Star studded night
The searchlights shine brightly
It’s entertainment that I need
Up on the billboard, the title glitters
Wheeling’s own Broadway show
The walk of fame full of music stars
The time they spent in the town
The stage lit up, B.E. Taylor’s love
Its broken history
As the rain flowed through the air
River rising above the chairs
Ravaged and torn — Brought back to life
The passion of the people’s love
Will never wave, for it is too strong
The steel and stone and grand stature
The weight of repair to mend and show the lights
Once more.
A Song by Mason Bebo
The Romantic Wheeling Project is a multi-genre place-based learning project where 12th grade Honors English students at Wheeling Park High School used themes of British Romanticism like Natural over Artificial, Emotion over Reason, and the Quest for Forbidden Knowledge to explore their emotional connection with The Friendly City that raised them. Students were to choose one landmark, neighborhood, or place in Wheeling to inspire their open form creative writing. The student wrote short stories, poems, songs, and played with other genres to express their connections and views of Wheeling through a Romantic lens.