The Murals!

Take a look at these awesome creations from all four teams for the Mural competition:

Congratulations to all the students involved in the creation of these fantastic murals. Judging will occur tomorrow and be announced during the day. 

Friday's Tentative Schedule

One more day left in the competition! You're going to need your whole team to come out in force today, right through the final tug of war.

This schedule is tentative and subject to changes. We will finalize the events in the morning

11:30 Puzzle Races (Dining Hall Round Room)

11:30 Spoon Soccer (Dining Hall back area)- 2 pairs from each team

12:30 Super Smash Brothers (East/Davies)

1:30-Upper School Boys Ping Pong (Freeman)- 7 members per team, minimum of 4 to compete

1:30 Lower School Boys Volleyball- All volleyball events are 6v6

2:00 Lower School Girls Volleyball

2:00 Upper School Girls Ping Pong (Mason)- 7 members per team, minimum of 4 to compete (this number may be flexible depending on turn out)

2:00 Lower School Egg Toss- 5 pairs per team (Bowl)

2:15 Upper School Egg Toss- 5 pairs per team (Bowl)

2:30 Upper School Boys Volleyball (Fieldhouse)

3:00 Upper School Girls Volleyball (Fieldhouse)

3:30 Badminton (Fieldhouse)- Upper and Lower class simultaneously.  2 boy/girl pairs from each team for each level.

3:30 Lower School Hardwick Relays (Hardwick Hall Steps)- 6 boys and 6 girls per team

3:30 Twister (Chestnut Chapel)

4:00 Upper School Hardwick Relays (Hardwick Hall Steps)- 6 boys and 6 girls per team

4:30 Lower School Tug of War- 8 boys and 8 girls for each tug of war

5:00 Upper School Tug of War

6:45 Talent Show!

On Scoring

If you've been following along on the Google Spreadsheet, you'll notice that most events following a particular scoring pattern but in certain spots the scoring changes up.

There are really two types of events.

1) Team Events:  Team events are scored out of 70 points and typically awarded 25-20-15-10. The faculty running the event however does have the opportunity to distribute those points differently based upon the rules for their event. The diplomacy scoring from today is a good example of this.

             Some team events are worth double and are scored 50-40-30-20. Today's wrestling is the first example of such an event. The track meet would have been another example. Double events are ones which take longer to complete or significant numbers of students to compete.  

              The Mural Event and the Harlem Shake video will both be worth double because of the number of students and amount of time that goes into it.

               The talent show is a quadruple event and is scored 100-75-50-25.  

2) Individual Events: Individual events are scored based on the top four finishers 10-7-5-3, where a team can win more than one place. In addition, because individual events are typically smaller, participation points are given to teams for each student who shows up to compete.

Rules Post for Thursday

Harlem Shake Video due to Audrey Snyder by 9 pm.

Murals must be completed by 8 pm.

Any talent show requests should be sent to Mr. Wilson by Thursday night.

Insley Ball: Both levels are co-ed with three boys and three girls on the court at the same time. No experience necessary with the game.

Three point shooting: Three boys and three girls per team at both the upper and lower school level. No one who is on a varsity roster for basketball may compete.

Frisbee: Just one game of all interested players. Need a team of 7 to compete, guy and girl numbers must be within one of each other.

Bake-Off Locations
Kelley: Pagotto's Residence
Sharpe: Sykes' Residence
Breed: Browses' Residence
Howard: Evans' Residence

Thursday's Schedule

3:30 Lower School Insley Ball (Fieldhouse)

3:30 Lower School Three Point Shooting Competition (Performance Gym)

3:30 Name that Tune (Chestnut Chapel)

3:30 Bake-Off (Team locations in rule post)

4:00 Upper School Three point Shooting (Performance Gym)

4:30 Frisbee (Turf)

4:30 Tangrams (Weber)

4:30 Upper School Insley Ball (Fieldhouse)- Premier Event!
Objective:  Produce the best unified team celebration when you score and stick to it. Each time your team scores, repeat the motion. Consistency and creativity nets you 10 points for your team.

5:00-8:00 Mural Time (Weber)

An Event Sponsored by the SCC

Your Senior Class Council is sponsoring a brand new event this year- The Harlem Shake competition.

Here are the rules from event runner Audrey Snyder:

Each team should work to create a Harlem Shake video to be submitted to Audrey by 9 pm Thursday night.

The following characteristics will be considered in judging the video:

Creativity, themed to resemble your headmaster team, humor, at least 3 teachers, filmed in an interesting location, bonus points  if there is an actual baby in the video.

Any videos with inappropriate content will be immediately disqualified!

Judging will occur by neutral parties on Thursday night and the winner revealed at Friday School Meeting. 

Rules Post- look ahead for Friday

Geller-Hardwick Relay

This event will be run Friday afternoon (no matter what) at 3:30PM. It takes some coordination to make sure your team is well-chosen for the tasks at hand and in place for the start of the relay. You need 6 girls and 6 boys for your Upper School squad and the same for your Lower School squad. Be at Hardwick Hall front steps by your designated start time and line your team up so we can see that you meet the qualifications. Then everyone will report to their post and the relay will begin.

1.      Race starts at the bell. Run to the turf field and shoot a goal from the 18. Run to your teammate on the endline (goalline) and pass the baton to person 2.

2.      Wait at the endline of the turf soccer field. Run to the gazebo. You will do 5 REAL, CORRECT pushups before passing the baton to person 3.

3.      Wait at the gazebo. Run to Bogle Plaza and set down your baton. Spin a basketball on your finger for 2 continuous minutes. You can use your other hand to keep the ball spinning, but not to save the balance. If the ball drops, start over. Pick your baton back up and pass it to player 4.

4.      Wait at Bogle Plaza. Run to Hardwick Hall steps. Chug a glass of water Pass baton to player 5.

5.      Wait at Hardwick Hall steps. Run to the tennis courts. Make two inbound serves. If you miss, you must retrieve your errant ball, run back to the serving line and go again until you have 2 accurate serves. Pass baton to player 6.

6.       Wait at the entrance to the tennis courts. Run down the gap between the tennis courts to the practice soccer field. Place a bouncy ball between your knees and HOP to the other side (no weird RUNNING). If the ball drops, go all the way back and start over. Pass the baton to player 7 on the other side of the field.

7.      Wait on the far side of the practice field behind the tennis courts. Run to the clock tower. Sing the chorus to the Blair Alma Mater and then hand the baton to player 8.

8.      Wait at the clock tower. Run to the Bowl – You can’t go through buildings! Run around your baseball bat 10 times before passing the baton to player 9.

9.      Wait in the Bowl. Run to Bogle Plaza – no cutting through buildings! Recite the quadratic equation before passing the baton to player 10.

10.  Wait at Bogle Plaza. Run to the putting green.  Make a putt before passing the baton to player 11.

11.  Wait at the putting green. Run to the gap at the track--run one lap of the track, put down your baton, blow up a balloon, tie a knot in the balloon, pick your baton up and deliver it to player 12 at the edge of the track.

12.  Wait at the gap to the track. Run to The Arch – Pass your baton to the finish line steward to determine the order of finish.