Best of Flyer Flash: Senior Ball Royalty

Senior Ball Royalty

by Maddy Garrett

Reporter, Flyer Flash

This article appears in the December 3, 2012 edition of the Flyer Flash.

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No one knows who is going to be on Royalty for a dance. Some people get anxiety about it but when asked, most people act relaxed. Secretly, we would all love to be on it to have a chance to be the King or the Queen.  

There are many different ways that dance assemblies are put together. Sometimes they are dance skits, and sometimes it’s like a game show. 

For Senior Ball, it was another game show. 

“Newlyweds” was the game that was played, with each couple having to answer different questions about each other. Some questions were quite easy and they could answer immediately, while other questions were extremely hard that only true couples would know about each other. 

Luckily for Carli Larsen and Zach Emerson, their close relationship really helped them in this competition. These two lovebirds have been together for quite sometime now, which helped tremendously, winning the whole game for the happy pair.

The questions were extremely random, one example being, “What one weapon would your partner use in a zombie apocalypse?” Who in the world would know that? 

Each student that participated in Royalty were chosen based on votes from different classes. And because the dance is Senior Ball, all of the students were seniors. 

These seniors were Kaycee Combs, Cheyenne Lawrence, Kammi Anderson, Toria Bigham, Carli Larsen, Shaylenne Segmiller, Zach Emerson, Dakota Bair, Gavin Hall, Jason Quinn, Mitch Wilkinson, and Jordan Koopmans. 

These well-known teens were great sports throughout the competition. Kaycee Combs said, “It was awesome! I had so much fun being in Royalty.” 

The assembly was fun to watch because everyone was so determined to win. 

Another favorite is watching the Student Council wake up the people on Royalty and to see how they react. Some of them are really excited and some are too tired to portray any emotion. It is all great fun to see. 

At the end of the assembly, everyone votes for their favorite girl and boy in hopes that whoever they vote for will be king or queen. 

Before that title was announced, each pair walked down one of the main aisles in their formal dresses and suits to the stage, while host, Josh Heaton, senior, told a little bit of background information about each individual. 

Finally the moment everyone had been waiting for arrived as to who would be named king and queen. 

Carli Larsen was proclaimed Queen, and Jordan Koopmans became our King. 

Everyone cheered and each was so shocked to find out it was them. Priceless grins and blushing for both of them. 

Senior Ball was a success and the students had the best time being apart of it.