Annual School Ball at Fredericia Gymnasium

School ball

Made by: Stefan Jagd and Alberte Sørensen

Every year in November the school hosts the biggest party in the city, the school ball. The week before the party, all the students practice an old traditional dance, called “lancier”. The first day in the week, lancier is introduced and we get a little teaser on how it is going to look. Then Tuesday the oldest and youngest start to learn the dance, so some of the classes are replaced by lancier, the next couple of days the 1^st and 2^nd year students dance together in the gym, while the 3^rd years dance at other times than the youngest students. The oldest students also have more lancier classes than the youngest, because it is their prom.

 

Students entering the Gym for the dance

  

In the evening of the party, the 1^st years eat dinner at the school with their parents. They  also play games and have competitions, and the tables are decorated. After they have eaten, the parents go to the canteen, where there is entertainment, while the students go and see the older students dance lancier. The 2^nd years also eat dinner at the school but they are not allowed to bring their parents, and they eat down in the basement. The 3^rd years do not eat at school, but at different restaurant depending on what the different classes have chosen to do.  Afterwards the oldest students arrive at the school in their dresses and suits, they have bought for the party, and they get ready to dance. The 3^rd years families are allowed to come and see the students dance, and take pictures of the young people in their clothes.

Headmaster Poul Erik Madsen with some of the students.

After the oldest students have danced, the youngest students and 2^nd years students and whoever wants to, dance lancier, There is also entertainment, throughout the evening by different musicians, and also by some of the students.

It is something everyone looks forward to especially the 3^rd year students