Jaiden Homecoming Queen

Gracie Newbie (Senior Class President) showed up on our porch dressed in a suit with a funny wig, asking for Jaiden. When Jaiden came to the door Gracie did a little dance singing, "You're on royalty, you're on royalty, you're on royalty!!!"  

Apparently being on royalty is quite a big deal here at Snow Canyon High School -- and it is actually a bit time consuming! Since Jaiden is the Activities Rep for SCHS, she already had an extremely big week ahead of her helping to plan Homecoming Week. And now not only was she helping to plan the Homecoming Parade and Assembly, she also needed to be IN the parade and assembly. 

I asked my kids how one comes to be on royalty. They said that they give out a list of all of the seniors to the student body, asking them to circle the top 5 or 6 guys and girls that they would like to nominate to be on royalty. Then all of the votes are added up and the top six guys and girls are the royalty for that particular dance. Then some members of the exec council set out to do silly announcements to the winners letting them know that they are on royalty.  This year those announcements included things like going into someone's room early in the morning to wake them up, shooting water or silly string at someone, dressing up in a gorilla costume, doing a silly dance on someone's front porch and so forth. They record all of these and make a video which they show during the Homecoming assembly along with a video of all of the interviews they do of the royalty members. 

The royalty members are divided into groups and are asked to plan a skit to be performed during the assembly. Rick and I came to watch the assembly. Jaiden had asked Josh to be her escort.  After the assembly they had everyone vote for a Homecoming Queen and King through a voting poll on their devices and planned to announce the winners at the homecoming game that night. 

The skits... Jaiden's group did a skit from Barbie Life in the Dream House. I had never heard of it but apparently they have. Who knew that high school students watch Barbie Cartoons?

Jaiden goes to every game she can and always dresses up according to the theme for that game. The theme for tonight was " USA Out!" Thus the red, white, and blue clothes and paint! At the beginning of the second quarter she changed and met the rest of the royalty at the end of the stadium. During halftime they announced all of the members of royalty along with their parents as they walked on to the field. Then Wally the Warrior ran back and forth behind the students, finally placing the crown on the winners! (Jaiden Jensen, Homecoming Queen and Spencer Hale, Homecoming King!) 

Then the royalty rode golf carts around the track...

(Pictured) Jaiden with the other girls who were on royalty (missing one). 

Snow Canyon ended the night with a big win and celebrated with fireworks. It was a fun evening!!