“The music was bad and hard to dance to, but it was okay since I was with my friends, but otherwise not so much,” freshman Emma Ghaemmaghami said.

It seemed as though there was a general consensus that the music was sub-par.

“I liked it because I went with my friends. I didn’t like the music, but it was an overall okay first homecoming,” freshman Abby Westfall said.

Homecoming day was just a busy day altogether at HHS,especially for people who were in marching band, one act, and JROTC.

For students in marching band, they had one of their biggest competitions of the year, the
Parade of Champions at JMU. One act performers had their district competition in the HHS auditorium, adjacent to the area of the dance. JROTC also hosted a competition at the high school. Some people had to make hard decisions whether to go to even go to Homecoming in the first place, if possible.

Band members switched between the two events.

“I liked the music much better this year. I could understand it, and it was music I listen to. I went with one of my friends, Alex Hunter-Nickels, but we left early an hour early to go back to Parade of Champions for the award ceremony,” sophomore Lilly Evans-Haywood said.

Freshman Hannah Tyler also made the choice to leave POC.

“It was hard leaving Parade of Champions because I love the band and the people in it but I don’t regret leaving. I had a great time, my favorite part of the dance was hanging out with my friends and dancing all night long,” Tyler said.