en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:23:31 GMT 15 By Brianna Eusebio

At any type of school dance, homecoming, kickback, or prom, there is always music to get your groove on. Unfortunately, it always seems to be the same genre of music: hip hop with a dash of pop used as an alternative slow song. What happened to having an assortment of delightful, danceable music at these functions? Saturday, April 28, was Desert Edge’s prom. The music was exactly what the majority of the people were expecting: hip hop. The DJ surprised the crowd a little by playing some Reggaeton and Spanish Cumbia music. For the most part though, it was the same repetitive genre that everybody has heard for years at school dances. So what exactly happened to music at dances? In the movies, students danced and listened to rock n’ roll, hip hop, pop, even a little bit of techno. Where is the diversity now? Personally, I had more fun “bustin’ a move” while walking to AMC Movie Theatre than at the prom. Why? It’s because they had more of a variety of danceable music than what the DJ was playing. Perhaps I shouldn’t lay this one-track mind on the DJ alone; after all, the students were writing down the songs they wanted to hear on a request paper. At the same time though, the DJ should mix in other things as well. Not everybody is a hip hop fan. Adding some alternative rock or even pop could’ve been just as enjoyable. School dances are a time to have fun and dance. Music is the way to get this going. In the end, probably about half of the students aren’t completely satisfied with the music of choice. A word of advice to DJs: “mix it up!” ]]> Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:00 GMT