Hartselle High School’s Homecoming week shows school spirit and sportsmanship, but it also focuses on the creativity between the classes. The skits and floats that are created by each class all have their own story to tell. This includes many challenges that must be overcome.
As the four classes put their best foot forward to perform and create, challenges always arise, like communication, supplies and locations. Many of these issues have been solved due to the addition of social apps like Groupme. The classes’ plans such as theme, construction and budget are all being sorted by the designated class officials. On the topic of cost, Sophomore class President Olivia Preuitt explains “We used our profit from our class shirts to purchase our materials.” For locations, it varies. While construction usually takes place at a large location, such as how Olivia Preuitt used Fairview church, the skits were practiced nearly anywhere..
At HHS, one part of Homecoming is the yearly skits. The freshmen did pretty well with several fairly complex choreographed sequences of dance. Their focus was on the theme of high school love. Sophomores also performed well, with this year’s performance being based on Family Feud. The juniors performed on the current social topic with a Barbie themed skit. This was focused on Ken learning football, and he and all the other Kens falling in love with the concept, mirroring the recent film Barbie. The seniors finished out to perform at the pep rally with a skit based on High School Musical, similarly the skit goes through the seasons of the full school year.
Another big part of homecoming is its signature floats. For the freshmen, this year they begin with a big shock caused by the intricate quality of such a project.This may have resulted in some upset upper classmen.The float itself carries the theme of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, complimenting this year’s theme. The sophomores this year carry the most conflict, having their Wheel of Fortune themed spinning wheel be crushed before they were able to show it off. There was also some debate over the juniors' similarly themed float with a painted wheel that rated overall better in the standings between classes. Lastly, seniors showed a float with the theme of the board game LIFE. The float was done well in construction, but didn’t pull the winning votes.
Overall the performances shown this year have been well received, even with its criticism and controversy as a whole. As always, the effort shown by every class is exemplary and respectable in its entirety.
Written by William Miller
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