The curtain falls as thunderous applause shatters the beautiful sound, and Paige Boomer and Robert Hartfield turn to bow.

BVSW’s “Wolfgong!” is presenting a number of individual acts this year, including a Disney mashup performed a capella, skits, songs, intricate choir harmonies and a duet by Paige Boomer and Robert Hartfield. In past years, “Wolfgong!” has had a theme, but this year, all the students are performing their very own acts.
According to Mrs. Susan Scheibler, the first “Wolfgong!” was based off of BV West’s Fundraiser Talent Show, in which the participants are voted on by how much money is left in their jars by the audience members. SW decided to take it a different route, and let the money come from tickets.
Hartfield and Boomer have been friends since Boomer began taking voice lessons from his mother. Hartfield’s family has had extensive background in music, since Hartfield’s father is a professional opera singer, and his mother opened Theatre in the Park. Boomer, on the other hand, had always sung when she was little. She started out with church theatre, and kept looking for more shows and opportunities as she went along.
Both are involved in activities other than the performing arts. Boomer is a point ballerina, and does community service, pageants, and girl scouts. Hartfield has done track, cross country, wrestling, and tennis, has a job at a bowling alley, and recently got his eagle scout.
So how did these two come to work together?“Robert… I should say he bribed me,” Boomer said.
Hartfield denied it at first, then, “Oh! I did bribe you!”
The original idea of “All I Ask Of You”, a duet performed by Hartfield and Boomer, came from Hartfield’s mother, and both parties loved it. But then, Hartfield discovered that Boomer was not auditioning for KMEA, or Kansas Music Educators Association.
He told her that he wouldn’t sing the duet with her unless she tried out, which she is now doing.
Scheibler stated that the auditions that get through must be appropriate, unique and polished. This is why Boomer and Hartfield were accepted.

Many students don’t know what “Wolfgong!” is, but when told, most say, “I want to go!”  Those who know already, though, plan to attend. For example, McKenzie Weber talks about her friend Bailey Cockerham.

“Well, my friend’s in it [Cockerham], and she’s a really good singer, so I’m thinking about going,” she said.