Sadie Hawkins Day

Lil Abner; Underrated Musical Satire Desi Miller Stephens October, 2017 MT History/David Loud “The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.” Al Capp As a young girl in Oklahoma, there was always a high school or community theatre somewhere that was getting ready to perform the musical Lil Abner. I can close my eyes and see posters at the library, or flyers being sent home in my third grade Wednesday folder, I can even recall my babysitter talking about the lead she got

By Felicia Jin ABC^2, Make-A-Wish and Chinese clubs sold Valentine grams and treats Feb. 9-13, bringing the “sweets to sweeties” and funding for good causes. The gifts were purchased during the week and distributed to classes today. ABC^2 (Academically Better Children’s Club) held a bake sale for the first time in the Main Hall and will be donating their proceeds to the St. Jude’s Hospital. “It’s hard to say how much money we’re trying to raise because it’s our first time, but we’re hoping for a

Coleman Hawkins “I think he was the most interesting jazz musician I’ve ever seen in my life. He just looked so authoritative . . . I said, ‘Well, that’s what I want to do when I grow up.’”(DeVeaux, 35) Cannonball Adderley said these words when he first saw Coleman Hawkins with the Fletcher Henderson band at the City Auditorium in Tampa, Florida. Just as Hawkins influenced one of the greatest alto players in history, he has influenced many people to become phenomenal saxophone players.

traditional Sadie Hawkins type dance in which girls invite guys. Tickets are on sale now through January 18 for $15 on the Infinite Campus webstore. Crystal Ball week will be full of fun spirit days, starting Tuesday, the 17th through Friday, the 20th, leading up to the dance on Saturday night. Beginning on Tuesday, the spirit day will be camo/country, Wednesday’s will be punk vs. preppy, and on Thursday it’ll be celebrity dress up day. Lastly, Friday’s spirit day will be salad dressing day, where each

dances like black light or Sadie Hawkins. These ideas are a lot more attractive and cause a larger amount of students to attend. Because students enjoy planning out the school's spirit week, they enjoy SCA. Spirit weeks let students go to school for about a week while wearing a themed outfit just about everyday. When people hear about a spirit week you most likely want it to be original ideas. So, in SCA they get to create the ideas for that week like tacky tourist day or black

The movie “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, which is directed by Stephen Chbosky is about the life of a teenager named Charlie, who goes to high school. The main characters are Charlie, Patrick, and Sam. Charlie has his first day at high school and he tries to find new friends. At a football match Charlie gets to know the stepsiblings Patrick and his sister Sam and they become friends. Charlie’s English teacher is giving him many books and Charlie writes summaries about the books because he wants

A challenge i faced was the night of the Sadie Hawkins dance. My best friend at the time had asked me to the dance instead of her boyfriend because we were just really close. The night started off pretty well and didn’t seem like it was going to to go badly, but little did i know that the night would just go to complete crap in a short span of time. It all started when my girlfriend showed up (she wasn’t my girlfriend at the time) and I wanted to go dance with her instead of my best friend. When

In the winter month of February, the CLHSSC organizes Snow Days, a winter Homecoming of sorts. Along with an enthralling pep fest, the CLHSSC hosts a formal, Sadie Hawkins Dance. Often the case, male students usually ask their female classmates to attend the school dance. However, with Sadie Hawkins, female students are empowered due in part to the fact that they ask their male classmates. Along with sponsoring CLHS events, the

Throughout my time at Columbus, I have been involved in many leadership opportunities as well as been given many leadership roles and taken initiative to make myself a leader when it was needed. In doing this, I have obtained, worked on, and perfected many skills in addition to leadership that I will take with me into the future as well as pave a way for me to apply for this amazing opportunity of Senior Leadership Team. Going into my senior year, I am one of the few juniors who can say I have had

Gordie was the black sheep of the family, even before the death of Dennis. He didn't get a lot of attention because it was always about Dennis, “At the supper table it was Denny how many did you strike out and Denny who asked you to the Sadie Hawkins dance and Denny I want to talk to you man go man about the car we were looking at” (Part 1, page 19). Gordie feels lonely and neglected, his parents are not there to support him. Gordie feels forced to mature and look after himself on his own.