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It’s that time of year again, and the homecoming festivities are underway. One of the most anticipated activities of the season is the float building. This year, with the theme being “A walk down Hollywood Boulevard,” each of the class floats will be based on a movie genre.

Freshman will be sci-fi, sophomores will be 1940’s mobsters and the juniors will be the roaring twenties. This year, as their last float, the seniors will take on the western genre.

Jordan Castro, ’15 shares his excitement about this years western float.

“The meeting this year are surprisingly very productive compared to my other years, and as such I’m pretty confident in our ability to make a nice looking float,” Castro said. “I think this will be the one float that i will remember in high school. That is, if we can beat the juniors.”

For their freshman year, with the theme of boardgames, the seniors took on The Game of Life, receiving third place for their efforts. Sophomore year, the theme was Fairytales, and their float theme was Wizard of Oz. The class of 2015 received third place, yet again. Last year, the theme was super heroes, and their float theme was The Avengers. For the third year in a row, they received third place.

Justin Porter, ’15, is ecstatic about this years float, and has high hopes for the outcome.

“Ever since freshman year, nobody has really cared all that much. Theres been a lack of enthusiasm, but this year, because it’s our senior year, people are caring more and things are productively getting done,” Porter said. “I am very frustrated about getting third every single year, so I am excited for my last year, and hopefully justice will be served. The seniors won’t be the underdogs, and come out with a win!”

During advisory, Sept. 18, the seniors had the first pick of float theme, they came together and voted on western. Due to the fact that it was said to be the most cost efficient, the seniors thought that western would be a perfect idea for their float.

The basic portrayal of the float will display a town front along with a fake shoot out involving nerf guns. A saloon, and a little bar serving root beer floats with popcorn, will be set up to go along with the western-theme. The layout of the float was a conglomeration of the student who had the will and desire to be at the float meetings.

With only three float meetings under their belt, the seniors have managed to complete almost 90 percent of their float, putting them above the other classes progress wise. Senior Jason Swain, head director of the float, explains how the the float came together.

“The float meetings have been very productive compared to the past three years,” Swain said. “The first meeting, we managed to re-enforce the trailer, put up the saloon, and frame the jail. The second meeting, we finished the jail, constructed the bars, and painted the float.”

At this point, the seniors were working at a feverish pace, making this the fastest progress over the past years.

“This past meeting, {third meeting} we built a fence around the trailer, painted a little more,” Swain continued. “And then made sure the float was more sturdy. We are making excellent progress, and I am very confident that we will come out with a win.”

The meetings have been located at the Beal household, from the courtesy of Trevor Beal, ’15, and his family.

“The Beals house is where we are doing the float meetings because it already has a western feel to it,” Swain said. “They race, train, and breed horses, and have plenty of hay and supplies to keep us going.”

The 40 ft. trailer was graciously loaned to the class of 2015 by the DeGroot family. Be sure to attend the Homecoming game, Oct. 31.

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