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Corechella Raises the Roof
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Written by Martha Tumbokon, Staff Writer
On April 8 Cleveland’s Humanities Magnet (Core) hosted an event advertised as “The greatest concert event of all time,” a fundraising event that showcased students’ talents.
The event, called “Corechella,” was a play on words of the famous annual Coachella music festival and the small learning community’s nickname.
The four-and-a-half hour music extravaganza was a fundraising event for the Magnet, whose budget will be significantly cut next year. The Magnet fund pays for field trips, office equipment, and events.
One of the event’s main attractions was Hollywood actor and comedian Rainn Wilson, who is best known for his character Dwight Schrute on the comedy show The Office.
Wilson is a friend of Magnet Coordinator Gabriel Lemmon and has helped the Magnet before.
“Gabriel Lemmon is one of my good old dear friends and I love what he does here,” Wilson said.
“I think that it’s a great school and times are tough right now with budgets and I just want to help out however I can.”
Another one of the event’s main attractions was the student bands from Cleveland’s different small learning communities. A total of 14 bands played at the event, each with a unique style.
Bands from other schools in the area also had the opportunity to participate. The only requirement for band performances was that at least one band member had to be a student at Cleveland.
The members of the band La Familia, who had been playing together for only a month before Corechella, rocked out with their performances. The band pumped up the audience and even got the crowd asking for an encore performance.
The comedy band Bill Cosby and the Ghost Dads managed to convince Wilson to play the drums for them as they performed an original song about CORE and Rainn Wilson. The song earned a shout out to the band from Wilson on his Twitter.
The sibling act Culture Shock was composed of the brothers Senior Isaac Barahona and CORE Alumni Josue Barahona.
“We want people to be in a self-reflective state and reflect on the world around them,” Barahona said.
The night ended with a performance from the Lemmondrops, whose band members include Seniors Ryan Yoo and Christel Italiaie.
“[We did] covers of different bands from the past 25 years until now. It’s just a good mix of music from different genres over the years,” Italialie said.
Currently, it’s still unknown exactly how much money was raised from Corechella. Lemmon estimated that 600 to 700 tickets were sold for the night.
The event also earned money from its silent auction. Some of the items sold were an office basket of goodies from the show The Office and a basket of lemons.
“It feels amazing to have it over and done with because it was a lot of stress,” said Senior Caitlin Harrington, Corechella Event Manager.
Harrington said she believes it was a great night and appreciated the help she received from volunteers.
“It really showed me how many people really cared for this program,” she said.
“I’m familiar with what they do [at this school],” Wilson said. “It’s terrific; it really prepares kids academically to go out into the world and move on to college.”
Wilson said he likes the way art education is woven into the curriculum in the program.
“It really seems like a fun, spirited community,” he said.
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