Volume 1, Number 4 October 24, 2014
A Rich Performance Fit For Any Coffee Enthusiast
By: Madeline Quinn
You would never think that coffee could brew up so many puns in a performance. Yet, somehow Mr. Bergey, a math teacher and the ITS Director at TPHS, found a play that did exactly that. From punny situations to ironic names, The Pony Expresso definitely caused some great laughs and spilled coffee.
It starts off with the hero Buck Brawn (Cody Whitaker) and his lovely lady Star Bright (Kylie Robinson) shyly falling in love as the town of Waterpit, Nevada becomes mysteriously ill. Meanwhile, the villain Mo Cabana (Daniel Adams) and his not-so-brisk French assistant Fifi Latte (Shaira Benitez) attempt to out-brew the The Pony Expresso, the coffee shop owned and run by Star’s Aunt, Dee Caff, by poisoning their coffee (which happens to be the cause of the strange illness going around).
However their hot plans are turned cold when they discover that Buck and Star’s relationship interferes with them. Mo Cabana, being the brilliant mastermind, grinds up a new plan only to have it soiled again by the temporary sheriff Buck Brawn, who turns him into the Marshall, Palomino Polly (Yvonne Pierce). Thanks to Buck, with a little help from Doc Cappuccino, the beans are spilled about the mysterious illness as well. As for Fifi? Well, her rich, velvety heart prevents her from being too evil, and she becomes nanny of mayor Rich Coffey’s (Herman Johnson) twins, Sugar (Allison McNally) and Spice (Jonah Robinson).
And let’s not forget Star and Buck. In honor of their new relationship, Star officially renames The Pony Expresso to “Buckstar’s Coffee”... or something like that... and then decides “Starbuck’s Coffee” would be better.
This being his first play, the cast and crew thought Mr. Bergey did an amazing job. He definitely was put in in a sticky situation due to this being his first year as director. The cast certainly enjoyed their first production. "It went amazing, it was like one of the best ones I've done," recalls Cody Whitaker, a senior and experienced member of the International Thespian Society.
Togas and Tiaras
By: Rachael Lemon
Anticipation and excitement buzzed around campus this week due to a single event: Homecoming. Throughout the week each day corresponded with a theme. The senior class had the most to gain from this week, the famous toga day occurred Friday, signifying that it was their graduating year. There was a positive turn out in participation from the senior class when the annual photo of them in the togas was taken in front of the library.
For the past week everyone was anticipating who would be homecoming court. Through two rounds of voting, the girls and boys were cut down to the remaining three. The king, princes, and princess were revealed at the homecoming assembly and the queen was revealed later that night at the game. To further the school’s spirit, the student body has decided to show their support of breast cancer awareness month by participating in a pink out. Sporting a pink audience, both JV and Varsity teams feel prepared to bring home the victory.
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Funnel Cake and Vomit
By: Makayla Ogdahl and Kathleen Moore
The carnival comes around twice a year, which means twice a year we get to pretend we’re six years old again. Being six means you get to stuff your face with greasy popcorn and sugary funnel cake, and not have to worry about whether or not your coach is going to make you do suicides because of it. It also means you get to risk your neck on rides that are put up in a day, which, to be honest, could be sturdier. And when you put these two things together, you get the one thing that happens every year, and really makes the carnival what it is: vomit.
Despite the bodily fluids now littering the park, people still flood the carnival every time. And sometimes, you just have to wonder, why? It’s actually pretty simple; we go for the food (despite its price), the friends (or whoever we can wrangle into going with us), and the frenzy of the rides (did someone say Vortex?).
In a survey conducted by shouting at random people “Why did you go to the carnival?” we’ve concluded that the main and most important reason we spend five hours wandering Luckie Park is for the food. And by food we generally mean funnel cake, with its generous helping of white, powdered sugar and sweet, sticky strawberries. How can we resist? Its practically calling our names.
But feasting on funnel cake is no fun when friendless, so we drag along whoever is willing to join us. (Usually we just have to bribe them with funnel cake.) And it doesn’t matter if you go with one person or six, the rules are the same: you have to do at least one thing, whether it be buying a custom sweatshirt, wasting $20 failing to win a $3 stuffed dog, or riding the Hammer. It just so happens that you’re usually forced onto the Hammer right after eating that delicious funnel cake and greasy popcorn we mentioned earlier, and your whole ride is spent somewhere in between “I’m pretty sure I just got a concussion” and “I think I’m going to throw up.”
Either way, you’ve created lasting memories from such a small carnival. You were able to finally release your inner-child, which will be tucked away again until the next time the carnival is back in town.
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