Saturday night. It’s the last night of the show. You have everyone from the performers who play on their phones to calm their nerves to the seniors who are ready to give their last electric performance.

But they all have the same idea; give the audience their money’s worth. Seniors Ethan Payton and Haley Boydstun understand the bittersweet feelings of leaving the stage for the very last time.

“It’s kind of sad, it’s been such a long road to see the evolution of Electronica,” Payton said. “It sucks to say goodbye, but I’ll be back next year to help.”

This year is a whole new experience for freshmen Collin Hardison and Abby Love,

”The fact that I got to spend time with my peers outside of school was pretty great, and since this is my first year I wanted to come in with a bang,” Hardison said.

Being part of Electronica and band is about more than a Fine Arts Credit.

“I’m doing this for my family and the people who love live music,” Love said. “Without the people who come out and watch us play we’d just be playing for ourselves.”

With anything, practice makes perfect, junior Ricardo Forster says as he recalls the rehearsals the week before Electronica.

“Monday and Tuesday we had practice from right after school until 7, Wednesday it was an hour shorter, Thursday we had a dress rehearsal.”

Before all the flashy techniques, it took consistent practice for them to be able to dazzle audiences Forster said.

Sophomore Jeremy Hash said it doesn’t matter who you are, when you’re in Electronica you have one goal in all of this: help provide money for the future students in RHS Band.

“It feels really great, you get to interact with a bunch of people from band and all of the percussion which is good, but even better the band is getting money,” Hash said.

Band Director Loy Studer said band made an estimated $8000 from Electronica performances.

When it comes to Electronica, it’s a surprise. It’s something built from the ground up every year; fresh, full of new ideas and new ways to wow the crowd.

“Not to sound cliché but when it comes to Electronica, you should expect the unexpected,” Studer said.