I guess I thought it was cool in high school (and it seems much nerdier now) but I was a member of my school’s dance committee. Not the dancing team, but the group that organized the dances. Living in small town Ontario (that’s in Canada) there wasn’t a whole lot to do on Friday nights so the dances were pretty well attended. Once a month our student government (we were so formal) hired a DJ from the big city (usually Oshawa) and we danced the night away to Guns ‘n’ Roses, Metallica, Snoop Dogg and Boys II Men. It was awesome, and a lot like Napoleon Dynamite.

A Michigan high school’s dance has led to some post-event excitement this week as a GI outbreak has struck the attendees.

The Hudsonville-based school is closed today and tomorrow after nearly 25 percent of the student body called in sick yesterday. Ottawa County health officials say the students are suffering from an undisclosed gastrointestinal ailment that may have been spread during a school dance last week.

There was lots of barfing at/after our dances as well, but rarely was it outbreak-related; more likely peach schnapps was the causative agent.