With Homecoming quickly approaching, teenagers everywhere are preparing for the first dance of the year. However, there are many aspects that go into this fall event.

Looking around, it is not hard to see that girls take Homecoming way more seriously than guys do. Maybe this is due to the way they were raised, or society. Regardless, itis inevitable that the ladies get extremely excited over these affairs.

 “…For girls, there is so much planning and preparation that goes into it…” Counselor Kristi Dixon said, “A girl can really spend all day just getting dressed.”

 From the point of view of a student, why are girls more into Homecoming than boys? The answer might be that some aspects are just not as appealing for the men.

 Sophomore Piper Misse said “I think that girls enjoy Homecoming because it gives them an opportunity to dress in fancier outfits, with makeup and high heels, which is something most of us would not do normally. Boys however do not tend to like dressing up or having to take dozens of pictures as a general rule. Also, it can be very expensive for the boys, and they face the pressure of having to invite a girl to the dance.”

 That raises an important point. Society nowadays has taught us that homecoming proposals have to be extravagant.

 “There has to be some treasure hunt or some big poster or some cute something in front of the class or signs on the road…” said Dixon.

 The ideas are becoming cleverer, cuter and more flashy than ever before. Long gone are the days when simply asking someone to homecoming meant a real proposal.

 When Sophomore Grant Thompson asked his date to Homecoming, he “…asked her with a sign that said “I will do flips if you go to homecoming with me” because she is a gymnast.”

 Nowadays, Relating the invitee’s sport into the homecoming proposal is becoming more and more popular.

 “I was asked to Homecoming with a cake that said “I think you’re a keeper, HC?” Because I am a goalkeeper in soccer, he made it into a saying!” Megan Price said.

 With the proposal out of the way, the students prepare for the actual day of the dance. This is technically broken into into four different parts, the order being pictures, dinner, dance and afterparty. It’s only natural for students to have an opinion on their favorite part of the event.

 Thompson said, “Dance. Just Dancing with your date and seeing friends and of course the after party and just hanging.”

 On the topic of dancing, Students also have opinions in regards to the style. Although this is a high school aged dance, adults are noticing certain things that could be a bit troubling.

 “To me, so many things go in cycles, but I don’t remember this particular cycle of like, really explicit movement being referred to as ‘dance’ in a school setting.”  Dixon said.

 There is a time for everything, and a school dance has a level of appropriateness that comes along with it.

 In terms of dancing, Seth Wingerter said that he is, “… Open to really anything, but not too obscene.”

 On the other hand, dance moves are just supposed to be fun and exhilarating.

 Price said, “I feel like the dance moves are pretty fun! I love how they change from song to song depending on the type of music.”

 In reality, no one really has anything to worry about. All student’s main goal is just have fun and celebrate the upcoming football season.