2025 Homecoming preparations finalized despite time constraints Grace Sharma and Chris Yoo September 25, 2021
![During a dance to a mashup of “Wannabe” and “Vogue,” junior Mandy Huang, bottom middle, lifts her hands at the end, striking a pose with the other junior dancers. “At first, [MEX] was stressful because practices went by so quickly and it felt like I would never be able to memorize the choreography, but the choreographers were amazing,” Huang said. “When we were about halfway to Homecoming, turnout to practices was so low that one of our choreographers brought bomb pops to try and lure people back into MEX.”](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_3858-1-1200x800.jpg)
![Kai Bilal performs during the sophomores' MEX dance despite struggles with boys building interest and participation. "The initial demo seemed kind of hard," sophomore Zeerak Yusufi said. "It was fast paced and the [guys] just lost interest. There were no friend groups, either—it was just random people who decided to come to MEX, so there was no hype. We [didn't] generate enough interest."](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_2427-900x600.jpg)
![Students in the Class of 2020 dance in the 2019 Musical Extravaganza (MEX). Groups of 25 students in each class will perform at the pep rallies this year. “As [one of the] choreographers [I] find it important that we are there for our class and prepared to bring us all together,” freshman Ananya Enganti said.](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mex-900x600.jpg)
