Tenney

The Jamboree

The next week in school, Tenney’s best friend, Jaya, and her make their way to homeroom. Ms. Carter, their teacher, announces that they’re looking for volunteers for this year’s Jamboree. They’d partner with seniors from the Lillian Street Senior Center to plan and host the event. Jaya and Tenney sign up together—it could be fun!

At lunchtime, the fourteen kids signed up to volunteer for the Jamboree join together for their first meeting. A lot of ideas are thrown around, but one particular girl, Holliday Hayes, seems to always be in a competition with Tenney and Jaya. And when it comes time to vote for a chairperson, both Jaya and Holliday raise their hands.

Holliday squeezes the winning vote by offering to try to get Belle Starr and have an award-winning amount of cupcakes. And lastly, Ms. Carter announces she’s posting a sign-up sheet for those that want to perform or entertain during the Jamboree. Tenney considers adding her name, but she’d like to work on finishing her song first.