Cate School - Mesan Yearbook (Carpinteria, CA)

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The third dance of the year was given in january, and was in effect the smallest dance of the year, as some twenty-nine couples showed up for the festivities which lasted from eight to midnight. The dance itself was held in the MacIntosh Room on the evening of the basketball game with Midland, which was won by the Blue Varsity. Many of the girls arrived early for the game, which saw a hard fighting Midland quintet fall to a hot Cate attack. The theme of the dance was a Swiss Chalet, where the atmosphere was provided by travel posters of snow scenes, accompanied by several pairs of skiis, crossed at various places in the room. The fireplace was the main point of the room, as three couches were placed around it with a large bear rug on the floor in front of the fire itself. The mantle piece was well decorated as a pair of skiis was hung above and pine boughs covered the shelf. The music was played by Brook Coleman and his group from Santa Barbara, which featured a piano, guitar, bass violin and saxophone. Dress for the occasion was informal, while the boys wore sport clothes, their dates came in party dresses. This added to the generally informal atmosphere which was created for the most part by the decorations and swinging music. Again the dance committee was congratulated of its success in presenting the dance which was not essentially hampered by its size, and was extremely successful in spite of this handicap. Hodsoll's decorations make the Chalet Dance successful. 4066

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HN, 'T Couples and decorations at the Winter Prom. C3Kf6'L'Z00t The second dance of the year, given in December before the Christmas vacation, was perhaps the most successful of the year. The theme, characteristically, was one of Christmas and generally winter atmosphere, with the decoration again being attributed to Frank Hodsoll and Ed Gregson, whose combined efforts to present the best prom of the Fall Term if not of the school year. The room centered around two large Christmas trees, decorated with lights and angel hair which provided the main attraction of the evening. These trees were supplemented by pine boughs spread over the room. with several large bells hanging from the ceiling which was itself covered with ornaments and tinsel which looked well in the candlelight atmosphere of the room. The dress for the dance was semi-formal as the boys wore blue and grey suits, and the girls wore party dresses. The music was again furnished by Bob Florence whose style was generally appreci- ated at the football dance. The group featured Florence on the piano, combined with a saxophone, bass violin and drums, reminiscent of Dave Brubeck and Co. The dance committee was generally pleased with the party as was the student body which rated the dance high on the list in one way in that it was the first at which a program was planned for the following day. The girls arrived for lunch served on the lawn by the Parkman's House, and left that afternoon. Many comments were made on this experiment, but generally, opinion seemed to show that it was a successful attempt. and requests were made asking for its repetition as a climax to a good dance.

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