Lewiston High School’s Homecoming dance occurred at 8 PM Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Elks Lodge.
Around 400 students were estimated to have attended, according to James Silvestri, LHS teacher, and a large number of those attendees were estimated to be upperclassmen. This number dropped by approximately half when around 9 p.m. and the dance the lights were turned on due to inappropriate dancing, according to Mason Bartholomei, ASB President.
Many students did not like this choice, including senior, Reillee Roy, who voiced her disapproval.
“It was ridiculous and ruined the whole night,” said Roy.
“There’s absolutely no way to stop inappropriate dancing in high school” said senior, Karlin Schlafman, “Regulation is ok, but turning the lights on? Come on, that’s no fun.”
Another cause of frustration among the students was the music at the dance, and at one point dancers booed the DJ.
“Some songs you think are going to be fun but then they aren’t,” explained DJ Jim Stucke. “I know the booing was also because I was playing music that [involved] inappropriate dancing. I wasn’t willing to continue to play [that] music … after administration tried to enforce the rules and then turned the lights on.”
However, many students still enjoyed the night and felt that Stucke played decent, good music.
“The dance was better than last year,” concluded senior, Madison Casey.