Homecoming Extravaganza to Unify Student Body

Brayden Ratcliff, Senior Reporter

The Homecoming Extraganza will be on Sept. 23, 2016 in the cafeteria in Argyle, Texas. (Brayden Ratcliff/The Talon News)
The Homecoming Extraganza will be held on Sept. 23, 2016 in the cafeteria in Argyle, Texas. (Brayden Ratcliff/The Talon News)

The Homecoming Extravaganza will begin directly after the game on Friday and last for two hours in the cafeteria. Admission is free, and there will be Snappy Snow snowcones, Bubble Soccer, pizza and a DJ to accommodate the event.

“Our whole theme this year is ‘We Are Argyle,’” Student Council sponsor Jennifer Fischer said. “I think this is a way for everyone to come and be together.”

All activities at the event will be free. Students will need to sign a waiver prior to the dance in order to participate in Bubble Soccer.

“I’m really excited about Bubble Soccer,” Student Council President Lauren Oellermann said. “It’s going to be something new. I think ten kids can participate at a time, so it’ll be good to include a lot of people.”

While the dance will be inside, students are welcome to sit outside of the cafeteria at the tables and grab a bite to eat.

“If you don’t like to dance, you don’t have to dance,” senior Fischer Rouly said. “You can just hang out and be with your friends.”

The attire for the dance switched from formal to casual two years ago in hopes of enticing more students to attend.

“It’s fun to get dressed up for a formal dance, but that’s not everyone’s thing,” Rouly said. “It gets expensive whenever you go out to eat or get a dress. This is a way you can just come as you are, and it doesn’t cost anything.”

Students who enjoy a more traditional dance do not need to fret.

“We will still have Prom and the Winter Formal to get dressed up for later this year,” Oellermann said.

Student Council hopes to give students a memorable night at the Extravaganza.

“[The extravaganza] allows us to hang out with people that we might not normally get to outside of school, so we can connect with other students,” Oellermann said. “If you don’t go, I think you’ll be missing out on something that’s a part of the high school experience.”