Dim lights, loud music and swish of dresses followed by the shouting voices that can barely be understood as the lyrics to one of your favorite songs. The sweat and heat radiate off of the dancing bodies in the gym and the aching feet and droopy eyes as you dance the night away, leaving you hungry and slap happy. This can only mean you went to a school dance.

   At LHS our Student Council sponsors dances and they work very hard to produce an enjoyable night for the students at the dance. The one thing that a lot of people forget is the money and time it takes to produce a school dance. To have a successful dance you have to have people interested in buying tickets, which was a problem with our Courtwarming dance. Thankfully LHS had the Spike it Up volleyball tournament as a part of Courtwarming and these past two years it has taken center stage.

   StuCo has made it clear that the dance is canceled not Courtwarming itself.  So finally its time we throw our heels out the window and put on some shoes suitable for the battle of the grades.

   The competitive school spirit comes out of all of us once we all had a small taste of the competition on the court. One of the best parts of this event is that it is for everyone, the athletes, singers, actors, artists, and mathletes. Each team has an open roster and its first come first serve until the teams fill up, which ideally would be 24 per grade. It really doesn’t matter what your experience is with volleyball, just go out there and have fun, that’s what everyone expects. Not only is it open for everyone but it`s fun, and like in any sport, anything can happen.

   Last year the freshmen team almost beat the seniors. It was a big deal for the freshies. I mean come on it was our first year in the high school and you are at the bottom of the food chain and then your team almost beats the senior team! It makes you feel proud of your class. Now, did that change that we were at the bottom of the popularity totem pole? No, but it did make you feel more a part of the school. Spike it Up is just a fun way to get closer to your class, but that’s not it.

   Spike it Up is actually a big fundraiser for our Special Olympics program. Our school  is helping students be  part of something that  affects their student’s lives. So instead of StuCo using all that time and money for a dance that quite frankly isn’t successful, they  put it towards not only a successful program but, a good one.

   I would rather have one fun dance well done with the time and money needed and a fun game of volleyball for a great cause and a good time. So girls it`s time to wipe off that makeup, boys, take off that tie and put on some face paint. It`s game day.