Every Wednesday Sedro-Woolley High School enjoys a Cub Morning Show, but what goes into making it? What is the story behind the people in the credits at the end? Each week, broadcasting, video production, and leadership put out the show, another version of announcements that includes the news about sports, clubs, and other things happening around the school.
Maddock Meyer, a sophomore at Sedro-Woolley High School, said they help film the Show. “My segment only takes about half an hour,” said Meyer. Meyer helps film some of the scenes in the production. When asked about their favorite part of working on the Cub Morning Show, they replied with some good insights.
“A lot of my friends work on the Cub Morning Show, so there’s also the social aspect,” said Meyers. While Meyers does talk about the good parts of working on the Cub Morning Show, they also talk about some of the things they disliked about the Show. When asked how they feel watching the segments they star in on Wednesdays, Meyers had interesting feedback. “I hate it so much, and there’s always like a slow head turn of everyone in the class towards me,” said Meyers.
David Ershig, a sophomore and student editor for the Cub Morning Show, works on a wide variety of parts in the show. He recently worked on a segment about the golf team. “I was working on a golf event for the golf team and we had to schedule when to go out there recording the golf stuff,” said Ershig. When asked about some problems that occur during the editing process one is audio issues, Ershig said, “The more common one is audio issues like if there’s too much background or like a microphone isn’t catching audio it happens like every week or 2.” The Cub Morning Show is made by mostly students.
Ershig says the students have freedom in what they create. “We have a lot of freedom because Mr. Dilley is like, make a video of this make sure it talks about this stuff, do it in your style.” Jason Dilley, the teacher in charge of the Cub Morning Show, started the Cub Morning Show as an alternative to announcements. “I just wanted announcements to be more interesting and engaging,” said Dilley.
The Cub Morning Show sometimes has problems with stuff outside of the editing process. “The biggest thing is film schedule. You have to record the announcements pretty close to Wednesday because they have to be relevant to that week, so like we usually have to record the announcements on Monday,” said Dilly. The intercom announcements work well, but they can fall short when it comes to getting people to know about events and spreading appreciation around the school.
Dilley says it helps to be able to do more stories that celebrate more things that are happening in the school. “Like, our janitorial staff to the different clubs that are getting stuff done,” said Dilley. The Cub Morning Show has comedy, school-wide announcements, and sports updates. “It’s been a fun thing for us to do,” said Dilley. “It’s a fun creative outlet and we’d love to have more people get involved.” If you want to help, go to room A107.
