Sadie’s dance incorporates new idea
Tradition changes in hopes to attract students
DECA officer and senior Jimmy Arms and junior Alyssa LeMay promote DECA in the homecoming parade.
October 23, 2015
After four years of poor attendance, DECA attempts to reconstruct the Sadie Hawkins dance to create a more attractive appeal to students, according to adviser Sophia Ross.
Ross said the dance will act as DECA’s its main fundraiser. In the past several years, however, the event has not produced a profit.
“The last couple years we were disappointed because we put so much time and energy into an event which was not successful,” Ross said. “If we continue to break even, we might have to stop the event because it is so time consuming.”
According to Ross, the dance in past years fell on Halloween, which impacted the turnout negatively. This year it plans to host the event Nov. 24 to avoid conflict with the holiday.
“I hope by switching the date we can expect a bigger crowd and make sure the students are not missing out on anything if they attend,” Ross said.
According to officer and senior Mikey Segal, DECA passed out a poll during lunch hours to make planning the event a school-wide effort.
“We are focusing on what students want this year,” Segal said. “I think we can expect to get more people by doing it like that.”
Ross said DECA is at the beginning stages of planning and the dance has no standing theme. Popular ideas mentioned by members included a disney theme, superhero theme and a hawaiian theme. The student body received the opportunity to vote on all ideas.
Junior and DECA member Talia Simonett said planning the dance provides an opportunity to advertise an event with little appeal in the past.
“I am excited and I hope that by changing a few things we can make the dance more appealing to the students,” Simonett said.
Ross said planning the dance gives students real life scenarios and the opportunity to face challenges regarding attendance.
“The students will have to focus a lot of efforts on marketing the dance,” Ross said. “I’m excited to see what they do with it and how they can apply it to others situations in the future.”
