Page 101 - 2019 Senior Will

• “Elise Rosenplat!” —The football announcer listing the drum majors my very first time conducting Pregame
• “NO! My ladder!” —Me, to various flutes attacking Gladys, while I conducted backfield during Heart-Shaped Box
• “Squeeze my bun?” —Me to the nearest person on game days when my bobby pins began escaping
• “ZUT! Dee-da! YeeeAH!” —Michael Collins freestyling during the parade, deafening me in the absolute best way
• “Bum bum bum bum da da digaduh digaduh digaduh.” —Me singing the transition between Mars and Interstellar without realizing, except for Senior Game when I specifically did it to make Matt Gargano smile
• “I’m a shooting star, leaping through the sky like a tiger defying the laws of gratity.” —Me singing beneath the podium, dancing below UDMB’s own Mister Fahrenheit.
• “Rock!” —The only proper choice in Rock, Paper, Scissors for the people who held me steady: Derek Dillman, Keith Blake, Haley Chambers, Anthony McDonnell, Jess Evans, Jessa Sablan, Val Pascale, Melanie Jones, Rachael Weibling, Steven Gelberg, Sam Phipps, Jared Soldo, Austin Gray, Nicole Bellucci, Kasey Hobert, Matt Greene, Matt Grossman, and many more.
• “Because I knew you, I have been changed for good” —The pit in my stomach for the underestimated goodbyes, to the people who may never know how powerful of an impact they had on me: Marcanthony Smith, Shaina Smith, Ethan Weinstein, Matt Gargano, Jack Malone, Bri Licciardi, Luke Brusse, Sofia DiGirolamo, Scott Benton, Robbie Inforzato, Kara Anderson, Rachel Roday, Nathan Robino, Joe Lockard, Game Master Jacob Tims, Gwen Ryan, Emily Certisimo, Mikey Peyton, Warren Bennett Jr., Matt Rocha, Luke Brusse, QD (Jeremy, Mike, Noel, Cole, Josh), Brandon Boehm, Ben Barton, Sam Haas, Sam Fowler, Ayanna Posipanko, Jules Turner, Jill Laakso, Ari Drossman, James Mitchell, Brendan Laux, AnnMarie Falzone, Natalie DiTommasso, Ashlee Amos, Katie Hardy, Maysi Salt, Dan Curtin, Erin Leathrum, Chris Mango, Samwell Cleary, Dru Simmons, Connor Agosta, Jess Ryan, Abby Berman, Tom Waggner, Tyler Cohen, Jared Sharpe, Jackie Littman, Isabel Hartenstein, Abbi Merritt, Kevin Flaherty, John Winward, Bekah Frantz, Taylor Eng, Steven Gelberg, Peter Mann, Allison Davis, Krista Carroll, Haley Will, Kurt Hammen, Racquel Hackman, Andy Ahlborn, Jeremy Patterson, Justin Dunford, Lauren Lee, Caitlin McCarthy, Zach Smith, Nick Logan, Allie Landrie, Allison Harten, Ilene West, Eric Abner, Kerry Hitchner, Cheyenne Smith, Ryan Holmes, Izzy Gallo, Rachel Reynolds, Stephen Mondoro, Andrew Gkonos, Josh Lyon, Meg Tobey, Ashlin Davis, Robin Long, Alayna Hernandez, Simeon Jooste, Madi Steinberg, Tommy Cael, Liz Logemann, Michael Collins, Connor Tamaki, Tim Moxley, Megan Atkinson, and many, many more.
• “https://media2.giphy.com/media/3oriO6qJiXajN0TyDu/source.gif” —The warmth I am sending to every member of the UDMB, whether mentioned or not. I am who I am because of each and every one of you. You deserve more praise from me than I can fit on and 8.5 x 11. Please do not fret if your name is not here; I promise you have had more of an impact on me than you may ever come to know.