Annual holiday parade, tree lighting to kick off holiday season

By Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor Dozens of dazzling floats will take to the streets and people will flock to Town Center Plaza for other festivities on Saturday Dec. 3,  as Coppell officially kicks off the holiday season! This year’s edition of the annual parade will feature 37 floats and will follow its usual route travelling west on Parkway Boulevard from its intersection with Samuel Road. The theme of the parade has been announced to be “Hometown Holiday.” Citizens have been encouraged to enter homemade floats as part of this theme. Floats begin lining up at 3:00 p.m., and the parade itself begins at 6:30, after judges have analyzed the floats. About 1,500 are anticipated to be in attendance for…

Welcome, Winter

Beth Anne Carroll Staff Writer It is finally time to dig out the winter clothing, CHS. With January now in the rear view mirror, winter weather is just now making its way to Texas with a big introduction. Temperatures at or below freezing are predicted for the rest of this week and there is a chance of snow. There is a 100% chance of rain tomorrow with a high of 33 and Wednesday and Thursday are even colder. Snow, or at least ice, is highly likely. There is already talk about the possibility of a snow day in Coppell. The possible winter storm is not just affecting Texas, but the nation as a whole. The…

Starlight Flight: not a “plane” way to see Christmas lights

Addy Buigas-Lopez Staff Writer Driving around neighborhoods to bask in the twinkling strung lights decorating houses is a common holiday-time activity. Now imagine the breathtaking view of these houses and more while looking down from a single engine Cessna 172 passenger airplane thousands of feet in the air. Every winter, Starlight Flight hosts an aerial tour of Christmas lights in the Dallas area. Departing from Addison, the plane soars not only over the Dallas skyline, but also nearby neighborhoods and Frisco Square. “Our Christmas tour flight is similar to our regular 30 to 60 minute flight,” pilot and Starlight Flight owner David Snell said. “We leave from the Addison airport, fly by the Galleria, over…

Christmas break getting you off track?

Chase Porter Staff Writer Here are just a few tips for countering those procrastinating thoughts when it gets close to the holiday break. First, try your hardest to stay focused at school. I know this is a hard task for most of us at school anyways but the best thing to do is get your work done the weeks before breaks so that you don’t have to worry about it. Also, ending for breaks with good grades will let you enjoy your break more than if your failing 7 classes and you have 3 projects. Second, while doing homework and studying make sure you are relaxed and not distracted. I know, for me at least,…

December is here!

Today marks the first day of December, an eventful, festive season as people everywhere prepare for Christmas, Hanukkah, and a variety of other winter celebrations. Lots of wonderful holiday events will be happening around Coppell, such as: The annual Madrgal Feast. This holiday themed choir production is sure to intill the holiday spirit for its atendees. Make a reservation on the Choir Boosters’ website. The annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting on Saturday, Dec. 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The holiday lights and decorations create an unmistakable atmosphere of holiday cheer.  Town Center Plaza will host holiday tunes, free funnel cakes and lollipops, and and even Santa Claus himself after the parade. The Coppell public library…

Tea -a current favorite beverage

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager This weekend I made one of the best investments of the year- on Teavana’s most popular tea flavor: Samurai Chai Mate, a combination of two seperate Chai blends. I had been eyeing this tea since last Christmas, I remember, when I tasted a sample as I hurried out of the mall, debating whether I should make the investment or not. For ten dollars or more per ounce of loose leaf tea, I figured that I should really love it before I buy it. When I visited the Galleria of Dallas again this Saturday, after having let the idea of the Samarai Chai marinate with each tea craving over the past year,…

Winter markets opens in Old Town Coppell

By Daphne Chen The Coppell Farmers Market is opening up a “Winter Market” on Saturday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, March 20 (or the third Saturday of both months) from 8 a.m. to sell-out at noon at Bethel Road and S. Coppell Road in Old Town Coppell. In addition to shopping for local produce, natural meats and seafood, local artisans will also be present. The Winter Market previously opened on Jan. 16 and will continue until the regular market reopens in April to continue bringing fresh, local produce to Coppell. According to the Web site, the Farmers Market’s mission is to “form a relationship with local growers/producers in order to provide fresh, seasonal produce and agricultural…

2010 Winter Percussion Showcase this Saturday

Tomorrow, Jan. 30, the Coppell High School drum line will be performing their winter showcase entitled “Oddity”. The concert is free and will feature a number of pieces that members can only describe as, well, “odd”. “It’s different kind of concert,” senior Grayson Akerly said. “There’s going be odd instruments and normal instruments used in odd way. It’s going to show people a funny side to percussion ensembles.” This is the second year the winter showcase will be held, and for those who attended last year, expect to see something different. According to an advertisement announced during the Red jacket announcements, there will be a gorilla banging a gong during one of the pieces. “I…

CHS gears up for the Olympic games

Maddie Walters Staff Writer It’s become nearly impossible to view any prime time TV show without being bombarded with ads about the upcoming Olympic games. Not that that is a bad thing – the Olympic games are an athletic tradition that have been anticipated since 776 BC. The upcoming winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver and will take place starting Feb. 12 and lasting through the 28. Over 500 athletes will compete as representatives of their individual countries to compete for the paramount of athletic success, a gold medal. Tickets for the games are still available online at the Olympics website, but a majority of the fans will be watching from home. And even…

Band competes in All-Region competition

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer If you are planning to stay at school for a while after school today, you might want to think again. By five-o-clock, band students from all around the metroplex are going to be flooding Coppell High School to compete in one of the most important competitions of the year: All-Region Band tryouts. While you might think to yourself, ‘I thought the band had been marching all year. When did they have time to learn tons of music?’ that is exactly what you should be asking. Few people outside of band know that along with all of the marching music the band members have to learn, they also must master three etudes…