On March 29, close to 300 North Harford students attended the annual Sadie Hawkins Dance from 7-10 pm in the cafeteria. The theme chosen for this year was a black light rave.
“A couple of people, including Braden Stinar, had asked us to choose the black light theme,” said Varsity Club president, senior Caitlin King. “We decided to do it because it seemed like a pretty popular idea, and we wanted something where people wouldn’t have to go out and spend a lot of money on their clothes for the dance. Sadie Hawkins was definitely a success this year, I had lots of fun, and the lights worked even better than we expected.”
The varsity club spent a few months organizing this event, led by teacher and coach Eric Benjamin. They chose the theme, after asking around for some ideas, and appropriated a sum of $600 for the event, after borrowing $500 from the Student Government Association. The money raised from ticket sales was directed towards the Hawks Booster Club, which aims to help fund student athletes. Benjamin managed the ticket tables, along with teacher Jackie Velcenbach, and administrator Ed Stevens.
“It was the by far the best theme we’ve had since I started high school here at North Harford,” said senior Nina Cicero. “Everyone loved it, I’m so glad they were able to spend all of that money to purchase quality black lights, it was great.”
Students dressed in whites, blacks, and all shades of fluorescent colors. Some even painted their skin or clothing neon colors so that they would glow under the black lights.
“I loved that we could have those black lights,” said senior Joey Miller. “It was the main reason that I decided to go, and I’m so glad that I did, because it was such a blast.”
Female students thought up all kinds of creative ways to ask their friends or boyfriends to Sadie Hawkins this year.
“I asked Malone [Mislak] by putting together a series of riddles spelling out ‘Will- you- go- to- Sadie Hawkins- with- me’, and I put all of the riddles into separate balloons, took them over to his house, and he had to pop the balloons and figure it out,” said junior Rachael Griffin. “It took him a while to figure it out though, so I had to help him.”
With this role reversal, many of the girls were able to reach for their creative sides, contriving all kinds of fun, unique ideas.
This year’s Sadie Hawkins dance will be up there as the one to beat, as future varsity club members are planning the dance in the years to come.