’80s Dance rescheduled for Throwback Thursday

After the canceling of what is becoming a Utah State University tradition, the 80’s Dance is back on the bill for the night of Thursday, Sept. 24.

On Sept. 4, the 80’s Dance was scheduled to take place near the end of the Week of Welcome at USU.

The day started out with fresh, sunny weather and high hopes for an equally pleasant evening.

But right as the dance was about to start, the wind picked up, creating some dangerous conditions for the attendees and those who were involved in the event.

“The largest LED screen fell over. No one was hurt, but it was a dangerous environment,” said Sawyer Hemsley, the Programming Vice President for the Utah State University Student Association.

The DJ for the event, Marcus Wing, was reluctant to continue with the dance due to the weather conditions.

Because of Logan’s scenery and the ease of being able to open up the event to more students, the event planners wanted to hold the dance outside. The organizers of the event from USUSA tried to postpone it by an hour, but further analysis of what was happening led them to cancel it all together that night and wait until they could have better conditions for the dance.

“I felt bad because everyone was super pumped, and they were in their ’80s gear. We decided to cancel the event and move it to a time where everyone could come and we could make the dance really solid and good and still fun,” Hemsley said.

On top of that, Hemsley was able to shed some more light on the cancellation.

“We had to wait a couple weeks anyways because the DJ actually had previously gotten in a motorcycle accident and had gotten some teeth knocked out from a softball accident,” Hemsley said.

“I was sad. I got all dressed up and came. I plan on going to the rescheduled dance,” said Kayla Critchfield, a sociology major.

After careful planning, the dance is now scheduled to take place on Thursday from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the Nelson Fieldhouse.

“To get the 80’s dance rescheduled, our Programming Vice President, Sawyer Hemsley, worked hard to ensure a space large enough to host a dance that would be available,” said Madison Maners, the Public Relations and Marketing Vice President for USUSA. “He was able to successfully reserve space, but was limited to scheduling the dance for a Thursday night instead of a traditional weekend. We feel great about the Thursday availability because it fits perfectly with our ’80s theme. Hosting a Throwback Thursday ’80s Dance has never been done, and we’re excited to see the students come out for a good time.”

There has not been as much advertisement for this rescheduled dance due to lack of time, but Maners is hopeful that through the strong USU Twitter community, students will be aware of it and come and have a good time.

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