Jester

The Jester is the second oldest position at CTY Lancaster, and the only position to be shared by both sessions. It is a job with few responsibilities but is held in nothing but the highest regard. The Jester's main function is to act out the scenes in "American Pie" when the Jester steals the King's thorny crown and when the Jester is on the sidelines in a cast. The Jester is a nomore who is widely respected in the Lancaster community. Although the Jester is the oldest position at First Session, at Second Session, which has even older positions, it is slightly overshadowed in comparison. At Second Session, the Jester is usually passed down to someone who is considered to be outgoing and to have a good sense of humor, as a real jester would. At First Session, the Jester is less specific in role and is passed out to a stand-out CTYer. In the latter Session, the Jester was part of the Pentinity.

The Jester's distinguishing article are a Jester's coat and hat. The hat originally belonged to Ken Levin and the coat was given to him by 2001 RA Travis-Jason "TJ" Feldstein. The coat and hat are passed down each year at Passionfruit to a promising one-more both sessions.

Jesters Past*

* From the perspective of one year in the future.

• 1997: Matt "Wembley" Jacobs
• 1998: Aaron "The Short Kid with the Funny Hat" Tarnow
• 2001:

  First Session: Ken Levin

  Second Session: Matthew "Matt in the Hatt" Russo

• 2002:

  First Session: Stuart Schüssel

  Second Session: Andy "UnAndy" Schlesinger

• 2003:

  First Session: Gabriel Slamovits

  Second Session: Randall Leeds

• 2004:

  First Session: Alexia Simonnard-Note

  Second Session: Susannah Roush

• 2005:

  First Session: Josh Yanovski

  Second Session: Tassie Andersen

• 2006:

  First Session: Aliza Alperin-Sheriff

  Second Session: Christian "Christ" Burnette

• 2007:

  First Session: Molly Brean

  Second Session: Meghan Vu

• 2008:

  First Session: Dana Reback

  Second Session: Zeke Weiner/John Laws Harrison

• 2009:

  First Session: Verity Walsh

  Intersession: Max Wang

  Second Session: Race Archibold

• 2010:

  First Session: Faye Elgart

  Intersession: Rowan Matney

  Second Session: Otter Lee

• 2011:

  First Session: Joseph Fridman

  Intersession: Alex Kohanski

  Second Session: Graeme McGuire

• 2012

  First Session: Sam Sagan

  Intersession: Jonah Spear

  Second Session: Noah Goldstein

• 2013

  First Session: Ben Zweig

  Second Session: Louie Brown

• 2014

  First Session: Ryan "Grewbaby" Grewal

  Second Session: Louie wearing a mustache and glasses claiming to be "the new kid Ryan" who "likes to jester"