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By Angela Hokanson
The auditorium at Holy Family High School was transformed into a teenage nightspot on Friday, with live music, loads of coffee and plenty of socializing.
The event was dubbed the “Purple and Gold Lounge,” a nod to the school’s colors. It served as a fundraiser for the school and a relaxing Friday night out for youth, students said.
“It’s just supposed to be a really chill event,” said Ria Aglipay, 17, the school’s senior class president. “It’s a school event, but it’s like you’re not actually at school. It has a totally different mood to it.”
Under dimmed auditorium lights, students huddled around tables sipping cups of java while they listened to a string of several local bands play. Some students stretched out on makeshift couches of blankets and pillows.
Student leaders at the school organized the entire event, from soliciting donations of coffee and baked goods from local businesses to finding bands on Craigslist.org that were willing to perform, Principal Michelle Purghart said.
“The student leaders do all the recruiting,” Purghart said.
Some of the money raised will go back to the school to purchase new equipment and materials, Purghart said.
Musician Brian Travis opened the show with some acoustic guitar songs he had composed.
“It’s really rootsy, original California folk rock,” Travis said about his style.
A band called Thelonious Dub was up next, playing jazz pieces like those by Thelonious Monk, laced with reggae.
Later in the evening, Holy Family student Jinah Choi, 19, and her friend Brian Kim, 21, were expected to play a few guitar-piano duets.
Choi is a senior, and she said she was inspired to perform for her friends because it was her last year of high school.
She planned to sing “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson, a song about people coming to one another’s aid in times of need.
“I think the message of the song matches really well with what I want to say to my friends,” she said.
Holy Family student Michiko Morita, 18, said she was looking forward to hearing her cousin’s band, Better Yesterday, play.
“I love it. It’s not too wild, but at the same time, it’s got that oomph,” Morita said.
The music, the coffee and the good company were the draws for the students who went to the school’s “lounge.”
“We kind of get to kick back,” said Mercedes Gonzales, 18.
This was the second year the school has run the evening lounge, and it’s an event that student leaders hope will become a tradition.
The event was dubbed the “Purple and Gold Lounge,” a nod to the school’s colors. It served as a fundraiser for the school and a relaxing Friday night out for youth, students said.
“It’s just supposed to be a really chill event,” said Ria Aglipay, 17, the school’s senior class president. “It’s a school event, but it’s like you’re not actually at school. It has a totally different mood to it.”
Under dimmed auditorium lights, students huddled around tables sipping cups of java while they listened to a string of several local bands play. Some students stretched out on makeshift couches of blankets and pillows.
Student leaders at the school organized the entire event, from soliciting donations of coffee and baked goods from local businesses to finding bands on Craigslist.org that were willing to perform, Principal Michelle Purghart said.
“The student leaders do all the recruiting,” Purghart said.
Some of the money raised will go back to the school to purchase new equipment and materials, Purghart said.
Musician Brian Travis opened the show with some acoustic guitar songs he had composed.
“It’s really rootsy, original California folk rock,” Travis said about his style.
A band called Thelonious Dub was up next, playing jazz pieces like those by Thelonious Monk, laced with reggae.
Later in the evening, Holy Family student Jinah Choi, 19, and her friend Brian Kim, 21, were expected to play a few guitar-piano duets.
Choi is a senior, and she said she was inspired to perform for her friends because it was her last year of high school.
She planned to sing “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson, a song about people coming to one another’s aid in times of need.
“I think the message of the song matches really well with what I want to say to my friends,” she said.
Holy Family student Michiko Morita, 18, said she was looking forward to hearing her cousin’s band, Better Yesterday, play.
“I love it. It’s not too wild, but at the same time, it’s got that oomph,” Morita said.
The music, the coffee and the good company were the draws for the students who went to the school’s “lounge.”
“We kind of get to kick back,” said Mercedes Gonzales, 18.
This was the second year the school has run the evening lounge, and it’s an event that student leaders hope will become a tradition.
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