Art Lawler
The Athens Review
Athens — Athens Christian Prep School is preparing for its second annual Father-Daughter Dance at the Cain Center Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The theme this year is “Winter Wonderland.” Daddy will be escorting his young daughter into a room filled with snow flakes and hearts; white trees and white lights.
Daughters will be decorated in their best Sunday dresses with corsages purchased for them by dad, who will be decked out in his own best Sunday-go-to-meeting suit, as well.
He and his daughter will be dancing to music like “Beauty and the Beast,” said ACPS Head Mistress Teresa DeMay.
She also said she would love to see as many as 300, even 350, show up for the annual dance.
“It’s for any young lady from three to 12, who is accompanied by any father, uncle, family friend or step-parent,” said DeMay.
Admission is $20 per couple, and $5 for each extra child. The admission price will get you light refreshments, sodas and desserts, DeMay said.
Children from Athens and surrounding communities are all invited, and Demay said if your child doesn’t fit in perfectly with the age parameters, to go ahead an bring her, anyway. They won’t be turning anybody away.
“We were looking for something we could do in the community that would celebrate family values, and this was an idea we knew had been tried at other places with great success,” DeMay said. “So we wanted to give it a try. We’re very pleased with the attendance.”
The first father-daughter dance sponsored by ACPS, a school for ninth grade through 12th grade, will hold a short dancing lesson on waltzes, and the high school kids will serve as helpers, servers and for giving dance relief for tiring dads. Others will be serving as disc jockeys, and playing the music for the couples on the dance floor.
“A lot of times it’ll be a daddy holding his little girl in his arms and dancing around the floor,” DeMay said. “Some will be wearing their party dresses and little tiaras and wrist corsages.
“It’s a really special time for the daddy-daughter relationship.”
The theme of last year’s dance, which was held at the Lakewood Lodge, was “Enchanted Forest,” and that one attracted about 200 people.
DeMay said that was a good start, but she hopes they can do much better on the Cain Center’s gym floor this week.
Tickets can be purchased by going to the First Christian Church at 900 Robbins Road. Or you can call, 903-386-0400.
You can also email acpevent@yahoo.com.
