Pack the Gym was basically a cleaner version of the Aloha dance. The fact that there was a game before the dance made the dancegoers tone down their outfits a little, though for the most part it was females in tank-tops cut into oblivion paired with super tight skirts or shorts. The game was pretty lively, I didn’t really follow as I’m not a big basketball fan but watched in a kind of bemused fascination. It went by very quickly and with much enthusiasm from the audience. We won, obviously.
The dance itself was pretty magnificent. There was a raised platform where brave people could get crazy for everyone else’s viewing pleasure. The DJ was excellent; he mixed new hits with old favorites but kept it energetic and fun. Avid dancegoer Sarina Dayal (’13) noted, “He played songs that people actually knew and that you could sing and dance to, unlike those DJs that like try to mix everything up and just create horrible beats.”
Obviously, ASB can only control things like music and decorations; the overall mood is determined more by the students. In this case, the dancers seemed less focused on grinding than in previous dances, and actually took interest in “busting a move.”
Angela Nguyen (’13) commented, “The dance was a great girls night out… and a success.” She also found that there were a number of creepers and said, “They just should have danced with someone!”
BBN also was outside taking pictures of people who wanted to preserve the memory, and posted them in their flickr album.
I’m not saying it was completely g-rated. There were still guys on the prowl, there were still couples grinding, there were still gaggles of scantily clad teenage girls gyrating. But overall, it was another successful dance by ASB.
