Here's the official page!
And here's the location, Sperreng Middle School at 1211 Tesson Ferry Road.
The Sweetheart Dance has become kind of a rite of passage for the Gateway Squares. It's the first big community dance a lot of us go to as students fresh out of Mainstream.
I remember the Sweetheart Dance as one of the first moments when I felt the CLICK, when I started to say to myself, Yeah. I think I'm getting this.
It was a first encounter with 'the straights,' and as I was dancing the girl's part, I bet it was the first time a lot of the men there had grabbed a gay guy around the waist.
Like a lot of students, I half-thought that the business of going out into the community was a little improbable, bound to end in awkward moments. There's always a little of that, but then the magic of dancing takes over, and most of us end up having too much fun to remember the hang-ups and stereotypes we bring with us.
So let's meet up at the 2008 Sweetheart Dance! Sunday, February 10, from 2 to 5 pm.
Michael
