These five upperclassmen have created a movement here with their hip-hop and break dancing skills featured in their dance group, Jabbawockeez

By Tommy Sneider
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Senior Michael “Mike” Mestetsky

Who started the Jabbawockeez?
Actually, we were trying to help two girls to see what they wanted to do for a trike team. I left for a second, and when I came back, everybody was smiling. When I came back, my buddy said, ‘I have the best idea.’ And he said Jabbawockeez. So we told the girls, ‘You guys aren’t doing that.’ And that’s kind of how it started.

Where did you guys find the inspiration for the costumes?
We base our whole idea off of the real Jabbawockeez. Our other inspiration comes from Vogue and Teen Magazine. Glamour, too. (Michael) Zervic bought them offline.

And the talent show money?
I spent it on the High School Musical 2 soundtrack.

Senior Derek Jamerson

What’s the most difficult part?
Getting everybody coordinated, as far as like schedule because five of us have different schedules, so just getting everybody together is really tough.

What’s the weirdest reaction you have gotten from a fan?
At Homecoming, we were down at the stadium and doing what we do and there was a girl, and she freaked out and she was yelling and screaming and asked us to sign something and treated us like real celebrities. It’s so much fun, just by wearing the shirts to take the pictures people were talking about us, so it’s really cool.