The Griffon News

Students, faculty, and staff dance at spring formal

Campus Acitivites Board presented An Enchanted Evening spring formal with the theme, “A Night Under the Stars,” on Saturday in the Fulkerson Center.

The formal started off with soft jazz music from a band called Intrigue. Students and faculty filled the place with elegant attire, looking to have the memories of prom back.

The tickets for this formal went quickly. The formal dance committee chairman Olin Kinsey said that this turnout was pretty big, more than he had expected.

“We had originally 175 tickets ordered, but we had given them all out so we had to get more, and overall, we gave out 225 tickets,” Kinsey said.

Kinsey said that this formal was supposed to be April 21, but they could not find a venue because they were all booked due to high school proms. Kinsey also said that it was hard to find a band, and then three weeks prior to the formal, they had to find another band for various reasons.

“Overall, it wasn’t that hard because CAB has a great committee of seven students and one advisor, Sandy Rogers,” Kinsey said.

CAB planned this event in February. Students may remember The Ebony Collegians putting on this event in past years and CAB co-sponsoring. But this year TEC president Mallory Paines said that they didn’t have enough manpower, and all of TEC members were not available this year.

Kinsey said with planning this event, CAB had a set budget of $6,000 for the food, band, DJ, security and souvenirs.

In addition, for those who were interested, there were pictures available taken by Foster Fotography of St. Joseph with a star background to fit the theme for the night.

Tiana McDowell, director of major attractions on CAB’s committee, said that she agreed with Kinsey on the great turnout.

“I didn’t think there was going to be a lot of people, but a lot of people showed up,” McDowell said.

A member of McDowell’s committee, Latashia Alfred, said that this year’s formal was open to faculty.

Tieranni Potts, a sophomore who was grooving on the dance floor, said that she thought the event was different.

“This event was a very great turnout because it’s different and not like a regular party; it is classy,” Potts said.

As the night was coming to an end, students like sophomore Quianna Pope were still full of energy, mingling in the crowd on the dance floor.

“I had a real good time,” she said. “It was a good turnout because there are more diverse people here and everybody looks presentable. I think it was nice.”