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Turnabout Should be a Winter Formal

We hear about Winter Formals all the time in our favorite books and movies. It’s the Valentine’s Day dance, except without the pressure of finding a valentine. With the lack of success involving Turnabout, we no longer have any type of winter dance at Niles West. The simple solution is this: just change the failure of Turnabout into a Winter Formal!

The problem with Valentine’s Day themed dances is the pressure of finding a date. Boys are scared to ask the girls to dance, and they don’t necessarily want the commitment of taking a  girl to a dance dedicated to love and hearts. The problem with Turnabout is that generally speaking girls are the shyer gender, and won’t overcome their nerves to ask a boy to any type of dance at all and continue to wait for the boy to ask them to the dance.

I propose that Niles West takes the money from the preparations of Turnabout, and hop to making snowflakes and white,silver, and blue confetti for a dance that would occur at the end of January.

If the dance would take place in January instead of February, the Valentine’s Day stigma would be non-existent, and it would be on the scale of a Homecoming dance, instead of being hosted in the Contest Gym. It could even be a winter “Homecoming” in the sense of our boys and girls basketball teams having a Homecoming game the night before the dance, or something of that nature.

Stevenson High School has a Winterfest, so why shouldn’t the Wolves as well? We only have two big dances during the year, Homecoming and Prom. The bad thing about Homecoming, especially for freshmen, is that as the year progresses, we meet more people to go out and have fun with. Also, Prom is notoriously for the upperclassmen. A Winter Formal is a great way to start second semester and to relieve the stress caused by finals, and everyone would feel invited to attend.

“One dance a year isn’t enough and I think the reason only a few people went to Turnabout was because it was girls’ choice and the girls never really asked anyone unless they were already going out. While girls are okay with going stag, a lot of guys think it’s a waste of time. I think we should have a dance after finals to celebrate the end of the semester,” junior Marina Letica says.

Junior Max Greene agrees with Letica.

“Dances are always fun, and for the underclassmen their only school dance is Homecoming. We should give them the opportunity to come to at least one more school dance,”Greene says.

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    NicholeJul 1, 2012 at 10:19 PM

    I agree completely a Winter Formal would be fun, and having it in January would take off the Valentine pressure.

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    BellaMar 15, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    Thats a really good idea! I hope that Niles West pulls this one though. It will be wayy more successful than turnabout!

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    Someone who will actually go to something like thisJan 25, 2012 at 9:19 PM

    OMG A WINTER FORMAL WOULD AMAZING. I never went to Homecoming, and I probably never will. Way too many people. But the winter formal would totally be an opportunity to sort of just celebrate the end of a whole semester and we can have something to be looking forward to before Summer break.

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      Someone who agrees with youJul 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM

      Having a celebration would be fun!

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    BasiaJan 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    Yay! Another dance that I will be dragged to by Mara. lol jk <3 I think that a Winter Formal is a much better idea than Turnabout. I'm sure many more people would attend.

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    AlyssaJan 25, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    A Winter Formal is a great idea. We could kind of combine homecoming and prom; host it in the Contest Gym, but girls could wear long, classy, winter-esque dresses. It’s unfair for underclassmen to wait until October of every year just to attend a school dance and have fun. A Winter Formal would just be one more thing to look forward to after the craze of finals is finally over and done with.

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    jaslupJan 24, 2012 at 11:51 PM

    Wolves love to dance, let’s leave it at that. I know my wolfpack will spread the news, hopefully this dance pulls through.

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    Justin Ian SiaJan 24, 2012 at 11:50 PM

    I totally agree that there needs to be a winter formal. A winter formal is a good idea because it gives students a dance to look forward to between Homecoming and Prom, it doesn’t give off the uneasy feelings Turnabout gives some people, it gives a great opportunity to give winter sports the same spotlight that the football team recieves during homecoming, and it also gives Sophomore Cabinet something to do (it’s important to give them some experience in planning dances because they end up planning Prom their Junior Year). Personally, I would be really happy if Niles West followed the lead of Stevenson and did what the students are calling for.

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    CzarinaJan 24, 2012 at 10:15 PM

    I think this idea would make people attend the dance and actually have a good time!

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    AngieJan 24, 2012 at 8:44 PM

    I agree with you mara! we should have a winter formal !

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    HannahJan 24, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    It sounds like it would be a good idea. You guys can go ahead and plan it, meanwhile I’ll go take a nap. Homecoming was one dance too many for me. I think I’ll be fine until next school year.

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    nwJan 23, 2012 at 10:45 PM

    I think that’s a pretty good idea! Because our sophomore cabinet still needs a dance to plan and a winter formal after finals would bring a fun and fresh start to second semester!

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    robertJan 23, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    omg let’s do it!!!!!

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