For two lunch periods, the Great Lawn was filled with swarms of students shouting slogans, waving posters, carrying around props, blasting music, and offering food. This pandemonium was the annual Club Fair, during which club representatives try to attract new members using any number of recruitment techniques. There were countless amazing clubs represented; a few are recapped in this Best of Club Fair photo gallery.

Best Recruitment Technique: Spirit Club

Spirit Club co-leader Andrea Anaya (’18) stood on a table and shouted through a horn at gathered students while also sporting some spirited headgear. Her enthusiastic campaigning drew a lot of attention from students browsing clubs.

Best Sign-Up Sheet: Harry Potter Club

Harry Potter Club, led by Tyler King, Nicole Doyle, Lauren Aguilar, and Fareen Dhuka (all ’21), gave their future club members a taste of the Hogwarts experience by creating a sign-up sheet dotted with scorch marks with a Hogwarts school crest, along with a “quill” to write with.

Most Artistic Poster: Paul Rudd Club

Paul Rudd Club is a new club, started this year by juniors Sabrina Hu and Juliette Draper, who plan to gather to watch movies starring Paul Rudd, like the classic “Clueless”. Their dramatic poster was hand painted by Hu.

Most Dramatic Poster: Imagination

The booth of the literary magazine Imagination, led by Mary Martha Maclay and Riya Chakraborty (both ’18), featured a dramatic monochromatic poster filled with black-and-white images and quotes.

Most Informative: Chinese Fashion Club

Elizabeth McNeely (’19) leads Chinese Fashion Club, a club dedicated to exploring different aspects of Chinese fashion. Her club poster featured detailed illustrations and explanations of different fashion elements.

Most Relatable Poster: Restaurant Club

Mary Shannon Tompson and Laurel McKelvey (both ’18) created the most relatable advertisement for their club, the Restaurant Club. Their poster asked students, “Are you human? Do you eat food?”

Most Noticeable Club: Fins and Feathers

Stuart Wallace (’19) attracted browsing students to his booth by blowing whistles, spinning a duck decoy, and showing off his many props. He advertised for Fins and Feathers, a new club focusing on wildlife conservation.

Loudest Club: Drum Corps

Rather than going the traditional route standing behind a poster and offering food, Drum Corps co-leaders Stella Trout and Cameryn Burnette (both ’18) decided to attract new members by showing off their skills and playing an assortment of drums set up on their table.