She said Northwest and Central Catholic are among the schools that have winter dances, and students from Senior High would occasionally attend them. Kerr said Principal Kent Mann agreed to let the students have the Winter Ball if it would be a fund-raiser for the planetarium. Tickets for students will be sold at Hula's this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It might be a little difficult to predict turnout because this is the first time Senior High has had the Winter Ball and because tickets have not yet gone on sale. Kerr said one complicating factor is that bad weather earlier this school year caused a basketball game to be rescheduled for Saturday afternoon.
Some students also have a wrestling meet and show choir competition that day.
Rowley said some girls are a bit concerned about the expense of buying a dress for the dance, which was not on the school calendar at the very beginning of the year. But Reese and Casey said the boys' expenses will include tickets and flowers and, most likely, a pre-dance dinner. As a result, they said, the cost pretty much evens out. Students hope the dance is a big enough success that it becomes a new tradition at Senior High. Brisnehan said students also hope that new tradition will include a dance for senior citizens the day after the ball.