Students and attendees dance the night away as the music echoes off the walls in the bustling cafeteria.  The annual homecoming dance, a Texas High and nationwide tradition, takes place on Saturday, Sept. 28th from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. in the Dan Haskins Student Center. 

Most of the student body indulges in both spirit days and other homecoming festivities, out of excitement for the upcoming dance. Many students express their opinions regarding this year’s theme. 

“I think it’s okay. I feel like it could’ve been better. I don’t get it, I’m wearing red so I guess it doesn’t matter,” junior Carolyn Magee said. “[Because] I’m in color guard, I try to participate in all of them.”  

According to public opinion, the freshmen’s first-year participation in homecoming culture seems promising. Ryland Neeley, a freshman at Texas High, discussed his feelings before he gets to attend his first homecoming, in addition to his initial thoughts regarding the current spirit days. 

”I think homecoming would be fun because everybody’s going to be there,” freshman Ryland Neeley said. “I think they are pretty cool. I also love how everybody’s been dressing up and doing a lot.”

Additionally, Magee talked about her dress shopping experience as well as the minimal hassle she endured whilst doing so. 

“It was fairly easy,” Magee said. “I was choosing between three dresses for the longest time, then I finally chose my dress.”

As described by STUCO sponsor, Susan Waldrep, the theme will be, “Lights, Camera, Homecoming!”. Similar to all things produced by STUCO, the homecoming dress-up themes remain student-crafted year after year. 

“The process that [led] to our spirit days, literally [started] last year, during my CTE class when I just had everybody, put in ideas and look at what they wanted,” Waldrep said. “They researched what other schools did, got on social media forms, and just came up with them.”