Happy Homecoming!

Homecoming 2010 is now in the books. It was a great week, full of excitement and wonderful performances. You can see to the right that the freshmen got right into the spirit of things with their banner celebrating the theme of "Game Time." Led by senior advisors Logan, Maura, and Tracey, they created a clever reworking of the Monopoly board with a musical theme.

The Warrior Marching Band started Homecoming Friday with an early bird practice on the back 40, where we were under a fairly constant drizzle. With our dress rehearsal cut short, we went inside to wipe down the instruments and head off to class. By 8th period, though, we were ready to start the festivities. Continuing a tradition that dates back to the 1960s, we marched through the halls performing the fight song, our halftime numbers, and several cheers. My favorite stop is always by the DeerPark Daycare, where our little friends helped us cheer on the Warriors with "Go Big Red!"

Then it was on to the pep rally where we joined forces with the cheerleaders, Warriorettes, and drill team for a rousing rendition of the fight song. In our featured numbers, drum major Logan Bloom showed off his advanced mace spinning techniques for the crowd as we performed the video game theme song, "The Legend of Zelda." His final toss narrowly missed the ceiling of the exhibition gym, and the audience cheered his triumphant catch. Then, the homecoming court was announced, with band members Alex Schopa and Danny Dubin representing the sophomore and junior classes, and Laurie Polisky as homecoming queen.

The football game went very well for both the team and the band. Pregame was well executed, starting everything off with a spirit of patriotism. At halftime, we performed our tribute to video game music, with a complicated drill on "Super Mario Bros." and a giant game of Tetris, in which each squad became a Tetris block and marched towards the sideline, rotating and sliding into place. Since I couldn't figure out how to make the squads disappear, we didn't manage to clear any lines. The cheerleaders helped out by forming the sides of the game board. They were so excited to be part of the show that they baked us cookies! After the 3rd quarter, we reprised Logan's mace routine from the pep rally, and when all was said and done, we were tired, happy, and basking in a 35-7 victory over Maine West. Go Big Red, indeed!



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