With Lauren Citrome ‘06 News Staff Writer
Holiday Ball: it’s fun and you should be looking forward to it. I know I am. After all, the Holiday Ball is Choate’s only all-school formal dance and as such the school is willing to shell out more cash to make sure we have a more awesome time. I remember last year there was some sort of chocolate fondue fountain...and it was tasty. I hope they have that again. (Editor’s Note: The fountain is indeed back by popular demand.)
However, as students we have to uphold our end of the deal to ensure that we enjoy the Holiday Ball festivities. First, we must avoid breaking any major school rules during the week preceding the Holiday Ball. Denying admission to the dance has been a favorite torture tactic of Choate’s Deans for as long as I can remember. Second, we must get dressed up. At minimum, this means “Special Dress.”
For guys, Choate’s official Dress Code defines “Special Dress” as requiring a sports jacket, a tucked in dress shirt with a folded collar and tie, and slacks OR dress shorts. Now, I’m not sure what dress shorts are ,but they sound like a good idea. The Holiday Ball may take place in the middle of winter but the climate inside the Dining Hall during the dance more closely resembles a tropical forest. Maybe this is due to the fact that guys usually wear pants and long-sleeved dress shirts to HBall, but they are always DRIPPING in sweat. Yea, it’s gross. So who knows, if you have some “dress shorts,” whatever they are, wear ‘em to the dance. Maybe you won’t sweat all over the place. It’s worth a shot.
As for the girls, Choate requires that you at least wear either a dressy blouse with a collar or sleeves, dress slacks, dresses, or skirts. But please, just wear a dress. Also, keep in mind that there will be teachers at the Holiday Ball so don’t wear anything that reveals anything you wouldn’t want Mr. Backon to see. If you don’t already have a dress, I suggest you borrow one for a friend or wrap yourself in saran wrap many times as Amanda Hunter ’03 once did. Also, you don’t have to wear heels if you can’t walk in them. Twisted ankles tend to damage the festive spirit of Holiday Ball. If you insist on wearing heels anyways, at least bring socks to wear on the dance floor (a trick I learned at the numerous Bar and Bat Mitzvahs I attended in my day.) If you can actually walk AND dance in four inch stilettos, I suppose congratulations are in order. That is truly amazing. And if your spine in ten years could talk, it would say, “I hate you so much.”
I can’t wait to see you all in the Dining Hall looking fine at 8:45 tomorrow night.
Best Dressed – Girls: Kate Walton ’07 for that new rosy glow in her cheeks now that winter term has started...and Steven Gilbert ’06 is back on campus.
Best Dressed – Boys: Tyler Cabrera ’06 for being ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome, that is.
