Hornets Swarm Chaotic, Exciting Club Fair
Students promoted Asian Festival throughout the Club Fair by shouting chants and handing out flyers. Photo Credit: Selina Lin
By THOMAS LIU and TRACY LAM
Loud chants and laughter came from the G-gym on Wednesday, October 23 as waves of students came in and out from the lobby and Siberia, exploring clubs of their interest. The 2019 Midwood Club Fair was “a chaotic coming together,” said Laura Rosas ’20, a member of the student council.
This year, the Club Fair was held in the G-gym, a change from being held in the cafeteria for the past few years.
It was hot and compact, with students waiting at the back door to enter the gym and others waiting for their turn in the auditorium. The room was crowded and loud, a testament to Midwood’s vibrant assortment of extracurricular options.
“The Club Fair was crazy and congested like it is every year,” Sammi Lin ’20 said.
Club members screamed at the top of their lungs to rep their club. Some passed out flyers. Looking around the gym, visitors found clubs such as Kpop and Cpop that already had a long line of students waiting to sign up, and newly formed clubs trying their best to find members.
Despite the limited amount of space, the fair was fun for many students who attended. The leaders of each club stationed their club boards around the gym. Visitors could see boards decorated with drawings, slogans, and detailed information about the clubs.
“It was really fun to see how enthusiastic everyone was,” Daisy Liu ’22 said. Liu attended the Club Fair because she wanted to push herself to interact with new people. She ended up joining Key Club because “everyone puts up a good reputation for it.”
There are many ways to lure new members. The Cpop and Kpop clubs performed dances that caused many people to circle around the “stage” area in the middle of the gym.
It seems this method was effective. “There were a lot of people in our first meeting,” said Jialing Lin ’21, one of the performers for the Cpop club.
Even with the crowds, most students were able to find what they were looking for.
“I signed up for Pride Club,” Avery Zhang ’21 said. She is part of the LGBTQ community and thinks that the community should have more support from the world. “I hope Pride Club gains more recognition so that our LGBT youth can feel safe in an open environment,” she said.
In order to improve future club fairs in Midwood, the student council plans to “keep doing waves of people, have separate days, and give out tickets for each day,” said council member Zyhra Casero ’20.
It’s still not too late to sign up for some clubs! You can always ask Mr. Lawrence Kolotkin in Room 417 or speak to a club’s leaders directly. There are also lists of clubs posted on bulletin boards outside Room 417, and Mr. Kolotkin sends monthly newsletters with club information and meeting rooms.
Xinyi Huang and Selina Lin contributed to this article.