Ladies, we all know you need another excuse to get dolled up. Guys, we all know you need an excuse to get close to girls. Would you be interested in going to a winter dance?
There are no official plans in the works. Why not?
Sophomores Lindsay Novesal and Rachel Huston said they would go to a winter dance simply just to have the excuse to dress up. When discussing it further they admitted, “The dance would have to have a fun theme such as winter wonderland, black and white, or even a masquerade!”
Spencer Young attended his first high school dance this year and said he would attend another dance because he enjoyed homecoming so much.
If students are so keen on the idea then why haven’t we had one in recent years?
According to Mr. Jeremy Brown, the SGA advisor, this is due to the fact that students simply don’t make it a priority or seem interested.
Previous dance failures contradict the majority of current students saying they would attend a winter dance.
Senior and president of the SGA Dan Beck said, “If it was a benefit dance, I believe not only would more people come, but also it would raise awareness for the benefit as well.” He continue to say it would be up to the leaders of each class to find out what themes students would be interested in.
If a student wanted to plan a dance, he/she wouldn’t necessarily have to depend on the SGA. This could be a service learning project, where the student could get a club or class to sponsor the event.
Winter dance themes could include a Winter Formal, Snow Ball, Sweetheart or Queen of Heart dance for Valentine’s Day, or even a Sadie Hawkins where the girls ask the guys.
On the other hand, some students still wouldn’t be interested in any of these. Junior David Division said he wouldn’t attend. “It’s not something my friends or I would be interested in because it’s boring and there are too many people in one space.”
Despite the fact Division doesn’t like dances, he says if the dance provided snacks, drinks and better music, then he might be more inclined to go.
Last year South Carroll High School had their first winter formal.
Kylee Grabarek, a sophomore at South Carroll, said that it was very successful with almost as many attendees as their fall homecoming. “We all loved our first homecoming last year so much that we begged our vice principal for another winter one. We had another spirit week too!”
