Soup night is a night to come and enjoy live music and good food. For ten dollars, attendees get a handmade bowl, a cup of soup and as many desserts as they can eat. Musical performances by students and faculty add to the cafe ambiance. This annual event is put on by the National Art Honor Society to raise money for scholarships for graduating seniors who are involved with the visual arts.

“The amount of money [raised] determines how much the scholarship is and how many we can give,”Jauan Brooks, an art teacher at HHS, said. Brooks with the National Art Honor Society and soup night have been able to hand out three scholarships so far. “

The scholarships go to a senior that has decided to include art in their future, not necessarily that they will major in art, but just that they decide art will always be a part of their lives,”Brooks explained.

that the majority of the soup bowls have been made by the National Art Honors Society members after school. Some bowls were donated from an alumni and the Rec Center. The National Art Honors Society had a lady donate over 100 bowls. Approximately 300 bowls of different shapes and sizes were available for the event.

Senior Bryan Chicas, who is president of the National Art Honors Society, was in charge of organizing soup night this year. Chicas found that organizing such a large event is hard work.

“I had to go around to businesses around town [to ask for donations.] We had been doing that since before spring break,” Chicas explained.

But the night was a success, with hundreds of people from through out the community in attendance. The National Art Honors Society plans to make next year even better.

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