FALL RALLY SOUTH

Asia Estrella| ’20-’21 Spirit Coordinator

What’s poppin’ Whitney! I know things can be very difficult right now due to our current situation and many of us have been looking forward to our future but this is also a great time to reminisce over past events that have impacted us in a very positive manner. Preceding into this current term an event I tend to reminisce about has been my favorite key club event of all time, Fall Rally South. As the current spirit chair for our home club and the spirit coordinator for our division this is an event I hold near and dear to my heart and I hope it encourages all of you to attend.

Personally for me Fall Rally has been the most fun and rewarding experience in Key Club. It allowed me to interact with other members of our division as well as create a deep passion for Key Club. Attending all of the spirit nights leading up to Fall Rally as well as the event alone allowed for me to create friendships I never knew were possible, from having friends from different schools to some from different areas of California is the craziest concept to me. Being from Whitney it is hard to fray from the “Whitney Bubble” and it is hard to make friendships outside of Whitney but Fall Rally has opened up a world of other students just like us with a similar strong passion for Key Club.

For those who have never experienced a Fall Rally I highly recommend going as it is one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever gone through. For months we as a division have been preparing the cheers made by our very own division leadership team and we have dedicated so much time and effort into competing at Fall Rally. With our first experience of the day, for some waking up at 4 and for others not sleeping at all, our minds are clogged with the idea of arriving at Six Flags all dressed up representing our division. Throughout our time there all of our cheers we spent months preparing rush through our minds as we all quickly enter the Golden Bear Theater claiming our spot for the competition. After pouring our hearts out and even losing our voices our hearts beat as fast as we can possibly imagine and nothing is more rewarding than hearing that the winner of our session is none other than Division 30 South. Cheers are echoed from every direction and tears flow, after so much dedication and preparation there is nothing more rewarding than giving your all and seeing where all your work went. Whether we won or lost, that still won't strip away the rewarding feeling you get after your session just giving your all and seeing all of the other members giving their all is already rewarding on its own.

Because of our current situation it is not confirmed whether or not we will be having a Fall Rally South this year so unfortunately for us incoming seniors we might have not known that the last Fall Rally we went to was our last Fall Rally but for the incoming juniors and younger please don’t take this opportunity for granted, it is an experience everyone should go through at least once and my biggest regret is not going earlier so please take this opportunity while you still can.