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Seniors Maureen Sullivan, Allana Chittick, Brittany Garwood, Mattie Milbourn, Meghan Koester, Alyx Hays, Sarah Lueken, Allie Piper, Buffy Bailey, Megan Babyak, and Molly Joseph gathered for a group picture before the wonderful night of May Fete officially began.

At Paris Cooperative High School, the glamour of a debutante ball lives on with the tradition of the annual May Fete. This year’s May Fete was no exception to this rule as lights, dancing, music, and looking back at the past and towards the future all were incorporated into an evening that surely the senior girls will never forget.

May Fete Queen Molly Joseph walks down the red carpet with her escort Jordan DuCharme while the crowd goes wild.

This year’s May Fete theme was “The Places You’ll Go,” focusing on where the course of the senior girls’ lives will take them. Because of this, the show was set up as if you were on an airplane. It even opened the evening with an airplane flying across the gym floor! Some of the stops that were made on the flight were to places such as Miami, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Las Vegas, and then back the to the girls’ hometown of Paris, Illinois. With each of these stops, underclassmen girls (and in some cases underclassmen and senior boys) danced to show the senior girl’s how much they will be missed.

This year’s May Fete court consisted of seniors Alyssa Hammer, Sierra Helderman, Kirsten Middleton, Misty Smith, Maureen Sullivan, second attendant Natalie Wells, first attendant Abby Agnew and Molly Joseph as May Fete Queen.

Juniors Kendall Smith and Kati Johnson dance with senior Raymond Turner during the May Pole dance in Las Vegas.

A tremendous amount of work went into making this evening happen though. One underclassmen participant in May Fete, freshman Kelsey Daugherty said, “We started practice in February, and it went on from then every single Sunday.” It definitely seems as though all that hard work and dedication paid off well as May Fete 2010 was an evening no one will soon forget.

Seniors Cameron Sutton and Buffy Bailey were voted the 2010 prom king and queen. They danced the first dance with the other members of the prom court.

Kelly Nicholson, editor-in-chief

Assistant principal Mr. Mark Cox opens the door and greets you as you walk in. Mrs. Carrieann Phegley, one of the prom sponsors, shows you to your table named for one of the many Vegas hotels and casinos. The lights have been dimmed, candles are lit, and your friends are sitting at their tables in gorgeous gowns and handsome tuxes. This was the beginning of the Vegas Nights themed prom at St. George’s Social Center in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The formal dance started with the Grand March, which was held at Paris Cooperative High School. At this event everyone could show off how great they looked, and the attendees could have their pictures taken by Ms. Barbra Kendall. Also the prom court was announced at Grand March. The attendants were Sarah Lueken, Molly Joseph, Mattie Milbourn, Brittany Garwood, Kody Waggoner, Corey Hays, Zach Henn, and Raymond Turner. The prom king was Cameron Sutton, and the queen was Buffy Bailey.

Seniors Nick Wilhoit, Yancee Haddix, Brittany Garwood, Johnathon McCarty, and Cody Starr show off their tuxes and gown that they wore to prom.

From the high school, students made the trip over to St. George’s Social Center for the actual prom. Dinner was provided, and the guests were serenaded by PCHS band director, Mr. Daniel Tripp. Once the meal was over, it was time for the dancing to begin.
Everyone was pumped during the dancing, and the energy stayed high all night. There was even a conga line started to stir up some more fun.

Seniors Erica Dawson, Katie Muhlbauer, Kirsten Middleton, Kenzie Knuth, and Marissa Mace take the time to pose for a photo before dinner was served.

Mrs. Brett Block, chaperone and conga line starter, said that this was the best prom she had been to. Senior Kirsten Middleton added, “The music, food, and venue were much better than they were in the past.”

At 11:00 p.m., prom came to an end, and it was time to head back to Paris for After Prom. This year After Prom was held in the basement of the Sycamore Hills Country Club. Students had the option of playing ping-pong, Wii games, card games, dancing, and karaoke. Throughout the night, prices were raffled off, ranging from donated prizes from local businesses to $1,000 Apple gift card.

Juniors John-Micheal Irwin, Shaunah Wheeler, Corie Hasler, and Chelsea Piper danced the night away at prom. The juniors helped raise the money for the event.

Once the clock rang 4:00 a.m. it was time for everyone to head home. Even though prom had come to an end, the memories that happened will stay with the attendees and not stay in Vegas.

Rachel Kenderdine, section editor

Our homecoming queen and king were crowned in September, right? Molly Joseph and Raymond Turner were named as the queen and king during the homecoming dance. But was that the end of their reign?

For Molly Joseph, the answer is no. She recently attended a homecoming queen pageant at the Holiday Inn in Peoria, Illinois.

According to Molly, the pageant included two portions. She said, “We had an interview and then we had to walk out in our prom dresses.” She also added that she enjoyed it, saying, “It was so much fun! The girls were a lot of fun and really kind.”

The pageant included the actual pageant portion, which was an interview and walk out, dinner, and an overnight stay. She had roommates and enjoyed the people there a lot, saying that her favorite part was, “Hanging out with all the girls after dinner. They were so much fun to talk to.”

Molly was excited to be involved in the pageant, but she admitted that she had one fear. “I was very nervous…for my interview,” she said.

Though Molly did not place, she clearly had a good time. “It was so exciting!” she said.

Molly also said that she would not give up her time as the Paris Cooperative High School homecoming queen. “It has been a lot of fun,” she said of her reign. “[I] wouldn’t want to be any other queen!”

Ms. Shannon Sherer will be leaving PCHS to attend graduate school at the University of Illinois this fall.

Students go to class and go through the same routine. But sometimes, we miss something or someone great. Our very own Ms. Shannon Sherer, PCHS English teacher, is doing something spectacular. She is going back to graduate school to get her master’s degree in library and information science. Since she has a graduate assistantship, she does not have to pay tuition. She will actually work for the University of Illinois. So while she is going to school, she will be getting paid by the U of I.

I asked her what plans she had over summer break. She said, “I was going to study Russian at UC Berkeley, but I will be starting my job early at The Career Center at the U of I, so I won’t be able to do that now.” However, she explained that she still plans to work on her foreign languages: “I am registered to take Russian next year. I want to learn Russian and French by the time I get my master’s.” She also said she will be working on her tennis game with one of her friends from college.

Ms. Sherer had a lot to say about this year. “It was a really fun year. I thought the new journalism class turned out well.” She told me she was sad to leave but excited for the future. She also told me that after obtaining her second master’s degree, she is going to work on her PhD in English.

All in all, Ms. Sherer has exciting plans ahead of her. A lot of people would have never known this, but that is just the exciting life of one of our amazing teachers.

Every year the senior girls vote for the girls who are the nicest people in the class to be part of the May Fete court, and this year’s class chose the following eight young ladies pictured below.

While these girls may have won over the majority of the votes, not everyone may know who they really are. So the Tiger Tales staff decided to introduce the May Fete court to Paris by asking each girl the same nine questions. The questions were:

1. How did you feel when you found out you were on May Fete court?
2. Who is your May Fete escort?
3. What is your favorite high school memory?
4. What is your favorite place in the high school?
5. What is the single best lesson you learned during your high school career?
6. What is your favorite May Fete memory thus far?
7. What are you planning to do after high school?
8. What is your favorite song?
9. If Piglet and Tinkerbell got in a fight, who would win and why?