Going to School Dances Guide
By Megan
Have you ever gone to a dance yet? Well, most people on the site here are starting middle school, and that means dances. Anne and I have only been to one of the many dances that our school has and let me tell you, it was amazing! Now you might be a little nervous. Will a guy ask me? Will there be food? Will my parents say yes? Those are a few of the many questions you might ask yourself. Some of the ones I am going to answer.
Now, for the dress code. Your dance probably won'’t be very formal. I wore a nice shirt, Capri’s, and a headband. I didn't see anyone wearing a long sparkly dress with heels, or a tuxedo and bowtie there. So you should ask your friends what they are going to wear.
You might not know some of the songs. Who cares? It is a dance not a karaoke contest. Just concentrate on the fact that you are having fun, not that all of your friends know the song. Chances are that there might be a song that you know but your friends don'’t.
Time for the thing that gets you frustrated and stressed out. Will I get asked to the dance? Since this is only your first year of middle school, relationships between you and guys might be a little awkward. If you are like me, then you are just friends with the boys. But if you are really pretty and popular, then you might get asked. If you get asked, but not by the person you wanted to get asked by, then give this person a chance. If you already gave the person a chance, then let him/her down gently. How do you do that you ask? Well here is an example:
"Uh, (insert name here) this may be kind of hard on you, but I just want to go to the dance with a friend like, (insert friend's name here). It is too sudden for me to go to the dance with a boy for a while. I am sorry. I hope to see you there though!" It doesn't have to be exactly that. You can think of your own, or you can use that.
Time for the food part of the guide. Just thinking about it makes me hungry. I thought you got free food like on television. Of course I was wrong. Some dances, you have to pay for the food, like mine. Others you might just have it laid out on the table like on all of the movies. I'd bring a wallet just in case.
Now for the hardest thing to answer of all. Will my parents let me go? For me, I had bought the ticket ahead of time before I even asked my parents, assuming they would let me go. Boy was I wrong (again). The day after I got the ticket, I asked my mom, she said I could go but then she told me to ask my dad. I got really nervous. You see, my dad isn’t the kind of dad that is always happy and says yes to everything. Usually he shoots you down the first time you ask him. I had to struggle with him on the question. But then, my mom signed the ticket and she let me go. In the end, my dad didn't have a problem with me going, he was kidding around with me.
Time for the next question. What about slow dances? Well, on my dance, there was only one slow dance. And it was super short. Some people actually danced to it, like boy and girl. Most people went outside and I and the people I was with went outside for a little while, then we decided to have fun and to dance with each other.
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