Homecoming Overview

Myself, Brittany, Veronika and Natalie

At Coronation, the Homecoming Royalty 

The week just gone was Homecoming and to say the least it was a whole lot of fun. The whole week hyped up the football game against the South O'Brien Wolverines, which followed the homecoming parade on Friday afternoon.

Concert Choir , I'm at the front on the left.

Although not many people dressed up on the dress up days, it was fun to see those that made the effort. 
My favorite day was superhero day, Veronika, Brittany, Natalie and I made up "The Optimistic Four" 
wearing our capes and happy shirts. I felt pretty super all day. Along with classes we were also given time to decorate the school, it looked fabulous! All the corridors had posters and the windows had drawings on them. Some students even went around town to draw on the windows. My favorite sign was at Mc Donalds that said "Would you like Fries with that McVictory".

On Thursday night we had Coronation, which was a ceremony where the Homecoming King and Queen were announced.

The Marching Band during the Parade.

There were two attendants from each grade, a boy and a girl, who had been voted by the rest of the grade; Freshman (grade / year 9), Sophomores (grade / year 10), Juniors (grade / year 11) and Seniors (grade / year 12) who had four boys and four girls elected for King and Queen that were announced on the night. All the attendants wore extremely formal suits and dresses and had their hair done. Everyone looked so nice! All of the attendants rode in the parade but the King and Queen were last (New Zealanders; think the Famers Santa parade, Santa always comes last because he's the most important). During the Coronation, the Concert Choir performed for the first time of the year. We sung "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis to advertise the upcoming musical, it was really fun and I can't wait to sing in the Musical.

 We were given football jerseys to support the E-Hawks.

On Friday we had the Homecoming Parade. Each class (year level) in High School had a float in the parade, the coronation attendants rode in cars, the high school football team rode on a firetruck, the middle school football and volleyball teams walked, the cross country team rode on a truck, the cheerleaders rode in a truck and the marching band walked among other floats. To top it all off, Pete, Veronika and I got to ride in an "exchange students" convertible, we all felt pretty special. We rode down the main street and we were amazed at how many people were there! 
Both the High School and Middle Schools were there including many other town members. During the parade many shops and organizations gave out free food or things in support of the E-Hawks and it was all very fun. When the parade finished the Cheerleaders did some routines as a "Pep rally" (not sure what that is yet, hopefully will know by the next post, I think it just pumps people up for the game) and everyone else eagerly awaited the game. 

Exchange Kids with Mr Jurrens, the Principal after the Parade

Veronika, Pete, Allen, Hannah and I hung out before the game and went to the tailgating party where we got something to eat and could play some games and hang out with others. The Football game was pretty fun, though I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention but we won nevertheless. Anna came home for the weekend and surprised Jake which was nice and today we hung out at his place and played some Rock Band. For those that don't know it's a playstation game with a guitar (or two), drums and a microphone that you connect up and play songs, similar to singstar but a lot more fun.

The Poster I helped decorate for Homecoming.

This week's back to normal but soon we'll be going shopping for some winter clothes cause it's getting colder pretty fast, the temperatures here and in New Zealand are very similar and before long ours will be dropping faster and faster until it's bellow zero. Wish me luck! At the moment though the leaves are all changing pretty colors, nothing like New Zealand, there are pinks and oranges among dark purples and reds, it's amazing. We had a discussion in Psychology about the leaves changing colors and I was completely confused because I hadn't really noticed the colors of the leaves before then. Why do the leaves in New Zealand just turn brown and fall off, or stay the same green? We're definitely missing out! I'll take some photos and put them in the next post.

Until then, 

Keep Smiling, Live with no Regrets :)
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