Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2014, Page 79

Description:	Freshmen Henry Ruff and Cameron Hurst play an intense game of foosball at RedHot for Riley. Foosball was just one of the many games offered at Red Hot for Riley.South seniors Isabelle Conrad and Audrey Deinlein rock out and dance at the Warehouse.As members of Dance Marathon, the two have put in a combined eight years of work tothe club. Juniors Caitlyn Chang and Samuel Sills enjoy the fun atmosphere at Redajmi reacts to a loss during heated game of table tennis.Dance Marathon used Red Hot for Riley as one of the crucial fundraisers for its cause.And this year, it was a success, raising twice as much money as it did last year.onQjThe lights dimmed. Sad Sam Blues, alocal up-and-coming band, began withsome cool, smooth jazz as the crowdof nearly a hundred people slowlywaved back and forth. Suddenly, witha loud strum of the guitar, the bandwas off with some popular rock. Themass of students began waving theirarms wildly and dancing like it wasProm. If not at the stage, students wereenjoying pizza, the Indianapolis Coltsfootball game on a large-screentelevision, or some corn hole and pingpong. Yes, Red Hot for Riley had alittle something for everyone.Red Hot for Riley, one of DanceMarathons largest fundraisers, wasalmost like a miniature DanceMarathon, with bands, games,basketball and food entertaining kidsat the warehouse for hours. This year,Red Hot had some of the mostinteresting features in recent memory,with two local bands—including an all-South-teacher group—headlining themusic department, while donatedtelevisions and Nintendo Wii videogame systems lined the back wall forthe more tech-sawy crowd.The impressive part, however,was not the varied repertoire ofactivities or the large supply of food;no, the impressive part was that it isplanned and run entirely by theentertainment committee of DanceMarathon, a small portion of the entiregroup.We spent a lot of time figuringout what bands were going to beplaying and what other activities wewould have their to make it as muchfun as possible, explained seniorClay Riggins, who alongside seniorQuinton McNeil headed theentertainment committee. It took quitea bit of preparation, but it was totallyworth it because it turned out so welland everyone did such an amazingjob. ^^HHow well did Red Hot turn out?Despite offering similar activities asprevious years, this years Red Hotraised twice as much money as lastyear and was one of the highest-earning Red Hot events ever. Why?According to Riggins, the answer lay inthe work they put in.Over the years, people havereally seen the difference we canmake, he explained. Plus, we reallypublicized around the school and onsocial media the week before Red Hot.The publicity committee [did a greatjob].This years Red Hot was asmashing success, but the work wasnever done. They were alrecbrainstorming ideas for the next one-JAMES TANFORD
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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