Summer is finally here. City Honors has been soaking in sunrays all of this lovely May, and vacation is close enough to taste. School hasn't been the same since AP Exams - classes are empty, halls are vacant, and everyone unlucky enough to be inside CHS walls is busy thinking of ways to bust out.
All minds are elsewhere.
As I write this, the seniors are poolside in Florida, the freshmen are romping around Canada's Wonderland and everybody else is, well, jealous. So - since this is a music column, I thought it would be entirely appropriate to offer a quick checklist of summer essentials. One cannot underestimate the importance of having a good soundtrack for vacation - everybody needs a theme song. For starters, let's deal with that fantastic, oft-imagined day at the beach. Though you may feel a little too much like a Budweiser ad, the album is made for beach volleyball.