On February 15, 2025, Blaine High School will be hosting their annual Multicultural show. Giftee Doll and Yvonne Mars, both seniors,” are a part of the multicultural club which is a group that thrives in working together to make this year’s multicultural show a success. The show gives students an opportunity to represent their cultures as well as their talents through various performances.
Since the multicultural show was canceled during covid years and not brought back until the 2023- 2024 school year it caused a lot of confusion among the Blaine BIPOC community as they felt they were not well represented.
The performers for this year’s multicultural show are excited to see how it comes together, and they have high expectations. As for right now, an East African group will be performing a cultural dance, ADC will be performing” and West African dance as well. Asian club students may be performing as well. Last year multiple students participated in the multicultural fashion show. The fashion show represented students and in their cultures traditional clothing. This show will take place during 1st hr (7:40 – 8:40), 2nd hour (8:47-10:02)” and 5th hour (10:08 – 11:16). 5th hour 1:07 Performers have to attend a Mandatory dress rehearsal February 10-12 if participating in a Fashion show. The show will happen On February 13 in the auditorium people allowed on stage. Mariam Fofana (11th grade) “I would want to expand that so everybody can dance, show off their culture and have fun” Yvonne Marsh would recommend the school makes the show bigger“ I feel like there
could be more decorations and sound effects “. Omar Hilowle “(12th grade”)“I wanna allow more people to perform and do it but they have a certain limit .” Everybody plays their part to make the show a success at the end of the day.
On the other hand, most students enjoy the show and are just happy it is back. Grace Ocean “Likes it as if it’s a pretty good show ”. Last year’s theme was A kaleidoscope of cultures. This year’s theme is behind every face is a story. West African dance group ADC incorporated the theme into their dance this year making it more thrilling to be able to perform the dance as a whole. Because at the end of the day, harmony is diversity.