The Dance

Last night was the homecoming dance at my school and it was a very different expirience than I've had before. I went in a group of people of which noone was dating and most didn't even go with dates. Three of the eight people's first languages were not english which made conversations very interesting. For the first time, I didn't stay at the dance the whole time because we decided to go to a movie. It was also the least I have ever danced at a "dance."
The night began at Metro buffet where the whole group met to ride to olive garden where we planned to eat. Due to some forgetfulness, I ended up being the only American at Metro and I was the only person who didn't know an asian langue even when other americans got there. Needless to say, it was a quiet time for me in which I understood little. When we got to Olive Garden, we met the rest of our group who had not met at Metro by an accident in communication. The food was amazing but the portions were huge and noone could finish them.
After that, we headed for the dance even though it was almost an hour early. We had a multitude of pictures taken and we managed to leave nearly everything we needed in the car so we made many trips back and forth before the dance started. Pictures were easy once we actually were ready and we then head into the actual dance area.
Within minutes we were overly hot and decided to go outside. We ended up spending the rest of the night at picnic table talking with friends. We went in and dance for about three songs which was enough for us to decide to go to a movie instead so we left around nine fifteen. Given the few choices of movies not rated R or that looked boring, the group decided to attend Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It was a very good movie and it ended well. After that, we headed back to Metro to drop off my date and me so we could take our cars home.
I realized that what was different about this dance from the other dances I have been to was that it had little focus on the couples because so many people didn't bring dates. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy the dance, but it wasn't what I expected based on my view of the dancing norm. I think I did learn quite a bit about my preferences on dances that I can apply in the future.