After Chelsea High School’s 2024 Colorblast football game, the administrative staff had a plan to in force keeping color blast packets in the parking lot only, like years prior, to prevent band uniforms from getting stained.
“When we were not in the stands, students were throwing them, and the material in the color packets was getting in the air, pushed into the band section, died, and ruined the uniforms, and they had to be color-treated,” principal Amanda Clor said.
The student body was not aware of the administrators cutting down on the rules, therefore they felt a lack of communication regarding the updated rules for Color Blast. The lack of communication left students irritated and colorless.
“Our assistant principal was taking some of the packets in the student section, and there was no clear communication to the student council, or anyone of why that was happening,” Landry Cook(‘28) said.
Frustration that arose in the student body was from students who individually purchased their packets and got them confiscated.
“I was annoyed because I spent $25 on packets and I bought them with my money. But now the packets are in the trash. And now, I’ve wasted my money,” Audrey McCarley(‘28) said.
Student council members are also hearing feedback opposing the confiscation of the color packets.
“I’ve been hearing negative feedback about how it’s not fair if students went and bought color packets by themselves and then for our school to take them away, is what I heard from the student body,” Cook said.
Despite the frustrations of this year, some students are trying to address the problems within their control, such as participation for students in uniform.
“The seniors in the band don’t wear their uniforms on Color Blast because that’s the only time that they can experience Color Blast; every other year, they’ve worn their uniform, so they can’t experience it. And it’s their senior year, they get to do this. For everybody else, just don’t wear your uniform that day,” Solana Samek(‘27) said.
The Chelsea High School student body has expressed that making memorable moments is far more important than things like uniforms that can be replaced.
“Just let the kids play. Band uniforms can be fixed, but memories can’t,” Brady McKale(‘26) said.
