Anticipations were high as most seniors arrived early for the Senior Auction. The home and away sporting events were over, and now the only thing in focus for the school was the Senior Auction. On both sides in front of Lyndon South sat anxious seniors waiting for their turn to be bought. As people started filing in, it become apparent that the whole school came to watch. Music was blasting from the speakers, students were laughing- you knew it was going to be a good night.The lights dimmed and it was time for the first video to play.

Due to the three hosts auctioning, it went by smoothly and caused a few laughs, although many of the underclassmen were tentitive on bidding, and as a result a senior ended up buying the two boys. The second video caused the same result, and many seniors started to get agitated. The non-existant bidding was not from the lack of creativity, though. The senior class came up with great ideas. The change from stage bidding as dates to the valentine’s dance to video bidding as a specific service raised some concerns, it turned out to lead a surge of innovative ideas. The videos ranged from spoofs on Zoolander, Night at the Roxbury and My New Haircut, to dancing and singing, to feeding eachother snackpacks. Upon approval of Mr.Houck, some videos had to get redone or edited, to make them more ‘appropriate’, but overall they all had a tone of humor.

Some videos, although, experienced some technical difficulties. The audio on the big screen was tempermental, causing some videos to be stopped short or silent. However, the services were always announced.Many of the services were better than just a date to the dance and involved much more interaction with the buyer. Some were as simple as dinner and a movie, to eating breakfast together, runs to uncle johns and massages, while others risked it all, auctioning themselves off to do anything the buyer wanted for a whole week. While bidding onstage, many participants just stood on stage, while others took off their shirts (just the boys) and some even tossed home-made cookies and cupcakes into the crowd as added inscentives.

The auction turned out pretty well in terms of money. Many groups of seniors got the courage to auction themselves off this year, more so than any other year. As a result, the senior class made just about 2500 dollars. Some groups went for only 35 or 65 dollars, others went for 350-450 dollars. The majority of the groups went for the 150-275 dollars, which benefitted the class greatly. Due to time restrictions, three videos were not able to be played, and are being discussed whether to play them during allschool or not to raise some more money. Despite the time restrictions and technical difficulties, the Senior Auction proved to extremely beneficial and overall a fun night.