March (4) and April (1) 2024 Candygrams

Friday, April 12, 2024---USC Men’s Tennis Senior Day

Trojan Candy and my husband Jim arrived at Marks Stadium for the men's tennis match with the California Bears. It was also Senior Day, and, thanks to Head Coach Brett Masi, Trojan Candy was allowed on the court to take pictures.

My first picture was of Senior Stefan Dostanic (1/22/2023).

Then Stefan posed with his teammate Senior Niroop Vallabhaneni.

Senior Lodewijk Westrate was warming up.

Trojan Candy took this picture of Stefan’s parents, Bata and Ksenija Dostanic, as they waited for the ceremony to start.

Now, it was time for the Senior Ceremony to begin.

Teammates stood at the door waiting.

Trojan Candy took this video of the team as they watched a team video on the big screen.

My husband Jim took this video of the ceremony from the stands.

The first Graduate who was introduced was Samuel Rubell.

Sam held his framed pictures.

Sam was joined by Head Coach Brett Masi and Assistant Coaches Eric Johnson and Bryce Pereira.

Senior Lodewijk Westrate was introduced next.

Lodewijk was holding his pictures.

I took a picture of Stefan with his parents.

Congratulations to our three Seniors: Sam, Lodewijk, and Stefan!

Here is my picture of the entire team and coaches.

My last picture is of Stefan with two former teammates---Learner Tien (4/15/2023) and Bradley Frye (11/15/2018).

KEEP FIGHTING ON FOREVER...USC Men’s Tennis!

Saturday, March 30, 2024---Spirit of Troy Spring Concert

Trojan Candy arrived early to the Bovard Auditorium for the Spirit of Troy Spring Concert. It was cold and cloudy outside at first. I took pictures of friends who attended the Concert.

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Trojan Candy was able to sit in the best seat for pictures and videos. Here are two slides of “Thank You, Seniors”.

The first performance was a percussion piece titled “Trio Per Uno: Movement 1” by Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic.

The next performance was Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland.

Xylophone soloist Tad Carpenter performed “Xylophonia”. Then there was an intermission.

After the intermission, the Spirit of Troy performed two of my favorite pieces. The guest conductor of both pieces was Dontay Douglas. The first was “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Paul Dukas.

The second was “Night on Bald Mountain” by Modest Mussorgsky.

Then, the rest of the Spirit of Troy marched into the auditorium. The USC Song Girls, USC Silks, and USC Dance Force also came to perform. The Spirit of Troy played “FIGHT ON” and the Song Girls and Dance Force danced.

Dr. Jacob Vogel had the audience sing our USC Alma Mater. During the singing, our Spirit of Troy found out from the audience that our Women of Troy Basketball Team beat Baylor 74-70. Our team advanced to the Final Four! Dr. Vogel also announced that we won our game and that UCLA lost their game.

What a way to finish the Spirit of Troy Spring Concert!

KEEP FIGHTING ON FOREVER, USC Spirit of Troy!