by Megan Clark
On the night of Friday, November 22,
400 Woburn High students gathered in the main foyer of the High School for the
annual Homecoming Dance. Every year,
Homecoming is organized by the junior class and is always the first event of
Spirit Week which gets students excited for the notorious rivalry game on
Thanksgiving Day morning between Woburn and Winchester.
The
boys’ football team fell to Melrose 31-7 in their most recent game, which made
the boys feel defeated after losing both the game and their chance to play at
Gillette Stadium. If the boys had won
their game against Melrose, they would have been playing during the Homecoming
Dance, which would have attracted students from the foyer to the field.
Although students throughout Woburn
High were devastated not to see their home team play at Gillette Stadium,
everyone who attended the dance was in high spirits. The Homecoming Dance included everything from
the infamous DJ Dan to the Homecoming King and Queen. This year, seniors Anthony Scarpone and
Nicole Gangi were elected as Homecoming King and Queen. Gangi speaks about her reaction when her name
was announced for Queen.
“I was in shock and pretty nervous
when they called my name, but I was so happy that I won!” stated Gangi.
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| Anthony "Chubbz" Scarpone and Nicole Gangi are this year's royalty. The pair were voted Homecoming King and Queen at Friday's dance. photo by Meg Clark |
Many seniors’ names were among the
lists for King and Queen, including senior Christopher Connolly, but he admits
that he could not have been happier about Scarpone and Gangi winning their
titles.
“Chubbz [Scarpone] and Nicole
deserved it, they’re the best. I
couldn’t be happier for them, and I am in no way upset about them winning over
me. I’m not cut out for that type of
royalty,” admitted Connolly.
Juniors all over the school spent
their school day on Friday preparing the foyer for what the night would
entail. By the time the juniors
concluded the finishing touches on their decorations, the foyer was streamed
with black and orange and the jerseys of different fall sports teams were
draped from the balcony. President of
the junior class, Shannon Alessandroni, believes that the hard work that went
into the planning and preparation of the Homecoming Dance was clearly shown on
Friday night.
“I believe Homecoming went quite
swimmingly! Our decorations looked great
and they cost barely anything. We
completely sold all of the tickets, which no class has done in years. The dance floor was crowded, but everyone had
the right attitude and just wanted to have fun so it didn’t matter. Our King and Queen looked fabulous. Overall, I think it was a great homecoming
for the seniors to leave on and many underclassmen to first experience,” said
Alessandroni.
For seniors, Homecoming is not only
viewed as a main component of Spirit Week, but also as a way to start off their
senior year. Senior Michael DaCampo, who
has attended many dances in his high school career, believes that this past
Homecoming has been his favorite dance thus far.
“I loved Homecoming! It was definitely a great way to start off my
senior year as well as Spirit Week.
Getting 400 people at one school function together gets the school
spirit flowing and it has made my senior year a great one so far. I went to Homecoming last year, but this one
was better in many ways, and was possibly the best school dance I have been to
so far,” said DaCampo.
Homecoming was, in many ways,
successful. Between the facts that the
dance was completely sold out, everyone behaved and followed the school rules,
and Tanner Pride was plastered throughout the foyer, this years’ Homecoming Dance was definitely one that everyone will never
forget. Now that Homecoming is over, let
Spirit Week begin—and go Tanners!
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