Homecoming: Post-dance analysis

PHOTO: Homecoming dance at DHS

By Jordan Kim, Paige Tracy, Chase Bruno, and Alice Goncharova

BlueDevilHUB.com Staff–

Looking back at last week’s busy Davis High’s Homecoming week, one of the primary concerns for students and their parents leading up to the dance was prices and availability of tickets. 

Tickets for the Davis High homecoming dance cost $20 without an ASB card and $10 with. Many students are left questioning why.  

 “I feel that the tickets were very overpriced,” junior Nimish Timilsina said.   

There were a total of 800 tickets sold according to Stud. Gov meaning they could be profiting anywhere from $8,000 to $16,000.  

 The money raised for the dance is used to pay for a DJ, as well as snacks and water that will be provided at the dance, according to Senior Class Officer Lido Hansen.  

Parent’s have also expressed feelings of frustration with the sales of the tickets as well.  

Erin Brennan, a mother of a Davis High student, has sent emails to Principal Bryce Geigle, as well as written letters to the Davis Enterprise.    

“The goals of the DJUSD Strategic Plan are to provide every student a positive school community that encompasses inclusivity, social-emotional well-being and equitable access and opportunity,” Brennan said in an email. “How does excluding 67% of the students from important social events align with these goals?”  

 Brennan proposed using two gyms or splitting the dance into two separate dances, but both ideas were rejected.   

Geigle has noted that a change in dance capacity cannot happen this year, there is “opportunity for future years.”  

As the Homecoming dance this year will be located in the North Gym, a ban on high heel shoes has also been implemented, as the school does not want to scratch up the gym floor.

Spanish teacher Timothy Nelsons says that he understands the importance of the heels rule since it would cost them the gym floor. “The gym floor is very expensive to maintain,” Nelson said.

People also see it as not just understandable, but comfortable as well. Leila Meraz, a senior in DHS who is planning on going to the dance, says that even if it was lifted, she would not have worn high heels anyway.  

On the final day of the Homecoming spirit week, students would be able to participate in a parade, and host floats for different classes, clubs and sports they participate in. 

Davis High students, teachers and other community members gathered around the streets of downtown Davis on Friday, Oct. 20, to watch and cheer on the annual homecoming parade. 

The parade included floats for different DHS clubs, sports teams, and homecoming royalty, as well as floats for each grade level’s homecoming theme: rock, disco, or country music.

The parade started at 1:30 pm at Central Park and made its way through downtown Davis before heading back to the high school, throwing candy, playing music, and leading cheers along the way. 

“All of the floats were really fun!” Sophomore Gianna Suk said. “My favorite was probably the homecoming royalty floats.” 

The parade was also a good way to spend time with friends before homecoming, “My favorite thing was probably just seeing my friends on the floats […] and it was a lot of fun finding them within all the other people,” sophomore Jenna Son said.