Comments on: You can leave your friends behind

By: lyl

lyl — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:49:49 +0000

When I was on my mission in the late 90′s in Idaho I remember members saying they had to be extra careful at the dances to watch out for FLDS young men coming to try and recruit their daughters as wives. I guess it happened more than once, although I don’t think the FLDS guys had any success.

By: rondell

rondell — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:28:00 +0000

Kaimi,

Thanks so much. ;-) I have been singing “Safety Dance” for the past two days and can’t get it out of my head!!!

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:46:12 +0000

#43 – I love it.

#41 – “But that was a long time ago before disco took off.”

I really want to guess an age, klutz, but I won’t. :)

By: Chad Too

Chad Too — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:19:57 +0000

When I was in the Bishopric I often got to interview the teens for their dance cards. I had gone out and purchased a day-glo chartreuse set of sweats in a 2X and hung it on the coat rack in the Bishop’s office (we met in the Stake Center).

When they asked what that was for, I casually remarked, “I keep that here for stake dances. That way, if you show up in clothes that are inappropriate, you can always put them on and still go to the dance”

Never had to take them off the hanger.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:10:43 +0000

Now that I think about it, I actually danced at a stake dance with my wife for the first time when we were sophomores in high school, but we never dated until we got to college. I guess that’s why in our current stake if they ask us to chaperone, I generally don’t have an issue with going. Chance to dance with my wife again.

By: Klutz

Klutz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:58:58 +0000

As a confirmed Old Man, I remember church dances when we would not attend unless it was a live band! DJs? Not in my youth. But that was a long time ago before disco took off.

Ah well! (Sigh)

By: sister blah 2

sister blah 2 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:10 +0000

Random weird church dance experience: During a slow dance with a guy I’d never seen before, he asks me if I “like to party.” I said, sure! (I was a very sweet little 14 year old.) He says, “I mean, party.” Blissfully naive, I reiterated, yeah sure I like parties. So at the end of the song he slips me a flyer advertising a rave, as in a full-blown drug-filled rave.

Out of countless church dances, that was the only time something happened that even remotely approaches that in any way. So, parents, yes you can safely send your kids to church dances. I just love that experience now because of how clueless I was. I think I was picturing birthday cakes and streamers or something.

By: Noray

Noray — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:05 +0000

Re: dress code, we have had trouble with some of the girls wearing shirts that ride up. Our Stake brought a few Girls Camp t-shirts to a dance and had the girls with that problem put a t-shirt on over their own shirt. The next dance was much better!

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:48:16 +0000

I’m of the age that I remember the Frankie Says era- and they always played Rock Lobster… Yeah yeah, I’m an adult convert but I went to tons on stake dances as a teen.

By: bbell

bbell — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:27 +0000

I chaperone dances all the time since I am in the Stake YM Pres. One thing I have noticed about tri-stake dances is that the girls in our stake think that the guys from other stakes are much much hotter then our own guys.

I would love to write up a post on the regional LDS prom I recently helped put on here in TX.

Our dress code is:

Guys: Collared shirt and slacks no jeans. When the do not comply we rarely actually step in and do anything. I usually tell them to remember next time.

Girls: I swear anything goes. I could be wrong but Girls never get questioned on what they wear.

Lots of slow dances and the music is totally current.

My favorite moments have been taking up with a stake P member together and convincing shy guys to get courage and go ask a hot girl to dance. “Bro, this is your moment, its your lucky day” We then give him tips and help make it happen.