On the Wednesday of Homecoming week, the sophomore class had the school in awe and laughter. With a creative plot which was themed after Pixar’s Cars, hilarious boys’ dances and impressive girls’ performances, the Class of 2019’s Quad Day was undoubtedly a success.

“Working with a smaller group was a lot easier and we were very efficient,” said Amy Tang, the choreographer of the All Girls Dance and Fergalicious dances. “Online video tutorials were helpful for some dancers and saved some time so we didn't have to have too many practices.”.

However, this success did not come smoothly or effortlessly.  

“It was very hectic because we didn't have a lot of practices, but surprisingly I thought we did pretty well,” said sophomore Noah Lee, who was in the Bollywood dance.

Despite the lack of coordination in the first few dance rehearsals and the chaos of their crumbling decorations, they managed to pull it together on their big day.

“I think the performance went great and was as smooth as expected,” said sophomore Janelle Jin, who was in the partner dance. “I was surprised and really happy about the new parts that got added in or I hadn't seen before today.”

Although the plot started relatively slowly, the show picked up its pace right before the audience’s impatience could set in.

The sophomores’ skit was based on a journey around the world in search of Lightning McQueen’s misplaced trophies. The students travelled over India and South Korea, experiencing all the sorts of dances from the different cultures. It started with an exciting dance by the color guard, and then featured the boys, girls, KPop, Bollywood and partner dances before ending with a grand finale.

Tang said that despite some last minute changes and struggling with teaching as “people would start to slack off and not show up to practice,” the dances went pretty well.

Even though the jokes were overly cheesy, the cheers for the fantastic dances more than compensated for the cliche humor.

“We had communication issues while writing the script, which made it a lot more difficult for us to produce something cohesive,” said sophomore class vice president Ashley Feng, who was in the girls’ dance. “We definitely had some last-minute changes that none of us expected, but in the end it all pulled together really well.”