MACC Hosts Annual Winter Dance
Media by Liza Cooper
On Saturday, March 25, MACC will host their annual Winter Dance in the cafeteria. MACC hopes the event, which has been waning in popularity in the last couple of years, will attract more students because of new activities like a 360 photo booth.
In the past, students attended the Winter Dance in droves, said Maria Stull, language arts teacher.
But for the past two years, attendance has been steadily declining.
“With COVID-19 and then Mr. Hudson, who used to be in charge of coordinating the Winter Dance, passing away, the numbers really dropped,” Stull said.
The Winter Dance will be held on Saturday, March 25, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the cafeteria. MACC’s dance to be as popular as Homecoming, Stull said.
The Winter Dance is a fundraiser for the Marquette Academic and Cultural Club (MACC); ticket sales will fund the group’s trips to tour colleges. The club is visiting Alabama this weekend to shadow universities.
Stull took over the sponsorship of Marquette Academic and Cultural Club (MACC), after the passing of its founder, Dr. Carl Hudson.
“MACC is a group that focuses on looking for opportunities for all students to achieve and think about life beyond just high school,” Stull said.
In order to entice students to buy tickets, MACC has introduced various new activities to boost engagement during the Winter Dance. For example, there will be a 360 photo booth, which is a device that allows people to stand and pose with props while a camera circles around them.
Around the cafeteria, there will be flyers with QR codes, which students can scan to request specific songs from the DJ.
Sam Wakapa, senior and vice president of MACC, is especially excited about the fact that students can choose music.
“There’s so many dances where they play just the general songs that people don’t want to listen to,” Wakapa said. “We want to be more inclusive and get more people dancing.”
But most of all, Wakapa wants students to enjoy the event.
“I hope everyone who attends has fun,” he said.
Madeline Bowen, senior, is planning on attend with her boyfriend. The group of friends she is going with have not finalized their plans yet, but Bowen said they are hoping to go to dinner, the dance and then hang out after.
“I’m excited to go because it benefits a good club,” Bowen said. “It could totally be cool because Homecoming is really fun, and if everyone goes to the Winter Dance, it would be awesome.”
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