Introducing Tall Booth
As students, staff, and alumni flood the Midway this Carnival, they’ll notice the usual arrangement of booths, each with its own unique design. Navigating through the Midway, entranced with the artistry of Spring Carnival, they’ll walk slowly into the shadow lurking at the back of the Midway. There, they’ll find the newest addition to the Booth competition: Tall Booth.
The point of Tall Booth is not simply to build a sound structure with a nice exterior. Instead, the simple objective of Tall booth is height. Build the tallest booth imaginable. How tall? To space and beyond ideally.
According to the committee responsible for founding Tall Booth, building one requires creative thinking. As such, builders are actually encouraged not to complete the usually mandated BioRaft training for building booths as such training prohibits the flow of ideas for extending the height of the booth. In observing the building of Tall Booths, reporters have noticed all manners of creative building methods. There were reporters on ladders stacked on ladders in order to reach the 9th or 10th stories of some booths. Or, 2 by 4s being used to cover the outside of booths after builders have run out of exterior ply.
Venturing inside these booths, many feature one singular ladder to access the various floors, much like the ladders mounted on the sides of wind turbines. Staring up, visitors of Tall Booths report seeing the structure sway side to side and groan under their own weight. Some argue that the constant movement of the booth interferes with playing the games. Tall Booth builders argue that it's part of the fun.
So, as you venture out on the Midway this spring, consider stopping by these marvels of jank engineering and experience Tall Booth!