Aragon Leadership will host three dances throughout the 2012-2013 school year. Homecoming will be held on Nov. 10 at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos. Winter Formal will be held at the San Mateo Marriot on Feb. 2. Prom will be held for upperclassmen at the San Francisco Galleria on April 20.
All dances will be held at the same venues that they were held at last year, which is generally a Leadership tradition. Says Leadership teacher and activities director Catherine Williamson, “We know that these locations can handle the 600 or more people.”
Students have mixed opinions over the venues. Sophomore and leadership student Samantha Bhaumik says, “The museum part [of the Hiller Aviation Museum] is really fun to walk around in, but it doesn’t go with the themes [Leadership] wants to do in the future.”
Junior Emily Pereira says, “A lot of people don’t like the museum because the airplanes mess up the themes. I liked the Marriot [for Formal]. It’s just Aragon in one room, instead of at the museum, but for a larger amount of people it’s really tight. At the Marriot, everybody dances and the floor shakes.”
Leadership is optimistic about attendance for this year’s dances. Says Aragon Student Body President Keaton Moe, “Population is about the same, and they are in the same places, so attendance should be about the same. The cost of tickets should be about the same, but maybe we’ll tweak it a little.”
While Leadership has released the dates and locations of this year’s dances, the themes for all three have yet to be released. The themes for Homecoming and Winter Formal are always determined by the Leadership class, while the theme for Prom is determined by the senior class.
Last year, Homecoming had a “Wish the Night Away” theme because it occurred on Nov. 11, 2011. Winter Formal was dubbed “The Black and White Ball,” which encouraged all attendees to don black or white ensembles. Last year’s prom theme was “Forest of Pandora,” based on James Cameron’s film, “Avatar.”
These themes received positive reviews from students. Sophomore Julise Hall says, “I liked [the Black and White Ball]. It was classy and fun, but it could have been more interesting.”
Says Williamson, “We’ve got some good themes coming this year.”
