Spirit Week: Day 3 Generation Dances

Samantha Rose, Assistant Managing Editor • 37 Views

January 28, 2015

The finale of the senior class’ ’80s themed generation dance.

Poodle skirts, psychedelic print patterns and neon spandex filled the halls today for Generation Day. Freshmen embodied the ’50s, sophomores the ’60s, juniors the ’70s and seniors the ’80s. Each class represented their decade with the generation dances during lunch in the gym.

Freshmen kicked off the dances, throwing it back to the era of the sock hop and hand jiving to “Grease” hits such as “We Go Together.” For the sophomore dance, students played the saxophone to the opening song “Soul Man” and dancers continued with songs including “Welcome to the ’60s” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from the musical “Hairspray.” Juniors got into the disco spirit with songs such as “I Will Survive” and “Boogie Shoes.” The seniors got physical in their leotards and leg warmers, beginning their dance with a choreographed fight to the beat of “Eye of the Tiger” and dancing their way to first place.

In front of Freshmen Hill, artists from each class worked on chalk art. The freshmen played off the idea of “fresh meat” with “fresh fish,” sophomores focused on their class’ jungle theme with a feline at the center of their piece, juniors chalked “Scooby-Doo” characters and seniors depicted a silhouette of the famous “Flashdance” chair pose from the 1983 film.

Generation Dance results:

First: Seniors
Second: Freshmen
Third: Sophomores
Fourth: Juniors

Chalk Art Results:

First: Sophomores
Second: Juniors
Third: Seniors
Fourth: Freshmen

Daily Ticket Update:

Freshmen – 169
Sophomores – 142
Juniors – 134
Seniors – 243

Cumulative Ticket Update:

Freshmen – 422
Sophomores – 387
Juniors – 414
Seniors – 776

Cumulative Point Update:

Freshmen – 21
Sophomores – 18
Juniors – 23
Seniors – 27

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Samantha Rose, Editor-In-Chief

Communications senior Samantha Rose is a third-year staffer and Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Muse. She has had a passion for writing since middle school and loves expanding it on The Muse. In addition to journalism, Rose takes a film class and is involved in the Dreyfoos community as co-secretary of National Honor Society, treasurer of Key Club and member of National English Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. Rose is also a third degree black belt in taekwondo. In addition to helping staffers in The Muse, Rose loves teaching children during the summer at Digi-Camp, where she assists kids with video game programming, video production, photography, and TV production. This summer, Rose gained more journalistic experience at the Asian American Journalists Association’s JCamp at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She was one of 42 high school students selected to participate in the program, during which she learned from several prominent journalists while working on her own story. While Rose is keeping her options open, she hopes to pursue a career in communications and continue journalism in college by joining another scholastic publication.