The MSMS Stomp Out Cancer Showcase featured presentations from the MSMS Fashion Board, Naach, Blue Diamondz and Blue Knightz highlighting breast cancer issues and solutions in Nissan Auditorium on Oct. 19.
The first group to perform was the MSMS Fashion Board. Its performance started with a dramatic entrance from behind the audience, then continued onstage as they showcased stunning outfits with confident catwalks. At the end of the performance, it was revealed that each Fashion Board member wore a different color to represent a different type of cancer.
Junior Fashion Board member Rebecca Sun said representing different colors was “the big showcase” for the group and an “important part of raising awareness.”
The next club exhibition was a dance recital from Naach, a club that explores Indian culture and dance styles. Senior Naach Co-Presidents Meghan Xiang and Darshi Kher and Senior Vice President Clara Jennings performed a dance recital, utilizing unique cultural hand gestures, rhythmic footwork patterns and body isolations.
Kher said Naach’s contribution to the showcase helped convey the club members’ “concern for cancer” and “gathered many more students and parents to come, helping spread awareness to many other people.”
Lastly, the Blu Diamondz and Blu Knightz performed a step routine. They incorporated various anti-cancer chants into their drill. The chants would align with the rhythm created through their step pattern, unifying the performance and the anti-cancer message. Some chants would include audience participation, such as one where the Blu Diamondz and Blu Knightz would shout “Stomp out” and the audience would respond with “Cancer.”
“[Stepping] in general has the underlying meaning of trying to stomp out anything that’s plaguing you at that moment. In this case, it was breast cancer,” senior Blu Knightz captain Joey Knight said. “It’s been something that’s stuck with me since starting my junior year.”
LaToya Bledsoe, the sponsor of each club performing, said students worked very hard to put on an amazing performance.
“They had to do a lot to prepare. Normally, they would practice three days a week. As we got closer to the showcase, the practices started increasing. The three days a week became just about every day a week,” Bledsoe said. “You can tell at the show the amount of preparation time they put in.”
