Giant inflatable obstacle courses are arriving, aspiring student bands are tuning up their instruments, and anxious teachers are getting prepped to sit in dunk tanks.  The ASB Spring Carnival is here.

This Friday, May 17th, Cathedral students will get to spend their extended lunch period in the Lower Field, which is being turned into an all-out carnival.  For an entire hour, students will get to wander around with their friends, purchase special foods and drinks from each of the clubs, go on rides, watch live performances, and enjoy the beautiful spring weather.

Each of the CC clubs will sell a food or beverage for a certain amount of tickets, which can be bought during the carnival for 50 cents each.

While some clubs plan on selling small items like ice cream pops and brownies, other clubs are bringing out the big guns with full-on meals.  From fifty-cent frosting shots–an interesting concoction from the “Frost, Eat, Sing!” Club–to plates filled with Panda Express sold by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club, there is a variety of delectable options on the map.

That is, the map Ms. Christine Lagrimas, the ASB coordinator, sent out to help students organize their carnival plans of attack.

“I even color-coded the menu. The pinks are the desserts, the blues are the waters and beverages and sodas, and the ones that have no color are the food.” Ms. Lagrimas explained. “Hopefully they’re all separated enough that it won’t get too crowded in any one space.” (Map link at end of article)

While the clubs will provide all the food, ASB will be sponsoring the games.  A sumo wrestling area, a dunk tank, an obstacle course, and a “pods” ride (said to be somewhat comparable to Disneyland’s spinning teacups) are among the much-anticipated attractions.  The Art club will also set up a face-painting booth near the bleachers.

ASB commissioner of production, junior Chelsea Mapes, said, “The dunk tank station is probably going to be the most popular event.  A lot of students seem interested in dunking their teacher for once, and a lot enjoy just watching.”

With the refreshments and activities taken care of, the only thing missing is the entertainment.  Enter CCHS music department and Glee Club.

Various student bands, all led by Cathedral music teacher and professional musician Mr. Tim Foley, will take turns performing during the carnival.  According to Mr. Foley, his Red 2 Band class and Campus Ministry Music class will both be performing live, playing “everything from Of Monsters and Men to Daft Punk to the blues.”

The student musicians are not just performing during the carnival, though.  For the entire week leading up to the carnival, Cathedral bands and solo acts will participate in what Mr. Foley has christened “Cathedralchellapalooza,” a mini music festival taking place during lunch.

Like the music department, CC Glee Club has been “working hard these past several weeks to create a strong set list for the carnival,” said sophomore member Melody Whiteman.  After spending time practicing with Cathedral’s drama teacher, Miss Katie Wilson, the CCHS Glee Club plans on performing their own renditions of popular songs such as “It’s Time,” by Imagine Dragons.

“I’m very excited to sing a solo and duet of my own, and also to perform in our three fabulous group numbers,” Melody said.

If lively music, delicious food, and teacher dunk tanks aren’t good enough reasons to celebrate, then the end of AP testing season certainly is.

According to Robbie Smith–the sophomore who said, “I believe that I can speak for everyone when I say: ‘Praise the Lord! AP Week is over'”–the Spring Carnival is looking like the perfect way to commemorate the culmination of AP exams.

Abby Balmert, a senior currently enrolled in five AP classes, described how the carnival also serves as a reward for those who completed their advanced placement tests: “After all the hard work we put into AP classes, culminating in the lengthy exams themselves, Spring Carnival is a refreshing reminder of the upcoming graduation and the summer months ahead!”

The ASB commissioners of clubs, juniors Tatum Abadir and Griffen Terhune, are spearheading the carnival and have been working non-stop on the project since prom.  If everything goes according to the way ASB has planned, this carnival may end up being the best one Cathedral has seen yet.

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