Juniors fly above and beyond during their Homecoming Quad Day

Characters like Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Captain Hook performed in the Quad on Oct. 15 as the Class of 2017 came together to put on an spectacular lunchtime performance, impressing staff and students alike.

With the Homecoming theme of Neverland, the juniors tried not to target a single class, but emphasized the importance of “being respectful to the other classes and showing [seniors] ‘senior love,’” secretary Rachel Won said.

Focusing more on their theme, they created a skit that flowed smoothly with dances and plot.  

Max Vo, one of the choreographers of the stunt dance, made sure his team worked hard early on to make sure the performance met previous expectations.

“I choreographed most of it early on and got the group together at the end of summer,” Vo said. “Going off of what we had last year, we felt obliged to break the high expectations that many had for our dance. It means a lot to us and it's what motivated us to work so hard.”

The Class of 2017’s hard work paid off as they entertained all staff and students. Vice president Aproov Kwatra attributed their success to the timing of everything that was done.

“Last year our skit was in a bit later and we only had one run through the day before our Quad Day with the skit and all the dances together,” Kwatra said. “This time our skits were done earlier and we had people practicing and picked for characters.”

Raymond McCarthy and Zach Grop-Lipkis starred as Captain Hook and Smee respectively.

According to McCarthy, plans for the day were much better because they tried hard to let everyone contribute based on their forte, which allowed them to appoint the people that best fit.  

“They're a core part of drama, which does attribute to their amazing acting abilities, but the chemistry those two have is something you won't be able to find in others,” Won said.

Although their skit and dances boasted in high participation, decoration contributions lacked class involvement.

“It was definitely better than last year’s, but it was still a lot less than we hoped,” class representative Jessy Liu said. “Class office totally understands how junior year is super busy so the fact that we had as many people come as we did was amazing.”

Learning from this year, the juniors hope to put on the best Homecoming performance ever next year.

“The only thing left to do is make next year even bigger and better,” Liu said.