By Taylor Johnson
It’s a few days before Sunday, November 13th, the day many Sophomore girls have been thinking nonstop about for the past few months. PDC, a dance that occurs every year for each grade, is this weekend for the sophomores.
With PDC, girls ask the guys to attend the dance with them, which causes many stresses for the girls. There are also many other schools in the Atlanta area that attend the dance too.
I talked to some of my classmates about their opinions on last year’s PDC and how they are feeling about PDC this weekend.
Last year, a struggle for Lane Caldwell was the fact that in middle school she had single-gender classes, so she did not have many guy friends coming into high school. This made it “harder for me to find a date.”
An unspoken rule for PDC is to not ask a guy that you have a crush on because it will make the whole night awkward and not very fun. It is better to ask a guy you are friends with so the night can be lit, crazy, movie.
Once the first girl asks, it is like “rapid fire.” Finding dates can cause “drama between friends.” Sometimes people go behind their friends back to ask a guy they knew their friend wanted to ask. The whole thing can become very “messy.”
I asked about the food at PDC last year, and Lane had quite a bit to say. She said the food had “no seasoning” and “they barely gave us any time to eat it.” Her date was “gobbling it up” even though the food was “terrible.”
She thought that the music needed improvement and was very “outdated.” No one was really dancing; it was more of a “social event,” with people talking to friends they haven’t seen in a while.
Lane’s favorite part of PDC happened before the bad food and music, when she was getting ready with friends which consisted of getting her hair, nails, and makeup done. “I love getting ready for events in general, so this was a blast for me,” she said.
I then talked to Milan Barnes who made the decision of asking the same person two years in a row. It was not stressful for her asking her date last year and this year because she went with an “easy option.”
She is friends with her date and knew that “he would want to go with me.”
She thought last year’s dance was really “fun” except for the fact that, “I did not get to eat any food, and I was starving the whole time.”
Going to this dance was important for her since freshmen and sophomores are not offered any other school dances to attend other than PDC. She thought it was a “good experience.”
I then talked to Alaysia Georges who went to PDC last year but decided not to attend the dance again this year.
She told me about the hard situations other people go through when asking their date. Most people ask over snapchat and on the app you are able to half swipe the chat. Because of this, the guy could have seen that you asked and never responded and left you on delivered.
She thinks that another stressor is the rule that the guy can’t say no to the girl, and if they do they are not allowed to go to the dance. This causes issues because sometimes guys are forced to go with girls they don’t want to go with which makes it “awkward.”
Overall, her experience at PDC last year was “mid.” She thought the food was “bland and distasteful” resulting in her being hungry the rest of the night. Like Lane, she thought that the music was “outdated.”
She did enjoy getting ready for the dance and “spending time with friends.”
Last year’s PDC was overall a good experience for all the people I talked to, and the ones going this weekend are excited and nervous.
It is now a couple of weeks after the Sophomore PDC, and I talked with a couple of the same people and some guys to get their opinions on this year’s dance.
When I found Lane she was excited to tell me about her experience this year: “I rate it a 7/10.” This was a pretty good rating compared to her 2/10 for last year.
She thought compared to last year she had “a lot more fun with my friends” and there was less “standing around and talking to people.”
I asked about the food, and her face quickly changed. “I knew it was going to be bad,” she said. She made her brother drive through Wendy’s before he dropped her and her date off at the dance.
I spoke with Landyn Murphy who said PDC was “good” and “fun.” He thought that more people came this year which made it more delightful.
He thought the food was “pretty much the same as last year.” He did in fact “gobble it up.”
Casani Barlett thought that PDC this year was “entertaining.” He said he had a lot of fun seeing and conversing with his Westminister friends.
When I asked him about the food, Mackenna perked up. She said, “Don’t lie, I have a video of you eating it.” So Casani gave me an honest answer and said, “I enjoyed the food.
Overall, this year PDC seemed to be a much bigger hit than PDC last year. “I am excited to go again next year,” said Milan Barnes.
