Homecoming: Behind the scenes of the most spirited week on campus

Since their freshman year, seniors Kel-Li Chen and McKenna Englhardt have enjoyed choreographing Airbands for their class, as it has enabled them to work alongside various groups of people that they wouldn’t necessarily interact with otherwise. Chen’s motivation for using her talents to choreograph Airbands stems from a desire to connect with her classmates.“I wanted to be involved in a...

This year, juniors are very excited to participate in homecoming activities to redeem themselves after their last-place finish in freshman year. Juniors Mylie Rodrigo, Madison Yue and Yongwon Choi have worked for months to prepare the airbands choreography. “We started at the beginning of summer, so now we have the mix and the main logistic parts of the dance down,” she said.    After ...

According to the organizers, sophomore Airbands and float preparations have been coming together nicely. Although their homecoming organizers are excited to show off their talent and hard work, this year’s sophomores have the added challenge of not getting to experience homecoming in person last year. Airbands choreographer sophomore Madelyn Everett says that even though this is technically the...

Homecoming is a time-honored tradition that Gunn freshmen will be experiencing for the first time this year. With a new roster of freshmen class officials, Airbands preparations for homecoming are underway. In fact, Freshman Class President Angela Liu says they are ahead of schedule.   While the freshmen class doesn’t have an Airbands organizer, SEC and dance team members are picking up ...