From WSHS: Father-daughter dance Sat.; West Seattle 5K in May

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(WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The dance has been canceled due to lack of ticket sales. 5K is still ON!)

Two West Seattle High School fundraiser reminders this morning – The WSHS Class of 2014 has organized a Father-Daughter Dance for elementary-school girls and their dads, coming up this Saturday night, 6-9 pm. More details are in the event’s listing on the WSB calendar. Also, today marks exactly two months till the West Seattle 5K on May 20th; it’s the run/walk along Alki that is the unofficial kickoff to summer (here’s hoping), and precedes the annual “car-free day,” aka Seattle Summer Streets (here’s our latest report on this year’s plan). The WS 5K is a presentation of the West Seattle HS PTSA. Online registration is open; you can sign up online right now! (WSB is co-sponsoring again this year, and there’s room for more sponsors.)

Coffee Brewster March 21, 2012 (8:53 pm)

That is too bad the father-daughter dance was canceled, our family would have loved to go!

scott olsen March 21, 2012 (8:56 pm)

Bummer about the dance. My daughter and I picked out our clothes for the dance. She picked out a dress so she would look nice for me. She’s a second grader and I’m 4th gen. West seattlite and was really looking forward to the dance.

BelvidereMom March 23, 2012 (11:39 am)

I think there were a lot of people (my husband and daughter included) who were planning to go but hadn’t bought tickets yet. I simply don’t understand this. “In my day” you stuck it through the fundraiser, even if only two people showed up. That was the deal. If you advertised an event, you held it. Even if you lost money. Unless there was a fire or something, I can’t understand doing this. (I mean, I do understand. They didn’t sell enough tickets to cover the cost of putting on the event. Perhaps some increased guidance and support from adults could have prevented this.) Very disappointing.

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