The Class of 2027 has given Granada a good performance with their theme being the country music festival. Stagecoach. The skit’s story revolved around conflicts between celebrities going at one another and causing a disturbance at the event, and in between interactions having dances. The overall story would end up with both music celebrities realizing their wrongdoings and behavior, making up, and finishing with a finale with the celebrity singers performing their song and the entirety of the Sophomores doing a partnered dance.

Taylor Conover, the Class President for the Sophomores, gives insight into how the Sophomore Skit came to be.

“My fellow Class Officers and I were really excited about Skit this year. We all worked really hard to be as prepared as possible when approaching the school year. When choosing our skit theme, we all wanted to make sure that we [chose] a theme that our class would enjoy…[we] talked as officers and ended up choosing Stagecoach.”

One of the reasons the skit was so successful was the amount of participation the Sophomores were able to garner. Conover says, “By choosing this theme, we were able to get a lot of participation throughout our class. Once school started we began having dance practices and sending out forms for anyone who was interested in acting. A lot of people showed up and decided to participate which was really exciting. We had one dance practice per dance each week, and a handful of practices outside of school closer to our skit date.”

Another important element of success was making sure everything ran smoothly. “This year we were a lot more prepared for our skit than last year. As a Class Office, we all tried to make sure that the things we could control were in order so that we could be as best prepared as we could for the actual skit day. Overall, I would say that the Sophomore Class had a lot of fun with Skit this year. It was fun being able to work on something as an entire class, and then getting to see us all put it together today,” Russell says.

One of the teachers who helped the Sophomores was Mrs. Malson, an art teacher and one of three Class Advisors for the Sophomores. Her role didn’t directly play into the making of the Skit, but she was mainly a guide and assistant, getting the Sophomores “unstuck” and leading them in the right direction. When asked about the Sophomores involved in the skit she backs up how the Sophomores were determined and dedicated, explaining how the increase of Sophomores involved was very positive.

Malson elaborates on how the Class Officers were passionate and dedicated in their work of making this skit come to life and how it performed, crediting the officers’ hard work and the major role they played. She also shares the difficulties that the Sophomores faced during the skit; the biggest problem they faced was finding time to practice and rehearse the skit. However, they were able to keep a consistent amount of practice throughout the weeks before Homecoming Week. Mrs. Malson believes that the Sophomores have done a wonderful job and everyone did their part in this skit, and what she liked most about the entire skit was the choreography of each dance.

One Junior student shares their thoughts on the skit. They thought the story made sense and was very clear. What they liked the most about the skit was the choreography and how few errors occurred during the dances.

The Sophomores’ skit was truly a well-orchestrated performance thanks to the efforts of the Sophomores, Class Advisors, and Class Officers. Way to go Class of 2027!