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: ??? (When Ryan Grewal did not return)
- Second Session: Matias Gonzalez