In preparation for Dana Hill’s Winter Formal this year, ASU has gone through quite a few obstacles, beginning with a dodgy DJ, and a regrettable theme.
Early December, the Sophomore class began the preparation for our 2023
Winter Formal dance. Most people were excited, Winter Formal is known
for being the “fun” dance, and the one everyone attends. As the venue
and theme were being planned, the Sophomore class gathered ideas to
pitch to the student senate. The pressure was on the student senate to
pick a theme favorable to the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior
class at Dana Hills High School. Ultimately deciding on Casino Night,
the student senate received feedback and criticism for the bad and
ultimately unaffordable idea.
Sophomore
class officers opted to switch the theme from Casino Night to Night in
Nashville because “we did not have it in our budget to have casino
tables or the workers to operate the casino tables,” Activities Director
Sandy Mesa explains, with the student senate confirming their
preference of theme because of lack of casino for casino theme. Then, it
was a matter of advertising. Having only four weeks until the dance
after the theme change, ASU had to act fast. Graphics snr director Talia
Penzell created flyers, ASU secretary Caydence Lansford added it to the
weekly message and morning announcements, and word of mouth ensued from
all 105 members. Then came complaints of the price……???
The
venue had been originally chosen for the Winter Formal in 2020 “has
been rolled over” for three years due to covid restrictions on indoor
gatherings. Dana Hills “still couldn't hold Winter Formal in 2022” at AV
Irvine, as it did not follow indoor gathering guidelines the Orange
County Department of Public Health published, so we rolled it over to
2023 Winter Formal. Upon asking why the venue was just changed and let
go instead of rolling over, Sena Mesa explained she “did not want [the
program] to lose $5000.00 they did not have from the deposit”
Sold 425, 400 went, goal was 400
Dj comes with venue, vendor N-effects (ocl people) Chris P
Authors: Brooklyn and Talia
