The red carpet welcomes students to an Old Hollywood Banquet

Red Carpet Photos

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The Student Association (SA) Christmas banquet transformed Campion’s gym into a red carpet event mirroring Old Hollywood. Students were escorted by their dates down the red carpet where they were greeted by SA President Keon Paez. 

As they posed for photos, Keon described their outfits and interviewed them. Reflecting on how he planned this event, Keon shared, “It was pretty tiring since we had to wake up at 8 am to start decorating the gym, but once we got to work and completed the design, I felt excited for people to come. Running the red carpet was really fun, but it also started getting difficult to remember everybody's names!” 

Jazz music was playing in the background as students talked with their friends. A VIP table was reserved for the person who had the best “ask.” This year, the girls had to ask the boys and the winner of the best ask was Marcela who asked Christian to go to the banquet by spelling out her question with candles outside his dorm room. 

The evening’s main event was the auction. When the couples arrived, each received an envelope filled with different amounts of cash, that they could use to bid on different items that they wanted. The night was set around the Vanderley Diamond, which was the main, most expensive item everyone was wanting to purchase. In a mysterious turn of events, the diamond was stolen. As part of a game, banquet guests had to search for clues to find out who the suspect was.

In the end, the culprit was revealed to be senior Noeli Hernandez. Hernandez reflected on her role in the storyline, “It was very fun to see everyone’s reaction at the end. I thought that people would see Ms. Johnson hand me the diamond, but in the end no one saw it and that surprised me.”

Midway through the auction, staff served the students salad, bread and baked ziti. A highlight of the night was the table filled with a variety of desserts made by Noeli’s mom, Nohemi Hernandez. 

After the mystery was over, students loaded up in the buses and traveled to the Loveland Winter Wonderlights. They wandered a trail looking at the lights which were choreographed to music. There were also various places to take pictures along the trail which provided a peaceful ending to the night. 
Alexandra Cordoba, Student News Editor