Teen dance tonight

The kids are enjoying themselves tonight at a dance sponsored by the Brandon and Pittsford recreation departments. The dance is held at the Pittsford Police Academy (which remains inaccessible by the usual route, as it is being reconstructed). Just a couple of things here: First, the dance seems to be very well supervised and run with the safety of the Grade 7-10 student attendees in mind. Second, I haven't seen the academy before this evening - it is a VERY impressive structure on beautiful campus shared with the Fire Academy.

OVUHS Homecoming Dance

A nice crowd turned out on a chilly night for Otter Valley Union High School's annual Homecoming Dance last night. Our own kids cleaned themselves up and put on some new clothes for the event.

During 8 p.m. drop off and 11 p.m.pickup, I began to wonder: When did "dressing up" for young women become a contest to see how much skin they could get away with showing? Our daughter, who wore a fairly tight, fairly short, sparkly one-shoulder dress, actually turned out to be among the more conservatively attired females at the event.

Somewhat strange related thought: Why are bare-shouldered, short-pantsed suits not worn by masculine attendees?