So Mr. Holl and I DJ'd Junior Prom together a couple weekends ago. It was an interesting time. To be honest, I wasn't looking forward to it all that much simply because I know how the kids in my school react when they don't get to hear the song they want. I was asked by the same kid four time to "play something faster" and each time i would respond with "we don't really get to choose the type of music. if you guys are dancing too inappropriately, we can't play other music." but when he kept coming up to me over and over again i began to just cut him off before he could finish a sentence with "Go away." which went on also for about four time until Mr. Holl told him he had to walk away.
Then, about half way through, Ms. Little told us to shut the music off. She gathered the (very angry) kids around and talked to them. She told them that she had seen a boob, and a butt, and that the dancing was far too inappropriate and if they didn't stop the dance would be shut down. She told them that they wanted the kids to have fun, but be safe, and also respectful. Some of the kids continued to have fun while others thought that they were (literally) too cool for school, and decided to spend the rest of their night sitting in the lobby.
There were a couple slip ups, I accidentally played an un-edited version of 'Teach Me How To Dougie' but Mr. Holl was able to help me out a little on that with the volume levels, and to be honest I don't even think the adults noticed because they were so focused on the dancing!
A lot of kids left that night upset, which is slightly upsetting to me. Not so much because I think it was my fault, but because it makes me sad that kids my age can't have fun unless they're doing highly inappropriate things. Oh well, I guess they'll learn.
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