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On Feb. 2, animals from all over came

rushing into the Telge Road Ex-hibit Center for the 17th Annual CFISD Livestock Show. The show was February 3-5. This year, the show had the largest audience to ever come watch the show.

“The show is popular among everyone because friends can be together and have a fun experi-ence doing what they enjoy,” sophomore Mackenzie Green said.

Students are always excited to choose what animal they want to raise.

“I decided to raise a hog this year because they are a chal-lenge and can be very exciting,” freshman Melvin Oestreich said.

The students spend four

months preparing their animals for the show.

“I have been walking my hog and cleaning him every-day,” freshman Micala Baskin said.

Even though raising an animal can be fun, prepar-ing for the show can challeng-ing and stressful.

“It’s a lot of work,” sophomore Hunter Wilde said.

“There’s so much to prepare for and the preparation makes you nervous, but after the show you feel good about yourself.”

As the show approached, the students got anxious and ex-cited to show off their animals.

“I am very excited for the show because I want to see how well all my work pays off from raising my animal,” freshman Mallory Jurena said.

Overall, the students did well. The following students placed: Grand Reserve Pig Dustin Polasek; Grand Cham-pion Showmanship pig, Owen Ondruch; Reserve Grand Cham-pion Showmanship pig, Bradley Belota; First place class goat, Tabetha Wilson; First place hog, Polasek and Ondruch; First place class steer, Lauren Jordan.

“[It is] exciting that I actual-ly won, but I was very surprised at the same time,” Polasek said.

After the show, the students all wait to see who wants to buy their animal and get their much awaited check.

“I want my animal to get bought so I can get the money for all my hard work,” Belota said.

The show has always gotten good feedback and everyone loves it.

Many students are in FFA but don’t raise an animal. There is more to it than that.

“I joined FFA because my older sister was in it and she said it was fun and you can meet a lot of new people,” sophomore Danny Weise said.

Ice, Hay and FFA

Sophomore Nicole Dehaven hugs her goat “ Boomer“ before showing him at the Livestock Show. Dehaven earned $1,000.

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Sophomore Kyle Ericksen leads his steer, “Otis” around the arena during the show. Ericksen made $2,290 off of the sale.

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Student farmers participate and win in the annual FFA Livestock Show

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Nothing can stop Encore 2011: LegendsPop Show goes on and amazes crowd despite winter storm

Every year Cypress Ranch Choir gets together to put on a production called the

Pop Show. This year the theme was legends of music, including Madonna, Bill Withers, and Christina Aguilera.

Some of the performances had special ef-fects with lighting, and other types of things.

The song “Come Sail Away” had the group in the dark, with glow in the dark gloves on so that was all that you could see. These things impressed many of the

view-ers.

Many of the students were looking forward to the show, either be-

cause they

have never seen it, or

have looked forward to

it. The show was planned to be performed on Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th, but due

to a snow day, the Friday

show was canceled.

Some of the students who are

freshmen were really looking

forward to the show because they hadn’t been involved in it be-fore, and because they heard that it’s a popular event.

“I think what makes the Pop Show so popular is the fact that it’s fun and exciting. We have great songs that people can relate to, and that they can

enjoy,” freshman Mackenzie Bitz said.

Prepar-ing for the

show is always a difficult

task. Many students

feel rushed and would like

more time to prepare so that they know it will come out perfect.

“More time to prepare and learn the song and to dance would help us more. I wish we could change that, but we get it done so it’s okay,” senior Lexi Kittler said.

The students have to try to put dancing to the music and make sure that it all flows, which not all of the students like having to do.

“Trying to put the dance with the music is usually the most difficult part,” junior Rachel Burns said.

After the Saturday show was performed everyone was happy with the perfor-

mance. It seems as though the favorite part for the freshman was the closing number.

“The closer was my favorite part because it was very energetic and fun to dance to,” freshman Carly Jones said.

The show ended up being a huge success to everyone that was in it. The sophomores and juniors that preformed in the show were very happy with the outcome, as well were the freshman.

“The free style at the end was my favorite part because you could do whatever you wanted. You could put your own twist to it,” said freshmen America Giron.

This years Pop Show seemed to be a huge success among the crowd. Everyone was talking about the show on Monday and how they were very impressed. The parents were proud of their students, as was their Teacher.

Choir students ending pose after singing “Gimmie Some Lovin”, the opener for “Legends” the 2011 Pop Show.

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