Brighton Winterfest through a whole new perspective

Winterfest week hit Brighton High School with style; seniors received custom, Brighton beanies to show their spirit during the assembly and the rest of the week. Before the seniors received the custom hats, they were asked to sum up all of their Senior year so far in three words and write them on a white board to pose for a picture. Nothing but good things have been said on the white boards, other than “lack of sleep”.

The difference between this year’s senior gifts and last year’s is the type of hat. Last year and years before, the Winterfest hats were black and white trucker hats with the word “Seniors” on the front. This year the hats may lack the whiteout spirit with their gray color but were much more comfortable and stylish. Students seemed more likely to wear them outside of school than the trucker hats from past years.

Winterfest geared up the excitement for Friday all week through spirit days and activities. The grand finale involved the Winterfest assembly at the end of the school day on Friday in which the freshmen won over the seniors in the class competitions. The seniors were mind-blown. The only event the seniors won was the dodgeball tournament but besides that, seniors came in a close second.

After school, the next event for Winterfest was the annual Winterfest basketball game which either involves the boys basketball team or the girls basketball team against Howell High school. “Hammer Howell” was the motto of the week and custom “Hammer Howell” t-shirts were for sale at The Paw for $5. Students bought so many shirts that some sizes completely sold out.

The actual Winterfest dance itself was much different than any other year in the past. Instead of dirty dancing and having dates to the dance, everyone was much more appropriate and funky with their dance moves. Light up wristbands were given out to every one that attended the winterfest dance which put an interesting touch to the look of the dance. Blacklights, a DJ and neon clothes were perfect for the style of the dance since it was a casual dress code rather than people getting in dresses and suits.

The casual aspect of the dance saved the students money on Winterfest; all students had to pay was $10 at the door for admission rather than buying a dress, shoes, suits, etc.

Article by: Alec Hannan