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HOMECOMING 2021 HOMECOMING 2021
BY MICHELLE CHEN AND MATTHEW YOSHIMOTO
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Senior Issa Baca, one of the senior Homecoming court nominees, walks to the stage with his escort Science teacher Kenneth Gan.
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The MVHS Dance team poses at the end of its performance during the halftime show as the crowd cheers.
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Senior Sophia Bokovikova poses after being crowned as Homecoming Royalty and receiving her sash from principal Ben Clausnitzer. Senior Vy Pham performs in the Marching Band and Color Guard’s “Phases of the Moon” show.
Senior Marcella Fowlkes and other seniors chant their class cheer: “2-0-2-2 We’ll show you!”
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Senior Kassidy Yu plays marimba in the pit ensemble as part of the Marching Band and Color Guard’s “Phases of the Moon” performance.
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The Class of 2022 continues the tradition of senior breakthrough to start the Homecoming rally, led by MVHS Cheer.
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Junior Anika Lin gets lifted by her teammates and poses to the song “I Like It” by Cardi B during MVHS Cheer’s performance.
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Freshman Aiden Huang competes in the obstacle relay, which included tasks such as jumping over hurdles and diving through hamburger-shaped floaties.
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Seniors Arune Sarma and Rhea Sidbatte dance together during the Class of 2022’s second performace of their Homecoming dance. ARTS & ENT | OCTOBER 2021 23
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The Class of 2025 cheers with the conclusion of its rst Homecoming skit. The skit nishes with an inspiring speech about the ups and downs of life, followed by the class cheer, “2-0-2-5, keepin’ it alive,” as the students celebrate.
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A heart formation signals the end of the girls’ dance performance. The freshmen skit represents a gameshow adaptation of the “Game of Life” boardgame, following four characters through di erent stages of their adventure. The dance ushers in the next advancement in the game — shopping for homes.
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Freshmen Lotus Wu, who helped choreograph the highly synchronized girls’ dance, rolls to the beat while “So Close” by NOTD and Felix Jaehn plays in the background.
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MVHS mascots El Toro and Monty cheer on the performers from the sidelines as the contestants enter their nal stage in the game — retirement
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Freshmen Nichole Go and Rhianna Prendergast strike a pose while performing to “Adore You” by Harry Styles. The freshmen class o cers browsed Spotify’s “today’s top hits” playlist, handpicking songs that stood out to them and compiling them onto a list before nding mashups to their favorite songs.
Right a er the skit, freshmen Aarna Burji joins other students in wishing Lotus Wu a happy birthday. Burji recalls the excitement surrounding the moment along with the built sense of community.
Freshman Nihika Sabnis plays the gameshow host, o ering a leveled stare towards the contestants while declaring the next event in the game of life: marriage. Towards the end, freshman Jinyong Um is shocked to learn that there is no nal winner of the gameshow — an important moral of the skit as well as real life.
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Sophomore Anuva Raut plays an evil black licorice in 2024’s Candy Land themed skit.
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Sophomores Shivank Dhamija and Piyush Shanbhag perform headstands as Matthew Lau, Neiv Gupta, Pranai Raina and Dylan Chaahoub cheer from behind.
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Sophomores Gracie Lee, Anuva Raut, Stuvi Vasha, Miriam Law and other dancers enter a pyramid formation while dancing to “Sour Candy” by BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga.
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Performers flock to the center of the stage to cheer after finishing the third dance of the skit.
1. Stuvi Vasha and Miriam Law dance to “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga. 2. Performers hold up the sophomore banner after finishing their skit. 3. Sophomore and choreographer Pranai Raina performs a backflip.
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[Left to right]: Sophomores Dylan Chaahoub, Neiv Gupta, Pranai Raina and Matthew Lau run on stage while motioning to the crowd to perform their dance which featured breakdancing.
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The Class of 2023 skit performers gather in a group at the end of their performance to celebrate. The participants shot confetti in the air and jumped up and down with excitement and happiness as they chanted their class chant, “Who you wanna be, 2023.”
The girls’ dance performers dance to “Just Got Paid” for the second dance of the Homecoming skit, which was choreographed by juniors Kylie Chang, Catherine Huang, Aneesha Sinha, Clara Takahashi and June Wang. Junior Anna Pullara acts out his part during the skit, which was centered around a story consisting of the MVHS principal being replaced and a whirlwind journey through a Monopoly world to restore everything back to normal.
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The girls’ dance performers dance to “Low” by Flo Rida. Dancer Kashish Naggar says that since the song was from TikTok, the dance wasn’t too difficult to learn, despite some coordination challenges.
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Junior Hayden Ancheta jumps over a group of dancers during the boys’ dance. Junior June Wang shares that the move added energy to the dance, and that they were confident leading up to the stunt.
PHOTO | JAYANTI JHA The co-ed dancers perform to “Fireflies” by NCT Dream, choreographed by juniors Kylie Chang, Kayla Chang, Catherine Huang, Alicia Lee and June Wang. The participants finished off their final performance with energy and excitement.
The music for the girls’ dance consisted of three energy-filled songs — “Instruction” by Jax Jones, “Just Got Paid” and “Low” by Flo Rida.
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The Class of 2022 cheers in a huddle following the end of their homecoming skit performance for the nal time. Following months of preparation making costumes, props, skit decs and learning choreography, they got the chance to nally show their spirit in front of a crowd of MVHS students and faculty.
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The boys’ dance performers kick in the air during their performance. The boys dance contained multiple cartwheels and breakdancing performances.
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Senior Ariyal Jain vaults over Senior Rudra Phalnikar in the seniors’ rst coed dance performance.
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Senior Marlys Kutach performs in the girls dance to the songs “Salute,” by Little Mix, “16 Shots” by Ste on Don and “Pretty Savage” by Black Pink.
PHOTO | LANCE TONG Senior Issa Baca, playing the part of Mr. Green aunts his wealth prior to the boys dance. In the skit, Mr. Green was accused of stealing the diplomas, however he was not the thief.
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Senior Sudhit Rao and Sabrina Yanagihara dance in the co-ed dance to “Kiss Me More” by Doja Cat, “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic and “Turn Up the Music” by Chris Brown.
PHOTO | ADI SHUKLA Senior Esha Ramachurn performs in the girl’s dance which was choreographed by senior Ariyal Jain, Rhea Sidbatte and Arshiya Choudary. Learning the choreography took several weeks and multiple meetings for the seniors to master.
