7.Teenage Dances

Sock Hops and Roller Palaces: Often times for school activities the student government would organize different types of dances and activities to do. The most popular activities during the time were sock hops, Roller Palaces, and dances. The sock hops were usually high school or middle school dances that students would attend and they would dance on the gym floor in their socks. They would usually dance to rock and roll or other popular music that was out at the time. Roller palaces were places where people of the community could go to dance and skate with roller skates on in a big area that was meant for skating. They had loud speakers and also would play popular music of the time. Aquinas Academy had dancers mixed with all girls’ schools in the area so they could get to meet girls since they didn’t go to school with any. They called these mixers. These happened many times a year. Often times the men from Aquinas would end up dating girls that they met at these mixers. The dances at my Grandmas school were always in her gym and she always would go. These dances were always the big thing to do during their high school days. It was always the big thing to get asked to go to these dances and then get all dressed up.