Greenwood High School has decided, for the first time in a while, to host a homecoming dance that will be held after the homecoming game on October 13th. People have so many different opinions and questions about the week leading up to homecoming and the game that night.
This year, they have chosen to have the dance on the same night as the game. This has become very controversial among students planning to go, and whether they will attend. Two freshmen, Nicci Russel and Reese Lyons say that since they will be participating as athletes in the HOCO game, they don’t like that they have to get ready right after the game. “It makes it hard,” says Lyons. “I don’t want to be tired or feel nasty after the game.” Russel also agreed and said, “Yeah, I wouldn’t have a lot of time to prepare for the dance like I planned.” Others who will just be attending the game in the student section say that it is more convenient to have the game on the same night as the dance.
The student council has chosen the theme of this year’s HOCO dance to be Retro, while some students say that the dress code will be casual. This also may cause some people to not feel the need to go to the dance. Students say that it is more fun to dress up and go out with friends for a dance, rather than dress casually like they do every day for school. Also, people who want to dress up for the theme are confused by it because they don’t know what the theme means or what it looks like. While some don’t like the HOCO theme, many have opinions on the week leading up to homecoming and if there should be dress-up days. One reason people are excited about HOCO is the week leading up to it and getting to dress up to different themes throughout the week. Students are filled with ideas of what they could dress as. Some ideas include: PJs, Hat Day, Adam Sandler Day (baggy clothes), “On Wednesday We Wear Pink” (Mean Girls reference), Anything but a Backpack, and Dress as Your Type Day. These are all great ideas.
Overall, students are thrilled that for the first time in forever, they get to attend a High School homecoming, even if they don’t totally agree with the date or theme of the dance.