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I'd like the theme to be Beauty and the Beast. It has that magical and formal feel to it. It is similar to our Happily Ever After Dance, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. People seemed to enjoy the last dance and decorations. The color scheme for this dance could be black, gold/yellow, blue and red. That color theme is simple and elegant and goes along with the movie. Personally, the beach theme doesn't feel formal enough, and the decorations would be too playful.
Decoration Ideas
-roses
-belle & beast
-candles
-gold/green vine
- stained glass window from movie
-characters
-fairy lights
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I agree with Anai's idea of the Night on the Beach.
Decorations- telescope, moon, seashells, surfboards, and waves

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i agree with emma
more decoration ideas for her theme:
- faint stars on the higher parts of the wall, light waves on the bottom
- palm trees with a soft feel to it
- sunset with birds

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I think that as of so far, too many have been focusing on the highest chosen themes. Beauty and the Beast seems too related to roses for decorations compared to other themes and gives more of the winter formal, romantic feel. As for space, while it has many decorations, it gives off a less than formal feel and I truly don't imagine a dance with space related decorations. It seems much too boring, not enchanting. On the topic of Enchanted Forest, while it was chosen to give off a different feel than Happily Ever After, it would have limited decorations and doesn't seem like a clear theme. I believe that Under the Sea would be the most suitable theme since the decorations could be related to the sea and possibly even a sunset and still keeps the formal theme.

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I would like for the theme to be "Take Me to the Moon." The theme is a vast idea and allows for more opportunities to provide decoration. The other options are very limited, say Enchanted Garden or Beauty and the Beast. Considering how far the school can go when it comes to decorating, I find it wouldn't provide a formal/magical feel as how we would want it. How would we also decorate with those types of themes? With the idea of space, there are a countless amount of things we could do (Nebulas, Planets, Galaxies...) The idea of space is constantly expanding, constantly changing, while the other themes provided are restricted to the one thing that defines it. How far can we go before we start running out of ideas for them? We should be exploring new ideas. We already did a "Happily Ever After" theme previously, and we should start moving out of that world. Beauty and the Beast, and Enchanted Garden is too similar to our past dance.

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The theme of the commencement dance should be "Space" or something like that, because it fits the creativity of the students. I agree that the dance should be formal, but it doesn't have to be somewhat plain. "Sky is the limit" and Space would definitely fit this description. There should be colors of the dance and Space represents the last "frontier" people will explore like how 8th grade students experience the last moments of this amazing school. This opinion is really beyond me, space is endless like how the commencement will be the final memory of their 8th grade year.

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The Roaring 20's but with a more of a formal approach. The decorations

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Personally, I'd like the theme to be Under the Sea. The decorations could bring out an sophisticated feel, suitable to the formal theme we're looking for. The theme Under the Sea has varieties of choices for decorations considering the sea is a large body of water containing many different elements. Although Beauty and the Beast fits the theme of formal it reminds me of our last dance.

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I would like the dance theme to be Beauty and the Beast because it seems more formal and easier to decorate. For instance, we could easily come up with decorations that resembles a formal/elegant vibe. Meanwhile if you think about the theme being ¨Space" related, how would it resemble a formal feeling because all I could think of is learning astronomy in science class.

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the most suitable theme for commencement in my eyes, is an under the sea theme. Decorations would be simple but elegant, suitable for the formal idea we're all looking for. Since it is a general theme, there are more possibilities for decorations whereas the cosmic theme only consists of moons and stars which all look similar. Beauty and the beast is formal, but is too close to winter formal with all of the silhouettes and princessy theme. Since we all have experience with the beach and sea, it's easier for us to all brainstorm and create decoration ideas.

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The theme for the commencement dance should be "Beauty and the Beast" because fits the position of formal and is easier to make decorations for. Why should the theme be "Beauty and the Beast?" Unlike the theme "Take Me to the Moon" the decorations would be more complex and wouldn't have a good variety of different decorations. Even if "Take Me Back to the Moon" many options it would be limited/similar like galaxies, nebulas, etc. What about "Enchanted Garden?" Enchanted Garden is similar to our last dance which was "Happily Ever After." ASB should have different and unique themes to give students an opportunity to spice things up and also a memorable and magical evening. The possibilities of decorating for "Beauty and the Beast" would be endless, for example, characters from the movie (Belle, the Beast, candles , teacups, etc.), castles, roses/flowers,etc.

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Candy land
It would be easy to decorate  by placing candy backdrops and would be fitting for formal.

