This year’s DECA chapter is having weekly meetings, brainstorming ideas and advertising throughout the school in preparation for the Sadie Hawkins dance.

Senior DECA officer Dave Herrera said the chapter members have been working on making the dance unforgettable by attracting a larger crowd.

“We are planning on bringing in more people to the dance by sharing how much fun it is and by doing a ticket deal where if you bring in two cans of food, you will get $5 off your ticket,” Herrera said.

Herrera said he wants a bigger turnout this year to bring more money in, but also for personal reasons.

“We are hoping to have a really good dance because it is the officer’s senior year,” Herrera said. “We are trying to get our whole grade to go. If seniors go, then it will bring more people in.”

Herrera said he is trying to keep it Halloween related but with a creative theme.

“We will for sure have costumes since that is the Sadie’s tradition, but we wanted a more specific theme,” Herrera said.

DECA adviser Sophia Ross said her chapter has brainstormed theme ideas to draw in more people.

“We are working with the tagline ‘Getting Spooky With It’ taken from Will Smith’s song ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It’ and the whole ‘Men in Black’ spooky theme,” Ross said. “It’s a fun theme, fun costumes. It’s less formal and more casual.”

Ross said, DECA’s goal for this dance is to make it a fun and memorable night while raising money for this year’s chapter.

“We try to do our best job with having a good theme, a good space and food for the students,” Ross said.

Ross said the dance will have costume prizes, a backdrop for pictures and the DJ will try to incorporate activities with the audience.

Ross said one aspect she hopes will attract more students to attend the dance is a Sadie’s week where students are encouraged to wear dress codes that incorporate the spooky theme of the dance.

Senior DECA officer Akhila Murthy said she hopes students will enjoy the dance because DECA has been working hard on getting the word out around the school.

“We are planning on bringing in more people to do the dance by marketing it, advertising it and making the dance fun by having activities.”

The dance will be 7-10 p.m. Oct. 30, at the Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis Park.