After witnessing the changes that CHS experienced throughout the week from homecoming, it will come as no surprise when our school becomes a dungeon of haunted creatures in preparation for the Halloween dance.

The CHS annual Halloween dance takes place on Oct. 30 this year from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the commons.

Although the Halloween dance and Homecoming are placed fairly close together in the school year, there will be many noticeable differences between the two events. The Halloween dance encourages elaborate costumes instead of the usual dresses, and the school will be decorated accordingly.

“I think the Halloween dance will be more interesting,” freshman Amanda Garrick said. “Everyone will be dressed up.”

Freshman Jessica Rosen disagrees. She believes the Halloween dance will not be as exciting or monumental as homecoming.

“Personally, I think it’ll be pretty hard to beat homecoming.” Rosen said. “The Halloween dance will be fun though!”

Not everyone is as hard to please. Some of the students have more simple demands.

“I’d like to see some eerie decorations,” freshman Jonah Lindblad said. “Maybe a zombie or two.”

Continuing Lindblad’s thoughts, freshman Joanna Shoemaker describes her dream dance in precise detail.

“There should be a dungeon theme,” Shoemaker said, “with spider webs dangling everywhere, and fog on the dance floor. In any case, the Halloween dance will be more fun and interesting, because of the costumes.”

An event is only as exciting as the participants make it. The students at CHS are planning unique costumes for the dance. A sailor, a cloud, the Powerpuff Girls, and a popsicle are only some of the ideas being tossed around.

Annual dances have been a tradition for many years. The events have become very popular with most high school students.

“The dances are good to help everyone socialize, and they are a good break from schoolwork,” said Garrick.

This seems to be the opinion of the majority of CHS students. Many people enjoy and anticipate these events. Nonetheless, some disagree.

Although the other dances are popular, the Halloween dance doesn’t quite measure up in some people’s eyes. Students, especially upperclassmen, complain of the as dance being “lame” or “a waste of time.”

In fact, the dance has been cancelled multiple times, due to lack of enthusiasm.

“Two years ago, the dance was cancelled because only 30 people bought tickets,” junior Zeina Ziade said. “Last year it was okay, but not many people went.”

However, she still has hope for this year’s dance.

“I think it’ll be fun if people stop saying it’ll be lame,” Ziade said. “And if people actually go and have fun, it’ll be fun. It’s the students that make it fun.”

The freshman vice president of Stugo, Lily Kanefield, agrees.

“I think the dance will be much more fun this year because we’re all getting really into it, hoping that everyone else will too.”

“I think dances are a great idea for high school,” junior Sasha Vine said. “Even though they can be a little boring, they’re a good way to be social and see people you only see during school.”