It was 6 p.m on April 29, and the lights dimmed down to prepare the audience for the night of their lives. While Ms. Chavez’s 2nd, 3rd, and 4th block students and student volunteers prepared themselves backstage, the audience waited excitedly to see what talent these stars would exhibit. The talent in this show however, was all about having the skills to lip-synch and dance to a song at the same time. These student performers definitely impressed the audience, and marked the show as one of the most memorable nights in the SEHS auditorium.
Since all of Chavez’s students have to conduct a lip-synch performance as the culminating project, she decided to make it an actual show. “The students love doing it and we all have fun, so I thought why not?” she said.
Fake It to Make It started off with an Italian dance number performed by Ms. Chavez’ 4th block. It sparked interest and caught the audience’s attention because of their dance moves, “stunna shades”, and effort. Soon after, childhood memories were brought back to SEHS students, and possibly parents and staff members, with a short, yet entertaining performance of the Pokemon theme song by Isabella Buckman and Diana Zamora.
“It was really fun to watch. I loved how Pikachu came out on stage, even though he was pretty stuffed,” said Ivan Rodriguez, a junior at SEHS
Romeo Herrera and Jessica Gallegos, seniors at SEHS, soon went on stage to perform their heated dance number. Herrera showed to be a hero that cared and respected his women while other villains (four other students) tried to harass them. In conclusion, Herrera defeated them all and ended up with his only love in the red dress, Gallegos.
“I couldn’t believe that Jessica could dance like that in front of people! Romeo and Jessica were really brave to perform such a dance number. They were AWESOME!” said Karen Ponce, a junior at SEHS.
Before intermission, Randy Cornejo, Juan Hernandez, Joseph Scott, David Cota, Juan Navarez, and Daniel Ramos worked together to produce a funny, memorable, and entertaining performance of “What is Love?” by Haddaway. Inspired by a scene in A Night at the Roxbury, Cornejo, Hernandez, and Scott cross-dressed as women and danced along with Navarez, Ramos, and Cota who dressed as themselves. “It was a lot of fun, but it was a pretty questionable performance because of the cross-dressing,” said Cornejo, a senior and performer at SEHS.
However, the last performance of the night had the audience on their feet – shouting, singing along, and clapping excitedly. Anthony Rivas, Joshua Perez, Andrew Buckman, Randy Cornejo, and Fernando Grajeda poured their hearts out while lip-synching to “I Want It That Way” by Backstreet Boys.
“As soon as the song came on, I thought ‘Oh, wow!’ I had no idea they could pull it off! It was an awesome performance and made me become a Backstreet Boys fan again,” said Elizabeth Carrillo, a junior at SEHS.
“It was a lot of fun, and I loved it! The feeling I get before going onstage is just awesome,” said Buckman, a senior and performer of the Backstreet Boys performance.
Ms. Chavez and all of the students that performed put a huge amount of effort into making the show happen. Although they came across their challenges on meeting together for rehearsals and getting the dance moves right to make their performances successful, they went onstage and proved to be flawless to the audience.
Chavez said, “Bravo! Kudos to [every student that performed]! Performances were wonderful and thank you for beginning a tradition at SEHS.”
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