by Zach Kilgas |
This year, Courtwarming has had some cosmetic surgery, including Botox, and a few sessions of liposuction. The change is enormous, and Student Council has helped guide the dance through the metamorphosis. The 2013 Courtwarming will take place on February 8, from 8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.
“We have completely changed from Courtwarming to #CokelysGlowCrazy,” senior Heather Glenn said.
This year LHS’ Student Council has officially started the tradition of a “glow dance.” Student Council members explained the reasons for this important change.
“Court warming has always been the ugly little sister of all of the dances, so this year we decided to give it a total makeover,” junior Kaylie Botello said.
The major transition made by Student Council was the change from a formal set up to a casual dance set up.
“We want to bring the new tradition of a casual, fun dance to LHS,” Glenn said.
With this switch, Student Council hoped that more kids could be included in the experiences of attending dances.
“We knew that some people would be disappointed, but we knew that a lot of LHS’ students would be excited to have a break from all of the renting suits, buying dresses and expensive dinners,” Botello said. “We realized that those expenses could add up very quickly.”
The next change is the inclusion of the hash tag in the theme.
“StuCo thought that this would be more fun, we all can tweet about it and get our followers involved,” sophomore Cheyanne Jackson said.
“The dance will be a casual, black-light dance and will take place the in cafeteria immediately following the basketball game on Friday night,” Adviser Melanie Prince said. “The Council’s hope is that this will create a fun, laid back environment and will alleviate some of the stress students may feel to buy expensive dresses for the semi-formal dances.”
This year is a continuation of last year’s trial “glow dance.” Student Council hopes that attendance will reflect that of other dances.
“This is actually the second year we’ve done Courtwarming in this format, and while the turnout last year was not as big as probably as we hoped, everybody who came had an awesome time,” Student Council Adviser Erin Ramsey said. “This year, we’re hoping that we’ll have a bigger turn out, and it’ll start a tradition that everybody looks forward to.”
This year, Student Council has even entertained the idea of having a live band preform, The Stive has been booked for the occasion. The possibilities of change are endless.
Student Council members have made a single request,
“Everybody needs to give this year a chance” Botello said.