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I would like Beauty & the Beast as the theme because it suits the formalesque  and decorations can easily be based off the movie itself. Decorations can include rose, the characters in the movie (Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Chip, Mrs.Potts, etc) gazebos, vineyards, etc.

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Beauty and the beast because it's formal and easy to decorate

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I would like the theme to be Enchanted Forest/Garden because it seems like it's the most formal, and we can decorate it with paper trees, giant flowers, pastel streamers, and fancy lights with some woodland animals too.

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I think the theme of the dance should be Beauty and the Beast because it would fit the formal them and there would be more decoration ideas.
We can decorate similar to this image.

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I would like Beautty and the Beast as the theme of the commencement dance because it is very formal (considering the fact that in the movie, there is an actual ball) and because the decorations can be easily based off of the movie and simply created.  The decorations can include a rose wall (pop up roses taped onto the call to make it look like roses are growing onto the castle), characters from the movie, fairy lights, gazebos, and for the balloon towers, it would be cool if we can make them yellow and dark blue because Belle's dress was yellow and prince Adam' s suit was navy blue during the ball. We can also make some garlands with paper roses and to represent the garden in the movie. Plus, most people have seen the movie before or at least know she the content of the movie and the DJ could play a couple songs from the movie. Also, on the tickets, we can print the famous rose or a character from the movie on it. Some people think that this theme is too childish but Pacifica High School is using the theme "Beauty and the Beast" for their prom so I believe that this would be a formal and mature idea. Also, even if students do
think that this theme is too childish, we can change their opinions by making our posters advertise a more formal dance. If we can create more
formal posters, people can get a different vibe from it and change their thoughts about the dance. Also, if we do choose a star or space based theme, we would have very limited ideas for the decorations and a lot of the students would not like that idea either because we just learned about stars and planets this year so people might think that this theme is too science related. People want to go to this dance to celebrate the end of the year and the end of their middle school experience, not to be bombarded by a bunch of science things that could remind them of science class. I would like to respectfully disagree with Emily's decoration ideas because we are trying to make this dance formal and in my opinion, I do not consider astronauts dancing together to be formal. In conclusion, i believe that Beauty and the Beast is the most appropriate theme for the commencement dance this year because it is formal, easy to decorate for.

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Beauty and the Beast, it would be more formal than our other themes. The decorations could come from the movie. Plus, most people have seen the movie and the DJ could play the songs. On the tickets we could put the famous rose and we could make the decorations of the characters, like Belle and Prince Adam.

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I would like the dance theme to be Beauty and the Beast. Not only is it formal than Space, but you can come up with many decorations such as fairy lights, tables with gold colors, and cut outs of the different characters. You could also include roses and cutouts of windows.

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I like the theme for the dance, but the title should be starry night because it gives off more of a formal vibe and for the decorations there should be fairy lights on the ceiling with the lights off and find a way to add planets, possibly two astronauts dancing together❤❤

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I'd like for the theme to be Beauty and the Beast because it has a formal vibe. The setting could be like a ballroom and fairy lights could be hung along the walls. There could also be a fancy dining table where the food would be.

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I would like for the theme of the dance to be, "Take Me to the Moon."

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I would like the theme to be be "Night at the Beach" since you can have double the ideas for decorations (starry night ideas and beach days). Also it mashes formal and silly which isn't too much on the formal or silly side which makes it easier for people to dress to. Disney on the other hand is usually for little kids and if we are thinking about all the eighth graders they most likely will think its too childish.
Decorations
-Constellations
-Tikis
-Surfboards
-Waves
-Beach balls
-Fish

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I think we should combine both the beach bash theme and the stary night theme, "Night on the Beach". For decorations we can include surf boards, beach balls, twinkling lights as stars,  tropical flowers, little umbrellas and it can and can't be formal at the same time. Also it sounds a lot more fun then "Take me to the Moon" and "Beauty and the Beast" in my opinion.

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I think the theme should be "Night On the Beach " because with summer coming up we should have a fun time looking at the stars, we have double ideas for decorations, and it's not too formal for middle school kids. We can't just think for just for ASB we have to think for the entire 8th graders. Some may see it as childish for using a Disney theme, and the other students may not want to go.
Decorations:
-lights
-stars
-surfboards
-waves
-  constellations
- jelly fishes
-fishes
-tiki faces
-beach balls

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beauty and the beast because the decorations would be easier and it can make the dance more formal. It will be better than the ¨take me to the moon¨ because that theme is to  involved with science and the beauty and the best isn't  and it will be more fun.

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What theme do you want the commencement dance to be?  How would you decorate for your theme?