Focus Issue #3

Focus

A Blind Brook High School Student Publication April 2019

Viewpoints Read about upcoming musical festivals on page 15.

Seniors Hit the Runway

Photo/Julia Rosenberg Erlind Balidemaj walks down the runway in his suit from Ridge Squire.

Health and Science Read about the latest movies 16 and 17.

Photo/Julia Rosenberg Lilli Trevino poses on the runway in her outfit from Mixology.

By Danielle Capelli ‘22 On Friday, April 12th the Blind Brook Senate hosted the

Senior Fashion Show, where Blind Brook seniors dressed up and walk down the runway to show off clothing from local retailers. There are also performances by many high schoolers, to further entertain the audience.

Senior Rachel Penn, the president of Senate, explained, “It’s something that seniors look forward to all year. It’s a good end of year tradition that people get to look forward to for their senior year.”

All of the proceeds from the fashion show were donated to Operation Prom, an organization that collects prom dresses and tuxedos, and other items to donate to high schoolers around Westchester that are unable to afford prom dresses themselves. “We thought that it’s a good charity to [donate to] because it’s like seniors helping seniors,” Rachel Penn said.

Freshman Senate member Madison Muoio thinks that the fact that this event fundraises for Operation Prom is truly a great thing. She explains, “[Prom is] a once in a lifetime experience for kids, and if they can’t get it then we can possibly provide a prom experience to some [teenagers].”

Senate obtained the money to donate to Operation Prom by selling admission tickets for the Senior Fashion Show, and also from the raffles that occur at the fashion show. Some items that are usually raffled off include tickets to sporting events, gym memberships, gift cards, clothes, jewelry and more. Most of the money that the Senate gets from the fashion shows is from the raffle tickets.

This year, approximately 50 seniors participated in the fashion show, more specifically 35 girls and 15 boys. The clothes worn by the students were donated by local stores in Rye Brook. Some of these stores include Sportech, Mixology, Lesters, Z-Life, All Dressed Up, Vanilla Sky, and LF. Not only did this fashion show serve as a fundraiser for charity, but it also provided advertisement

for these local stores. After the clothes were worn and were modeled by the seniors, they will be returned back to these local stores.

The 2019 Senior Fashion Show wasn’t the first one to be put on at Blind Brook. Penn says, “It’s been happening for years. It’s a fun tradition.” She adds, “In years past, people said that [the senior fashion show] is so much fun.”

As stated earlier, there were performances by high school students during the fashion show. Performances happened between the modeling of stores, and the performers are open to all Blind Brook high schoolers, not just seniors. Some of the performers for this year were sophomore Kayla Mak, and junior Michael Lieberman and senior Julia Short. Mak competes on a television show on NBC, World of Dance. Mak performed a dance, and Short and Lieberman sang a song for the fashion show.

“It’s a very fun event for seniors and for all high schoolers,” said sophomore Lindsay Schwartzman who is also a member of the Senate. Schwartzman also said, “[The senior fashion show] is a great opportunity to donate money to an important cause.”

In years past, the audience has consisted mostly of parents of the seniors. Also, many BBHS students attend to support the event and their friends that are performing in the show.

Although this event usually happens annually, last year the fashion show was not able to happen at Blind Brook. “I remember last year we didn’t have a fashion show and everyone was really upset about it,” Penn said. The fashion show was canceled last year due to a walkout that was supposed to happen to protest gun violence.

Most BBHS students support the fashion show and think that it’s a really good fundraiser for the school to do. Freshman Senate member Madison Muoio said, “I think [this event] is awesome because it’s the senior’s last year [in high school] and they get to do something that’s about them.”

The fashion show raised $2,500, all of which will be donated to Operation Prom.

Sports Catch up on the Boys’ Varsity Baseball season on page 27.

Inside Focus

News.....................................................1 Viewpoints...........................................3 Features.................................................8 Arts and Entertainment...................11 Health and Science...........................19 Politics................................................25 Sports..................................................29

119