For those who remember lyrics faster than vocabulary words, your moment to shine has come. SHS Student Council is planning a lib dub for all SHS students interested in participating.

A lip dub is a music video where people take a song from a popular artist or band and lip sync over it. There are many examples online of different groups, clubs, and schools creating their own. Now it’s happening right here at SHS.

How did lip dubbing start? A man named Jake Lodwick came up with the term “lip dubbing” on December 14, 2006, in a video he called Lip Dubbing: Endless Dream. In the description Lodwick wrote, “I walked around with a song playing in my headphones, and recorded myself singing. When I got home I opened it in iMovie and added an MP3 of the actual song, and synchronized it with my video. Is there a name for this? If not, I suggest ‘lip dubbing’.”

“We are doing it because Mr. Luette used to work at Sandwich High School and they did one that is actually really well done,” said senior and Student Council Secretary Reilly Roche. Mr. Luette and Mr. Wargo visited Student Council and were interested in doing something similar at SHS to unite the students at our school.

“For it to be successful, what we really need is involvement,” said Roche, “What we don’t want is for it just to be centered around major sports teams and captains, but we want all grades and clubs represented.” Each grade will be assigned their own song and they can dress up to represent what sport, group, or organization they’re a part of.

“I think it’s a cute idea and seems like it could be a really fun and different thing to do,” said junior Devon Smith.

Freshman Greg Shea said, “I think this would be a cool idea because it gives kids a chance to come together and have fun.”

When asked about her thoughts on the lip dub, junior Kyra Risley said, “I’ve seen a lot of other schools do it, and it seems like a good idea to help support school spirit.” It looks like many students at SHS are interested in participating and everyone should.

The lip dub will take place during school hours so students won’t have to go out of their way to participate. If students have questions they can contact a Student Council member. The group is hoping to see the school come together and make something fun and creative. Students are strongly encouraged to check out  the Sandwich High School lip dub and ones from other schools and organizations as well.  Lip dubbing is spreading like wildfire, and SHS is helping to double its popularity.