By Felix Bernstein, Opinions Manager & Online Content Manager
• June 11, 2026
As a middle school student and cast member, Lucas Ebert watched the annual Blast performance five times. Now, he plays an essential role in the show. Music is a big part of WCHS sophomore Lucas Ebert’s...
By Ray Guan, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager
• December 13, 2024
As the spring of 2025 creeps closer, it brings Blast 35: Coloration. Over its three and a half decades, students have performed and largely led the performance. Blast budded from the choir’s spring concert....
By Dehab Habtai, Assistant Features Editor
• May 1, 2024
“Blast 34: Into the Wild” is the most popular WCHS Blast of the decade, with over 600 audience members attending its opening night. This is unsurprising, as the experienced directors and leaders have...
By Ananya Pandit, Part-time Editor, Full-time Traveler
• April 23, 2024
With elaborate stage design, captivating vocals and thoroughly planned costumes, Blast is a revered WCHS tradition that attracts thousands of attendees every year. The Blast performances are centered around...
This March, the fan-favorite production of Blast is making a comeback after not being performed in two years. Back in early 2020, WCHS students were working on the 31st production of Blast - Blast: Spectrum....
Seniors have looked forward to this year since their freshman year of high school, or maybe even longer. Senior year is the year where you get to celebrate all the work you have put in over the years by...
Outstanding solo performances, catchy songs, sparkling lights and talented dancers. Blast 30: Blast From the Past included all of these aspects and more, and it definitely proved to be a memorable show...
Every year, the WCHS community comes together to experience a voyage through time through song. Blast has been a WCHS tradition that consists of a series of popular musical numbers from throughout time...
On Sept. 15, junior Sam Nasar released his first Extended Preview (EP), “Self Signed.”
Ever since Nasar’s mother introduced him to musical theater, he has always had a passion for the arts. Nasar...
All students take some form of art class at CHS, yet most do not continue once they graduate. The Observer has contacted a few recent graduates who have continued their passions in art after their...
Student performers in Blast 26: Opposition, performed at Rio shopping center in Gaithersburg March 14 to advertise their upcoming shows.
“We thought of presenting some songs somewhere,” parent...
It’s opening night and the crowd is buzzing. But when the lights hit the stage, silence fills the air. Blast begins.
Blast has been a unique CHS production for 26 years and returns to the stage with...
