I actually got my idea sitting in Music History on Friday. They were talking about how much they miss tacky day, so I think we should bring it back.
I remember the most fun part of homecoming at my high school was dressing up every day. I think for 1889 week, we should have dress up days, and if you dress up, your class gets points, just like all the other 1889 events. It’s a really fun way to show your school spirit and everyone usually really gets into it. What would the dress-up days be, though? We would have spirit day, obviously and of course we would have tacky day. I mean, who doesn't love dressing like a lunatic in clothes that don’t match in the slightest? Old person day is another fun day. You basically find the ugliest granny sweaters and elastic pants that you can find. It’s super comfy! (By the way, I’m finding it difficult to come up with these days. It isn't as easy as it seems.) We could have a “dress like Betsy Flemming” day where we all wear our nicest clothes and heels and look fabulous. Since it’s so close to Halloween, I would suggest a Halloween day where we all dress in our costumes, but people hardly ever wear costumes that are appropriate anymore. One last day could be throwback day where we wear clothes from a different decade such as the 70’s or 80’s. I think these dress-up days would really brighten everyone’s week during 1889. Everyone would participate and it would just be a really good time. I mean, just writing this I’m getting a picture in my mind of a bunch of old people walking around on walkers and people in tutus on tacky day. This would just be a fantastic tradition to start! (:
This would of totally gotten me involved more in 1889 week. I love this idea.
ReplyDeleteCan you PLEASE get this in motion??? I'm totally supporting this in every way I possibly can. This sounds like the bomb dot com idea!(:
ReplyDeleteThat would have made 1889 week SO MUCH easier for everyone, and I think more people would have actually cared because dressing up isn't too time consuming, unlike dance rehearsals and football.
ReplyDeleteDress up days would be awesome! I remember so much fun stuff like that from high school! Especially with one of the days we had celebrity. My friend Clyde made THE BEST Bill Cosby. <3 Anyways, dressing up during 1889 Week would be fun. It'd be a little more tempting and we would all probably be more prepared than we are this year (lol at the freshmen class). Those are such great ideas. Good job!
ReplyDeleteOh tacky day! I never participated in tacky day but really enjoyed seeing everyone in their creatively ugly outfits. I think that dress up days would add a lot to 1889 week, and we could even get points toward our class for participating.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! Spirit weeks were so much fun in high school!
ReplyDeleteI think these ideas are fun :} but honestly I'm a stick-in-the-mud when it comes to things like school spirit. :{ But I would participate in tacky day. <3 Just cause its really easy to mismatch and it would be fun. :} It would be nice to have a day where you try to look at funny as possible :]
ReplyDeleteOOOO great idea!!! I would be so into that!!! We should make a petition to start that tradition!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a fabulous idea because I would feel like I could participate more in 1889 week. I really wanted to do things for it, but I just didn't have the time. This requires no commitment and it would be really fun on top of it:)
ReplyDeleteThis really is a good idea, Katie. Not too hard, all-inclusive, and fun. And I LOVE the idea of Dress Up As Betsy day. :-)
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