With homecoming approaching around the United States, some students are concerned about what music will be played to help the mood. As with most dances, the music directly impacts if everyone is having a good time. 

One way schools could implement this is by making a document or spreadsheet that gets sent to every student in that class and they can put their name and what song they want to be added into the playlist so all students can enjoy their favorite music and this helps everyone enjoy all types of music tastes.

People may want to listen to a song that the radio doesn’t play every day. I asked 20 different people what their favorite genre was and 13 out of 20 of the people I asked had completely different answers. It just shows that our school has such a diverse taste in all kinds of art, not just music, and allowing students to pick the music at the dance ensures that all students are represented in the playlist. 

Perhaps another solution could be creating a poll for people to vote on what songs should be played and what songs should be added to that poll. Maybe the poll could be sent out to every English or math class so everyone can hear about the poll and vote on it.

Music is a very important part of highschool dances and dances in general. Students should have the freedom to choose what songs they play at the dance, especially if that dance is as important as homecoming.