"Flying Without Wings"

"Flying Without Wings"

by Sara Jewkes

Flyer Flash, Staff Writer

ST. GEORGE - Choosing the theme song for Homecoming was very difficult for senior, Emma Pasely. “ There are so many songs that have to do with flying”, she says. So she chose “Flying without Wings” because it is everyone’s goal this year to “bring back the Dixie spirit and pride”. Emma said why she chose this specific song was because “ it talks about once you find friendship and love in high school you are ‘ “flying without wings”.

Flying without Wings is sung by Westlife. The song is really popular in the United Kingdom and many other parts of the world. Flying without Wings was on Pokemon: The Movie 2000. In 2002, the band re-recorded the song with Cristian Castro and BoA. The song became the group's third number 1 single, spending 13 weeks on charts. A member of the band named Wayne Hector, said “I came up with a couple of lines for the first verse and then phoned my mama’s house, left it on the answering machine, and said,  'Don’t get rid of this!'”

Flying without Wings was sung by a senior, Shayla Wilkinson, at the Homecoming assembly. She listened to the song at least sixty times before she began singing along with it to school. She says, “I had never really sung in front of anyone besides my steering wheel and shower head.” Everyone gets nervous while performing in front of a huge audience but when Shayla started singing, saw all the people waving their phones, and hearing everyone clapping it made her super happy and she felt more confident. The assembly ended with a great applause and suspicion of who would win the Homecoming Royalty. Shayla made that whole assembly on to remember. Great job Shayla!