Blood and tears are spread from what seems like a never-ending race against the clock, to complete elaborate decorations, a surplus of posters, and a detailed storyline. This is what the leadership class does every rally.In return, it brings spirit, student voice, and school wide involvement from teachers and students of all different social classes. Rallies are the best way to unite the whole school.
They are important to the student body because it helps create a message that as a whole we support our school. The process of a rally is very long and challenging.
In every rally the planning starts about six weeks before the event. As the weeks go on all anyone talks about in ASB is simply; rally this rally that. “It’s important to have everything pre planned and make sure everyone is dialed in,” Alyssa Herkins, ASB vice-president said.
Every rally has to be planned; there is already stress from the elaborate scheme in itself. So without a proper and organized work schedule from the Class’s Committee’s and other committed ASB teachers and students, the whole system would simply cease to exist.For example the construction committee is in charge of building props for the rally but students in a different committee like recognition might not have much to do that week so they will help in any way necessary.So all the weeks before rallies are basically about deadlines and doing one’s part.
For example in the Homecoming Rally Sheila Perkins in the Spirit committee helped write the all important Rally Script and also delivered it during the performance as well. This was one fragment of a huge operation.
Every single small contribution to a rally is what makes them so powerful to the student body.
As specific roles take place and set in, the week of the rally starts up. During this time everything should be done except for one of the most important parts, the actual rally setup.
This usually occurs the night of; small preparations are setup and posters are hung. The tasks as simple as they might seem, usually take about five hours. Luckily everyone is pumped up for the long and exciting day ahead, there are late night food runs, blasting music, cheers, laughs and the occasional singing student until 1 a.m. Which really isn’t anything compared to activities director Jason Feuerbach, who sometimes stays until 3 a.m.
After a long night of setup, business begins, the guns come out. Although tired and behind in homework, ASB members take the last part of Adrenalin they have left and pump up the anxious students in the bleachers. Just like what was planned behind the scenes, an organized rally begins. The lighting and cues must be head on, it’s the making or breaking moment for the rally.
By RYAN MONAHAN
