![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)
This year’s Spring Show really was the Celebrities’ finest hour. Every second of the three night event was filled with dazzling performances by the Celebrities as well as some very special guests, including the CPMS Crimson Cadets, the Emeralds, Knowles Elementary, Cedar Park Dance Company as well as CPHS’ own Rising Stars and Winter Guard. Not to mention hosts seniors David Looney and Chris Vaughn.
“Our Finest Hour” opened with “Pop Danthology 2012”, a routine that showcased all the squads and companies within the team through a mash-up of 2012’s most popular songs. The opener was a favorite of senior Captain Katie Seesselberg and senior line member Melissa Acosta.
“It makes me feel powerful,” Acosta said.
As for Seesselberg, it was just a good time.
“It was really fun and the song was fun to dance to,” Seesselberg said.
Between the various hip-hop routines like Knowles Elementary’s “Holla at the DJ”, Winter Guard’s district winning “Spy Versus Spy”, and the annual Guys’ Dance to “Suit and Tie” there was plenty of lighthearted fun.
But behind all the glamour was a lot of hard work, according to Seesselberg.
“Getting prepared and getting everything perfect was the most difficult part,” Seesselberg.
New Celebrity Kaleigh Welch also acknowledges the immense effort that went into this year’s showcase.
“The hardest part of the show was the physical stress of the practices,” Welch said. “But the best part was just being on stage under the lights and performing with my team.”
The spring show is a time of celebration, but it also marks the end of the season. It’s the last time that the team gets to dance together, some who have even danced together their whole lives.
The hardest part of this year’s senior dance was to ‘This Ain’t Goodbye” by Train, according to Acosta.
“It was hard because it was the last time I danced with all my friends,” Acosta said.
The crowning moment of spring show, according to Seesselberg, was the finale.
“My favorite moment was the ending position of our finale because it showed that our hard work paid off,” Seesselberg said, “It made me proud.”
Junior Second Lieutenant Devan Dudek, who is running to be next year’s team captain, agrees with Seesselberg.
“Everyone was crying and it was really emotional,” Dudek said.
With their last hurrah over and done with, the Celebrities are looking forward to next year. With officer tryouts going, and officer and line camp over the summer the Celebrities will be busy.
According to Seesselberg, Celebrities will help her succeed as a Rangerette at Kilgore College next year.
“I learned how to be a good leader and what sisterhood really means,” Seesselberg said.
