: Caci Clark On the night of April 26th, Cypress Springs’ fashion department hosted their first fashion show of the year. It was full of creative, colorful, and intricate pieces. The models, made up of students, walked the runway with their best model faces and poses, giving their audience the full effect. The models weren’t the only ones giving the audience a performance to remember; Cypress Springs’ two-time winning champions, the Lady Diamonds step team, also performed. Junior Moriah Palmer explained the feeling she gets once she’s performed for a crowd. “It’s unbelievable to see all of these people clapping and cheering for you after you’ve worked so hard to perfect something,” Palmer said. “It’s a wonderful feeling.” It wouldn’t be a fashion show without models; after all, someone needs to wear the clothes. Junior Inmer Ascencio one of the male models, explained what the experience was like for him, and whether or not he would want to do it again. “It was a very exciting experience for me.” Ascencio said. “It would definitely be something I would want to do again.” Overall, the fashion department gave their audience a show which displayed their creativity, skill, and eye for fashion. The models, whether experienced or not, acted just as if they knew the ins and outs of the runway. Cypress Springs can only hope for an even better show in the 2014 school year.
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Intresting Facts
By: Damien Claudio
1. If you daydream many times a day, you’re considered to be better at solving problems. 2. 89% of people feel uncomfortable when the volume on the TV is an odd number. 3. 80% of people pretend to “have never gotten that text” when it’s from someone that annoys them. 4. No matter how hard you pinch the extra skin on your elbow, you will not feel pain. 5. Not getting at least 8 hours of sleep each day can increase your appetite when you’re constantly hungry. 6. “Nomo- pohobia” is the fear of being without a cell phone. 7. The three most common lies on the Internet: (1) I have read and agree to the terms of service. (2) Status: off -line. (3) Yes, I am over 18 years old. 8. The average cell phone contains more germs and bacteria than the average toilet seat. 9. Licking your own wounds actually speeds up the healing process. Human saliva contains many antibacterial compounds. 10. The brain forgets 81% of things it learned each day; and you’ll most likely forget this.
Death of a Salesman
By: Denise Cervantes
Cypress Springs High School held its one act UIL show this past Wednesday, Death of a Salesman. The play revolves around a suicidal businessman Willy Loman’s personal and family problems. After losing his job, Willy focuses on his son Biff’s life, resulting in more havoc and arguing in the Loman household. The plot of the play sets up a show filled with dramatic, heart-felt, and quite sorrowful scenes. The setting mostly stayed in the Loman household although there were a couple of transition scenes that involved a hotel and a restaurant. Each transition scene involved lighting cues that were all on point. The set was very basic, made up of mostly of pillars and a small staircase to represent the upstairs of the home. The house was set up from left to right, beginning with their bedroom and ending with their backyard. Between transitions, a table was set up stage left for the restaurant scene; from there the rest of the set stayed the same throughout the show. The costuming and make-up of the actors were very well done. The actors who played older roles like Linda, Willy’s wife, and Willy had grey hair and old age make up done although the old age make-up seemed to result more in the actor who played Willy than the actress who played Linda. Both Linda’s and Willy’s costumes fit their age perfectly, Willy in a tie and slacks for most of the show and Linda in a long conservative dress. Biff and Happy, Willy’s sons’, costumes also fit their age, both in a plain shirt or a button down. The colors of the actors’ costumes were well thought out. They stuck to a black, grey and white color pallet, which fit the show’s dramatic yet sorrowful theme perfectly. Not only were the actors dressed well, they also each delivered an outstanding performance. I was especially pleasantly surprised with Ashlyn Lancaster as the woman Willy has an affair with; it took me a brief second to even realize Lancaster was the women. She did an amazing job as did all of the actors. The play called for many heart-felt scenes, and each actor made me feel their characters angst through their performance. The ending even brought tears to my eyes. Overall, it was a great show that I enjoyed entirely. The audience members were all well behaved which made the show that much more enjoyable. There wasn’t much that I would change, and the hard work that all the actors and crew put into the show shined throughout the performance.
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Speech and Debate
By: Denise Cervantes
While the rest of the student body was busy getting ready for their spring break, the speech and debate team was steadily preparing for the TFA State Competition in Grand Prairie, TX. The TFA State Competition is the largest forensic competition in the state, with over 210 schools and 1,000 students participating. The competitors included Jarod King and Joanna Godinez who competed in Duet Acting, Xochitl Garcia in Student Congress Debate, and Brandon Boyce who competed in Prose Interpretation. Boyce was awarded the Heart and Soul award for the dedication he showed towards forensic excellence and the generosity of spirit. “I was very surprised,” senior Brandon Boyce said. “I was so surprised; I cried tears of joy.” Boyce, who has been involved in speech and debate for three years, choose prose interpretation as his category, which involves reading a story from a binder while simultaneously acting it out. Before his performance Boyce steadily rehearses his piece and prepares himself for the crowd. “I do a mouth exercise before I go on stage,” Boyce said. “I call it the Charmander Exercise.” The speech and debate are made up of hard workers. The TFA competition wasn’t the only event the debate team had to prepare for, on March 21st and 22nd the speech and debate team competed in their UIL academic meet, held at Jersey Village High School. The team competed in Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Prose Interpretation ,and Poetry Interpretation. Team member Beatriz Barros held her title as district champion by placing first place in Informative Speaking for the past two years. Shahea Walker placed in 8th for Prose Interpretation and Tyler Thompson placed 3rd in Persuasive Speaking and Poetry Interpretation.
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