2016 Original: Mushu Murderers

Boyie Chin

On April 16th, 2016, the day after the Junior Senior Banquet, the senior class prepared and performed their last entertaining night.

At 9:30 in the morning, the senior class dragged their bums from their cozy beds to meet in the chapel to plan a night to thank the juniors for their hard work. During the after-JSB dinner, the seniors brainstormed ideas to spoof the theme from JSB. As the theme for this year’s JSB was Dragon Slayers (based in Britain), it was appropriate that the spoof was Mushu-murderers (based in China).

The seniors promptly separated into committees they would like to be a part of. They separated into gifts, decorations, entertainment, and food committee. After working closely together for two years, the senior class easily worked through the day in order to make the night perfect.

At around 6PM, the juniors were invited into the chapel. As they walked in, the seniors applauded them, showing thankfulness for their hard work for putting on an amazing night at JSB. The chapel was surrounded by the Great Wall of China, along with modern graffiti. Alexis Zimbulis (12) opened the night by giving a short welcome speech and saying,“I know you’re hungry but you can’t eat yet,” which started the skit. As the curtains opened, the crowd burst out laughing as Andy Ewe (12) sat on a makeshift throne as an emperor.

            As the night went on, the interrogation of King Arthur, Merida, and Thor was conducted by the Emperor, and his three trusted advisors, to see who was the murderer of Mushu. Between the skits of the main storyline, some jokes happened. Aaron Kelley (12) spoofed on how Aaron Chand (11) was on the JSB night with obvious riddles and a thumb wrestling war. A few “tributes”’ were given to the juniors, such as Emma Hofer (12) to Sam Hofer (12); and Joshua Moon (12) to Anson Chin (11).

            At the end of the night, King Arthur declared that all three of them killed the Emperor’s beloved Mushu together. As soon as Emperor Ewe heard this, he sent his three advisors, who were also skilled at martial arts, to kill the three imbeciles who killed his dragon. At the conclusion of the skit, Peter Lee (12) started singing “Hello” by Adele, making fun of the juniors who had sung “Goodbye” the night before.

It was a great and memorable night for the juniors. Kimberly Horton (11) praised, “The dinner was awesome! My favorite part was the seniors spoofing our song about goodbyes with Adele's "Hello" (smile emoticon). I loved the churros for dessert, and the ang paos we received with personal notes inside were really thoughtful.”

This night was memorable for the seniors as well as the juniors. “It was the first time I've ever done any sort of acting, but it was a really fun experience,” Andy Ewe stated.

That night, the senior class came to full circle. They started with a small project based in the chapel at the beginning of their 11th grade year with the After-Sneak dinner. They ended with a small project in the chapel at the homestretch of their 12th grade year. This night was the beginning of the end for the seniors. On that night the seniors left a legacy for the juniors.