THIS IS WHIGGIE TERRITORY! 🐷 THIS IS TORY TERRITORY! 🐔
WHAT A DAY! With Monday wrapping up, we look back on a day chock-full of exciting activity for our delegates.
We kicked off our morning with Communication Connection. Staffer Kate Dantagnan led delegates through various activities to help the them sharpen their communication skills and effectively communicate as a group. We hope that the skills learned during this session will benefit the delegates not only during the week at LYS, but also in everyday life.
The delegation also participated in their first involvement session today (see the post-it to learn about involvement sessions). Spotlight Involvement Session of the Day: Feelings Through Music, led by staffer Joseph Overstreet, is the most relaxing and reflective session of the week. This allows delegates to channel their emotions while listening to handpicked inspiring songs and expressing themselves through art 🖌. In the middle of the high intensity energy of the week, it is certainly a great time to step back and reflect. The delegates are also encouraged to apply this helpful exercise of reflection and expression to their lives when they return home.
This evening is also Skit Night! Each group incorporates their color, mascot, symbol and theme to make up a fun-filled night! 🎭 “We are proud of you- say we are proud of you!”
COMMUNICATION CONNECTION AND JAY DARDENNE & POLITICAL PARTY KICKOFF
We kicked off the LYS Political Party Process this morning which begs the question, pigs or chickens? The LYS political system has two parties, the Whig Party (🐷) and the Tory Party (🐔). As each of the delegates arrived at LYS they were assigned to one of our two political parties. During LYS delegates will be encouraged to embrace the importance of our freedom of speech and our duty as citizens to participate in the political process by voting. Delegates will have the opportunity to run for office in their respective political party. By giving speeches, voting and participating in a caucus filled with strategy and a whole lot of fun, delegates get a complete look at the political process. We’ll be sure to give you updates!
🐷 : Patrick Miller 🐔: Derrick Graham
Skit Night 🎬
3rd Place Skit: Balloons
2nd Place Skit: Clocks
1st Place Skit: Favors
GROUP OF THE DAY ❤️
🥉3rd Place: Streamers
🥈2nd Place: Party Hats
🥇MONDAY GROUP OF THE DAY: Confetti
Jay Dardenne
Commissioner of Administration
Jay Dardenne is Louisiana’s commissioner of administration. In this capacity, he serves as the state’s chief operating officer.
He was elected twice as Louisiana’s lieutenant governor and previously served four years as secretary of state, 15 years as a state senator and three years as a Baton Rouge Metro Councilman. He chaired the Senate Finance Committee and, in 2003, was named National Republican Legislator of the Year.
As lieutenant governor, he headed the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, where he created the Louisiana: Pick Your Passion campaign and led the state’s tourism efforts to four consecutive record-breaking years.
“If you are enthusiastic, have integrity and you are optimistic about what you are passionate about, people will follow you wherever you want them to go. And... with that, it is your responsibility to lead them. ”
Dardenne conducts many special presentations about Louisiana, including Why Louisiana Ain’t Mississippi, a lively and colorful look at the state’s culture, history, music, literature and politics.
He is an attorney and a member of the Baton Rouge High School Hall of Fame, the Manship School Hall of Fame, the LSU Hall of Distinction, the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. He is married to the former Cathy McDonald, and they have two grown sons, John and Matthew.
This afternoon groups voted on their home group chairperson. The home group chairperson acts as a liaison between the counselors and the delegates and helps make sure the group completes all of the tasks at hand. The home group chairpersons are:
balloons: Olivia Usie, Teurlings CHS, Lafayette
calendars: Emma Zammit, Hahnville HS, Luling
clocks: Madison Lumar, Destrehan HS, Destrehan
confetti: Owen Broussard, Epis. of Acadiana, Crowley
decorations: Emile Poncelet, Brussels, Belgium (Int’l)
favors: Dylan Rhoton, Brother Martin HS, Kenner
fireworks: Torian Lay, Hahnville HS, Luling
noisemakers: Aidan Hidalgo, Hahnville HS, Luling
party hats: Ruthie Helms, CHS New Iberia, New Iberia
sequins: Armani Dixon. Saraland HS, Saraland, AL
sparklers: Henry Morse, Lusher HS, New Orleans
streamers: Emily Lutgring, Charlotte CHS, Charlotte, NC
Spotlight Involvement Session of the Day:
Feelings Through Music
