Homecoming Dance

Raiders celebrate a Streetlight Serenade

By Martin Zazueta

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT! Its was a beautiful foggy evening at the San Diego Hall of Champions this past Saturday for SOH's Homecoming Dance. Contrary to popular belief that the Hall of Champions was a “cheap location” the Hall was a spectacular location and according to this Raider's Digest staff is arguably the best dance location chosen from the past 4 dances [Prom '09 to Serendipity (Sweethearts) '08]. Thanks to the incredible and tremendous effort done by the ASB the dance could have hardly gone any better.

What exactly made this location so great? Well, for one, unlike in previous dances the floor had plenty of space without having to take out room for tables; also the hall had plenty of great displays for those who were not ready to dance yet or who were taking a break in areas that provided enough quite spots for people to have conversations without having to go outside. But, of course there was also the second level on which the students were allowed to go , and did so repeatedly throughout the night in several spontaneous dance lines, which one major occurring during the last song.

Of course this dance started like the other dances: a handful of people get there around the starting time and most people arrive 30 minutesto an hour later. In general it was a slow start but once it got started people did not want to stop and it could have very easily turned into one of those Quinceañera parties that go on until 3 a.m. The excited and energy was just too much to stifle. In fact the only noticeable complaint so far, was the fact that most of the music was Reggaeton and it was getting repetitive, but other than that there were few complaints. The only part left was to find out who would be the 2009 SOH's Best Man On Campus (BMOC).

With the Homecoming Queen having been announced the night before at the Homecoming game against Sweetwater High, Giovanni Ruiz proudly received the crown for the Homecoming Queen. And after the rest of the Homecoming court lined up to hear the announcement at the dance, Pedro Bonilla was voted Homecoming BMOC; the prize: a big fuzzy crown and robe, along with the cheer and applause of the student body. Afterwards the rest of the Court paired up and had a slow dance.