# @denverjewishdayschool on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-11-21T02:15:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Jewish Day School (@denverjewishdayschool) — https://gondola.cc/denverjewishdayschool

## Caption

For this week's Throwback Thursday, we're looking back 20 years to Color War 2005. The themes were Aish (Fire) and Mayim (Water)…and things got a little too real.

In an unforgettable twist, Team Aish went all-in and used smoke machines for their room presentation. The commitment was admirable — until the smoke set off the fire alarms right before Final Night,  arguably one of the biggest nights of the year at DJDS.

Cue: the fire department arriving in full gear, 300 people evacuated, and a very memorable pre-show “intermission.”
Eventually the culprit (those pesky smoke machines) was identified, the all-clear was given, and Final Night went on as planned.

Meanwhile, Team Mayim came prepared with actual fish in their room design — a bold move that became instant lore.

To this day, Team Aish swears the judges held the fire alarm fiasco against them.

Anyone remember who actually won?

Drop your memories below — especially if you were on Aish or Mayim circa 2005!

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #SchoolMemories #StudentLife #ColorWar #ColorWarStories #ColorWarLegends #FireVsWater #TeamAish #TeamMayim
#EpicBattles #SchoolCompetition

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throwbackthursday, schoolmemories, firevswater, teammayim, studentlife, colorwarlegends, schoolcompetition, colorwarstories, teamaish, tbt, epicbattles, colorwar

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