![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
Grown up fans of ‘N Sync, the Backstreet Boys and Aaron Carter can finally dust off their CD players and flood their bedrooms with boy band music once again. These artists announced last January that they will be uniting for a comeback tour across America, performing all of their old hits from the late nineties and early 2000’s.
“It wasn’t easy getting Justin to agree, but after awhile he finally started liking the idea,” Lance Bass, former ‘N Sync backup singer, said. “We’re all really excited to be going on this tour together after all these years.”
The Backstreet Boys, who found minimal success over a decade ago after a runaway string of hits, also agreed to set aside the recording of their new album to join ‘N Sync on the tour.
“It feels good to get back into that groove and remember what got us into the success we experienced,” Brian Littrell, leader of the Backstreet Boys, said. “Me and the guys have actually thought of something like this for awhile but never got to doing it. Now that it’s been green-lit and LiveNation agreed to fund the tour, it’s like a dream becoming reality.”
LiveNation is one of the most prominent live-events and music management companies in the world, supporting acts such as Shakira and Jay-Z. Added to the roster of the biggest comeback tour in boy band history is Aaron Carter, known for his party-themed hip hop attempts.
“Being able to expose my music to a whole different generation is a great opportunity, and this tour will probably help generate a buzz for my latest album, too,” Carter said.
The tour, reportedly called “Remember Us?” will begin later this April and end around late October. Major cities across the country, including New York City, St. Louis, Miami and Los Angeles, have been confirmed as stops on the tour. In addition to stops in major cities, fans can also request a show to be held in their hometown on the tour’s official website. Cedar Park residents have cast in the most votes in all of the U.S.’s non-major cities, with around 70,300 votes in total.
A special tour stop will be held at the Cedar Park Center and will be sure to sell out.
“I’m so excited that they’re all coming to Cedar Park in May!” Lindsey McIntire, freshman, said. “When I was little I used to listen to them all the time, and now that they’ll be all together in one place doing all their hits, it’ll be so perfect!”
Seats have been selling quickly all across the country since the announcement of the tour. Because of the new buzz surrounding the boy bands, there have been significant drop-offs and declines in ticket sales for contemporary pop artists such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. A revival seems to be in the works, and ‘N Sync, the Backstreet Boys and Aaron Carter are all poised to reap the rewards.
*This story ran in our April Fool’s issue and is a joke article
