High School Rivalries
Rivalries. They are everywhere. From sibling rivalries to sports you can’t escape that there is just something special about beating your most hated rivals. Most rivalries are born when two competitors (whether intentional or not) meet or compete time and time again. For a rivalry to really be good, both sides should be competitive. If it’s too lopsided (one team wins all the time), it becomes a boring rivalry. If you think about all famous rivalries (Yankees/Red Sox, Ohio State/Michigan or USC/UCLA to name a few) they all have a great fan base and a bitter hatred toward each other.
When it comes to high schools, we didn’t have a rival. I went to a small, Baptist high school that didn’t seem to think that anyone could compete with them so we didn’t have a rival in the traditional sense (plus we had to play the large group sports by combining with other small schools).
But then I saw how two schools on the mainland took their rivalry to a new level. One school made a lip-dub video and basically told their rival to top it. Whether they did or not is up to debate (I think you can vote on which video you like more) but either way I thought it was great. There wasn’t any trash talking or viciousness. It was simply this is what we did so see if you can do better.
This first video is the challenge and the second one is the response. Got a favorite rival that you want to challenge? I’d like to see what you can do!
2 thoughts on “High School Rivalries”
Hmmm, I started tearing up watching that. Those seem like great schools that would allow their kids to do something that huge and creative. I can't say which one I would vote for.The first one: I like the song choice much better, and there were some great students who were in character that lip synched awesome…but some that didn't do well walking backwards and looking at the camera.The second one had a cooler concept and segments, but I wish they practiced lip syncing a little better. Ooh, can't decide…both were awesome and so cool.
i read somewhere that on the second one they had to practice mouthing the words backward since everything in reversed. that's why they look so off in the video. i do love the first one though.