If someone offered you $400.00, would you oblige? That’s a gracious amount that each club receives from the Student Activities Dept. for their float production in the Homecoming events that took place this Saturday Oct. 24.
There were 20 floats in this years 2009 Homecoming titled “Animated Favorites”. The building process took dedication, as it poured through their hands every evening the week of Oct. 19 – 23. “Finishing it and working with everybody was my favorite part.” said Broadcasting major and WPMD President Tito Benavides. As well as Jon McCarthy, second semester Electrical Engineer major said, “We had so many ideas, but Super Mario Bros was the general consensus of the class.” They had Broadcast Journalism major Mayra Salazar portray Princess Peach in hopes of Mario to save her.
There was a common denominator of the entire float building function. There was positive Cerritos College school spirit and that is the main focus that Dean Ackland always pushes with the Homecoming functions. He has said in past interviews regarding the 2009 Homecoming events, “I want this to be a fun experience for the girls and for everybody.”
The Sociology club chose Disney’s Pixar Up. Its inspiring and it fit that exact title. The Up float took home the Dr. Burnight Award for “Most Inspirational” Yvettte Serrano, a full time student, Sociology major, was more than excited to portray Carl. Standing along side her as Russell, was classmate and Sociology major, Adriana Albizures. Both girls were very anxious and very proud. They both agreed that volunteering and working together as a group was the best part.
Taking home the Board of Trustees Award “Most Creative and Original” was the Student Veterans club. Chris Markowski, History major and Veteran who served in Iraq for 14 months said, “Go full out with what you got. Use all available means.” That’s advice on float building coming from a Corporal in the Marines.
The 2009 Homecoming float winners are as follows:
1. Amy Dozier Award – BEST OVERALL – Dental Hygiene club “The Flintstones”
** Created their own original song with the music of The Flintstones sampled in the background.
2. Queens Award -BEST UTILIZATION OF A THEME- Child Development club “Finding Nemo“
** They used saran wrap to create the image of a fish tank.
3. Board of Trustees Award -MOST CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL- Student Veterans club “G.I. Joe”
** Cannons were shooting out t-shirts AND our 2009 Homecoming Queen, candidate number 6, Evie Mendoza, helped create this float.
4. Presidents Award -BEST DISPLAYS OF SCHOOL SPIRIT- BSU Black Student Union “The Smurfs”
** Homecoming candidate number one, Tiffany Gaskin, helped create this float.
5. Coaches Award -MOST UNUSUAL- QSA Queer Straight Alliance “The Queer Justice League”
** They had a rainbow of characters celebrating a very versatile float.
6. ASCC Award -BEST DESIGN- Court Reporting club “Cinderella”
**Homecoming candidate number two, Monica Reyes, helped create this float.
7. Golden Falcon Award -BEST UTILIZATION OF COLOR- The Music club “Yellow Submarine”
They portrayed The Beatles and played live music on their float the entire time.
8. Faculty Award -MOST HUMOROUS- The Puente Club “Puente Bros.”
**Aka Mario Bros.
9. CSEA Award -BEST UTILIZATION OF ANIMATION- Triathlon club “Ironman Triathletes”
**They even animated swimming on the float.
10. Dr. Burnight Award -MOST INSPIRATIONAL- Sociology club “Disney’s Pixar Up”
**The balloons made it the tallest float.
11. Bench Award -BEST CRAFTSMANSHIP- The Accounting club “The Mystery Machine”
**The whole gang was there, Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma, all in the Mystery Machine.
12. Foundation Award -MOST EDUCATIONAL- The Math club “Sesame Streets The Count”
**Perfect match = The Count + Math
13. Alumni Award -BEST UTILIZATION OF PAPER- Kabarkada “The Power Puff Girls”
**Ready to fight crime and bad guys, even at a Homecoming event.
