AHS Swings into Spring Fling Dance

ELLEN LI
Staff Writer

When spring comes around the corner, things that might come to mind might be flowers, the sunshine and bunnies. For AHS students, however, something new was featured this season.
This year, Girls’ League hosted their first annual Spring Fling on April 15 in the Large Gym. Because Winterball was cancelled due to low ticket sales, Spring Fling was introduced in order to replace it.
“Girls’ League thought it would be a fun idea to mix things up a bit,” member senior Lily Zhong said. “In addition, we thought it would be a good way to help students relieve some stress right before CST testing and AP exams.”
This year, the theme was “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” and the colors were lavender, rose pink and baby blue.
Traditionally, Winterball includes a court in which one boy and one girl from freshmen, sophomore and junior classes, and two boys and two girls from the senior class are elected as princes and princesses. One boy and one girl from the senior class are elected as king and queen.
However, due to the cancellation of this dance, the Winterball court became the new Spring Court. Mauricio Perez and Chloe Lee were crowned King and Queen at the dance.
While it is unclear whether this dance will become a tradition, it was still a fun and refreshing experience for those who went.
“I would have liked to see more people attend, but I do not think attendance affected the people who were there,” Zhong also said. “Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.”