By Ray’Von Jones
It’s that time again. We dress wildly, show off our Loy Norrix pride and get excited for the Friday that we’ve all been waiting for: Homecoming.
“Spirit week is my favorite week of the year,” said senior Reana Smith.
Homecoming week is definitely one of the most event-filled weeks of the school year. The events include a series of class competitions in which students attempt to show that their class is the best one at Loy Norrix High School.
The week’s events come to a peak on Friday, the day that brings the pep assembly and the Homecoming game.
One event tends to be one of the most widely anticipated and buzzed about: the Homecoming Dance. As this event approaches, many questions arise about who will be attending and how much fun the dance will be.
Loy Norrix High School’s Homecoming festivities came to an end on Friday September 30 with a dance themed, “Get Your Glow On.” So was the dance a glowing success, or blow out?
According to Sophomore Michaela Haw, the dance was a great time.
“There were a ton of people and a ton of things going on at the same time. Overall, [the dance] was fun because people could do their own thing and still be apart of the group,” said Haw.
What makes a school dance fun? According to a number of Loy Norrix students, music is a huge factor. Junior Trevor Greer believes that music plays a large role but states that one of his favorite things about school dances is, “Seeing everyone have a good time.”
Senior Letiah Foltz has attended many school dances during her time at Loy Norrix.
“When the DJ plays music that people want to hear, students feel like they have an input. This makes it easier to have a good time,” said Foltz, “Music that we can’t dance to can make a dance really boring.”
While some students, including sophomore Michaela Haw, felt that the music at the 2011 Homecoming Dance was satisfactory, other students disagree.
“I had fun at the dance, but the music could have been better and more recent,” said sophomore Julia Fiore.
Loy Norrix students also state that when it comes to school dances, they prefer having chaperones that are observant, yet distant.
“There is always staff in the way when we’re trying to dance and have a good time,” said junior Christina Lindahl, who would prefer to have chaperones that watch at dances, but don’t interfere.
In order to make all future dances a success, Norrix students have a few tips.
“Decorations that fit the theme can better the experience,” said Haw.
Foltz suggested, “[The DJ] should play music that people request, and they should not try to break us up when we’re dancing. They should let us do our thing.”
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Dominique Jones • Oct 10, 2011 at 8:16 pm
i thought there should be more interviews and less upper classmen interviews.
Katy • Oct 10, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Dear Editor,
I think you couldv’e included more on teh bad things in the dance. You seemed to only include the good things, when the article was titled “School Dances: The Good and the Bad”. I also think that you should write more stuff. I like to read the things people have to say about the school.
Zaria Lockett • Oct 10, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Overall I thought homecoming was really fun. It’s probably because I am a freshman. I hope all of the other homecoming dances are either better or as fun as this one was.
Nick Ranger • Oct 10, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Dear Editor,
By reading this article I can tell the dance was a big hit but it did have its downs. Like the parents and teachers, but the dance obvisly was a great time.
Knight Life News • Oct 6, 2011 at 4:42 am
Thank you all for your votes and comments. Great job sophomore class for putting on the dance.
Vika Pashby • Oct 5, 2011 at 11:44 pm
i think the dance was good except for the DJ he had a lot of technical difficulties………….and the music could have bean better. But the theme was good
Asia Davis • Oct 5, 2011 at 11:30 pm
In our defense (sophomores who planned the dance) we had to use that DJ………He was free.