![]() ![]() Highlights include junior Shimmy Weinbach, who played his father Rabbi Weinbach, and junior Ben Mandel’s impersonation of varsity basketball coach Ronnie “Flava” Winbush. In the Orange skit, faculty members portrayed by students were stranded on an island and had to devise a way to get out. The play won laughs from an energetic audience, but not enough to beat Orange, which spoofed Shalhevet faculty in a half-improvised play. They skipped around the room, performing good deeds – an homage to Color War’s theme of kindness. Purple spoofed Dora the Explorer, starring self-proclaimed “studs” juniors Zev Hurwitz and Joseph Nemetz. Short but well-received Dvar Torahs were followed by skits roasting teachers, students, and pop culture. Orange junior Tziporah Thompson created a cartoon-ish display of spirit for the art match, re-creating the Lion and Mouse story.īoth teams gathered in the library for the final festivities. Purple sophomore Justin Brandt-Sarif answered the tie-breaking question in a neck-and-neck trivia match by recalling an obscure fact from his freshman Music Appreciation class.Īsked what was the historical significance of the Gregorian chant “Ut Queant Laxis,” he responded triumphantly that it was the musical basis for “do-re-mi.” The room erupted into applause. Other students wrote and rehearsed scripts for the upcoming skit competition. “ was affected simply by fusing joy, community, and bonding.”īack at school, half the students competed in basketball while the rest faced off over trivia or art. “It was hot and exhausting, but overall, a success,” summarized Orange captain senior Emma Lipner. Once there, they competed in array of field games including boys’ flag football, girls’ soccer, and a school favorite, “over-under,” which utilized a watermelon instead of a ball. Next, both teams paraded to La Cienega Park, singing and skipping the entire way. With a Barney-the-dinosaur suit and a flurry of baton waving, the purple team took the prize, foreshadowing their success in the competition overall. All three wore T-shirts Sharpie-d with the phrase “Impress me… I’m your judge!”Īctivities started right after davening, when the teams performed their own elaborate Opening Ceremony presentations. The judges were Talia and fellow SAC officers Leora Weinstock and Yael Rabin, who created their own Opening Ceremony, complete with swords and water guns. “We wanted more creativity in the cheers and chants, so we switched up the colors.” “Every year Shalhevet has red and blue as the colors, and the same ideas and songs are repeated every year,” said SAC Chair Talia Nimmer. “Maybe they wanted people to try harder to dress up,” speculated sophomore Talia Rotenburg.Īccording to SAC, which organized the event, the colors were an attempt at originality, and were not meant to be stumbling blocks for the teams. Furthermore, the words don’t properly rhyme with anything. The day ran without a hitch, the only hint of controversy being over SAC’s choice of colors: orange and purple are two colors that many students don’t wear every day. ![]() The theme was the Jewish concept of gemilut chassidim, or loving kindness. There was only one objective: earn enough points to propel your team to victory. By Leona Fallas, Photo Editor, and Kalil Eden, Staff Writerįlocks of students cheered, raced, and stomped through school and La Cienega Park painted purple and orange in a kaleidoscopic display of school spirit, as Color War preempted classes April 8. ![]()
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