Sure, we could do it the old-fashioned way — sit down and ask her questions about her life — but everybody knows this is a much better way to get to know Ms. Ashley Bairos, science teacher, dorm adviser, and Girls’ Varsity Hockey coach. Here’s the “playlist of her life” — the ten songs that are most important to her.
- “The Thunder Rolls,” by Garth Brooks
“This song is from back when my father thought he was a cowboy,” said Ms. Bairos. She grew up listening to country music, and this stayed in her memory.
- “Crazy,” by Gnarls Barkley
“It was my mom’s ringtone for me when ringtones were cool.”
- “Numb,” by Linkin Park
- “American Idiot,” by Green Day
“Both [“Numb” and “American Idiot”] were on all the time in high school,” explained Ms. Bairos.
- “Thunderstruck,” by AC/DC
“We would play it before every hockey game. That was what we came out to every single time.”
- “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” by Michael Jackson
“I lived for four years with a classmate of mine and before every hockey game, home or away, we would dance to this song,” said Ms. Bairos. “We each had our own little iPods with our own headphones, and we would have to start it at the exact same time so that we could listen to it at the same time and dance to it together.”
- “The House That Built Me,” by Miranda Lambert
This is a more of a new-age country song that stuck with her. “It has a very interesting story about looking back at your childhood and how that affects your whole life.”.
- “Dancing Through Life,” by the cast of Wicked
“If I could do my life over, it would include participating in musical theater.”
- “So Good,” by B.O.B
“Good, fun, and always able to get you in a good mood.”
