By Chloe Drescher and Bora Nanaj
Assistant Editor of Promotions and Staff Writer<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t call it a comeback, but the Mr. J-D contest is back and better than ever. After a four year absence at Jamesville-DeWitt High School, the 2014 student government has decided to bring the male beauty pageant back. There are four portions of the competition including a talent portion, formal wear, a choreographed dance including all participants and a pageant style question. Four teacher judges will score the contestants and ultimately decide the winner. The winner will get a crown and special benefits at J-D Day such as free tickets and getting to skip the lines. The Mr. J-D competition will be held on Friday, Feb. 28 in the J-D auditorium. Tickets will be sold for $5 during all lunches Feb. 26 through the 28. They will be $8 at the door.<\/p>\n
This year, three students from each grade were chosen by fellow classmates to compete. \u201cWe sent ballots out to all the homerooms,\u201d said Slate vice-president Maki Mandelis. \u201cPeople voted, and we tallied them. The three people with the most votes got in.\u201d The freshman class chose Gavin French, Hal Schulman and Dayi Hu to represent them while the sophomores chose Dylan Fleischman, Mikhail Plechtchinski and Jamie St. Amour. Of the juniors, Brian Cieplicki, Micah Lee and Ben Whipper are competing. Seniors Griffin Johnson, Jason Klaiber and Chris Wood are also in the running for the title of Mr J-D.<\/p>\n
The contestants are very excited about being in the show. \u201cI remember seeing the show when I was in eighth grade, and I always wanted to bring it back. I\u2019m really pumped to be a player in the show this year,\u201d said Johnson. Klaiber, Fleischman, French, Hu and Whipper all said they are excited about competing in the pageant. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to participate in such an event,\u201d said Cieplicki.<\/p>\n
The contestants have put a lot of time into preparing for the dance. On top of practicing their talents on their own, they attend after school sessions to practice the choreographed dance. \u201cWe practice the dance and talk about how everything is going to go during the show,\u201d said French.<\/p>\n
The talent portion of the show stands out to most contestants. \u201cI think it will be fun to show off my talents,\u201d said Whipper, even though he is unsure about what he will do for the show. There will be a variety of talents among the contestants, from impressions to rapping and showing off some dance moves. French said that he is planning to yoyo while Klaiber will be doing impressions. Many of the other contestants would not disclose their talent for the show because they want the audience to be surprised.<\/p>\n
The students, as well as the contestants, are excited for the show. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to go to see everyone’s talents,\u201d said senior Max Havens. Senior Zack Hatem agrees with Havens, saying \u201cI went to the competition when my brother was in high school so I\u2019m excited to see it happen with my own classmates.\u201d Senior Samantha Mignacca looks forward to a few contestants in particular; \u201cI have a huge crush on Micah and Jason, that\u2019s why I\u2019m going.\u201d Sophomore Stephanie Naples will be an attendance because it will be really entertaining. Freshman Matt Cappelletti said he will attend because he wants to support his friend Gavin. Junior Jake Binder and sophomore Tyler McKee are both excited to go. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see what the contestants have to offer,\u201d said Binder. Junior Cortney Vaughn hopes the acts will be funny and interesting.<\/p>\n
Slate advisor Meghan McGee has high hopes for the competition. \u201cThe last group that did it was amazing, so they have a really high bar that they need to reach,\u201d said McGee, \u201cI hope they can meet those standards.\u201d This particular slate brought back Mr. J-D since the current student body has never seen it before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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