Crowther students dance the day away

Times Reporter 

 

For the past 30 years, on the last day of classes before the Christmas break, students at Crowther Memorial Junior High School could be found dancing the afternoon away in the gym. 

“It’s awesome the kids get all dressed up. They do get excited, they won’t admit it, but they get excited about dance,” said 1994 Grade 9 Jive champion Tom Janzen. 

Janzen has come back to his hometown to teach in his former school and said it’s great to see the tradition still carrying on. 

“It’s just a really neat tradition,” said Janzen. 

During the month of December the entire school learns four dances in three weeks: a foxtrot, waltz, two step and jive. Then, on the final day of classes, the students show off their newly formed talents, hoping to win either first, second or third place for their Grade. 

The secret behind Janzen’s medal-winning dance was “I made sure that I picked a nice small girl that I could flip easy, because if you could do flips it wows the judges.”

The students dressed up for the dance. Following the dance were pictures with Santa. Any money raised from the pictures with Santa is put into a pool to donate to a local family in need of help during the holiday season.