Oliver Pursley, a junior at HAHS, is both an alto in choir and the Anime club President. In the Anime club, Oliver makes all the student decisions that go directly to the teacher; whether that be field trips or fundraisers. Anime club also expands to entertainment through reading and watching, so Oliver mentioned that their favorite show is Arcane on Netflix. They said that the Conjoring franchise is probably their favorite series of movies, and they are currently reading ‘The Dead of Winter’ by Darcy Coates. Besides being the president of Anime Club, Oliver also is the Vice president of GSA.
As an alto in choir, Oliver gets to sing harmonies more than they sing melodies. Oliver has participated in events like the Phantom’s game and the show choir. They said their favorite part of choir is getting to sing, be with friends, and “hang out with the community of Hamburg’s choir.” They joined choir during their sophomore year because “Mrs. Jackson is awesome and I love to sing. Having my friends there was also a bonus.” Besides choir, Oliver can also play many instruments, like the triangle, piano, guitar, and the baritone.
Outside of school, Oliver is a dungeon master for a Dungeons and Dragons group. As a dungeon master, Oliver gets to put a group of their friends through a fictional adventure where they have to fight monsters and complete quests as characters they made up. Oliver started playing DnD two years ago when their older brother was in a group, and they were invited to join it. They only started being a dungeon master in November. As a dungeon master, Oliver says their favorite part of DnD is “seeing what my players will do with my plans for that day, whether it be a quest or a monster.” Also, Oliver is in another DnD group where they get to be a player, and they say that they “love interacting with the other players, and messing around with the dungeon master.”
Oliver likes to play video games and draw in their free time. One of their favorite video games is Valorant. In Oliver’s future, they want to be a Psychologist.
