Gimme Gimme Gimme the Rundown on TOLO 2025

Mamma Mia! This year’s TOLO was something else. Held at the Nile Shrine Golf Course on Saturday, April 5th from 8 to 11, ASB’s hard work really paid off. Missed out on the fun? Here’s the low-down on this year's Spring Fling.

Let’s go over the ups and downs of the dance. “I like that there was coffee there. And the music was kind of fire,” recounted Jamia Alexander, “The outfits were cool, and I like that there were balloons there.” It’s always the little details that make the biggest impressions on dance attendees. As always, the music played is a key component to the success of a school dance. As per usual, ASB officers were super troupers and agreed to DJ the dance. Thank you for the music!

Ingraham students had many opinions. “Maybe just like, play music that's a little bit more on the theme,” suggests Evelyn Smith, “It was Mamma Mia themed, and they only played like one or two ABBA songs.” Nevertheless, “the music at the dance was very good and there was just generally a good vibe there,” Charlotte Person adds, “Even though they repeated some of the songs.” Overall, ASB did a great job and there were lots of dancing queens on the floor jiving to hit after hit.

As always, dances are a great way to shed light on the wonderful Ingraham community. As Anneliese Ulmer-Shultz puts it, “My highlight of the dance was the people that I went with and hanging out with them.” While it did take nearly an hour for people to start dancing, the atmosphere came alive with jumping, singing, and laughter. As Eden Vanderhei stated, “I really liked seeing everyone that I don’t have classes with.” Halfway through the dance the balloon arch was screaming SOS as half of it fell down, and Ingraham students used this opportunity to step in and hold up the arch for one another while pictures were taken.

Let’s take a closer look at the planning aspect of the event. The sophomore class President Amelia Winter and Vice President Ellie Grow, being the primary planners for this event, did a wonderful job with decorations, advertisement, and fundraising. During an interview with Amelia Winter, she explains the ways that each of the school dances are organized and put together. “Homecoming goes to the Senior Class, and half of the revenue goes to them, while the other half goes to the overall dance funds. Juniors get Winter Ball, and we (Sophomores) get Spring Fling.” If you did show up, thank you for supporting the sophomore class with all the money money money raised from ticket sales. “The idea of Mamma Mia had been thrown out for other dance themes,” Winter continues, “and I thought it would be good for spring because it’s like spring vacation.” The fun, carefree effect the movie Mamma Mia has was the perfect choice for a dance celebrating the upcoming spring break.

We all saw the blue balloons and sparkly streamers that transformed the Nile Shrine Golf Course into the Greek inspired wonderland captured by the film. “Decorations were hard honestly, like we had a full vision and then we went there and some of it did not work at all, because it’s an old golf course and all,” Winter explained. The struggles that ASB went through were well hidden from guests of the dance. She goes on to say that “At first, it was hard to sell tickets, but then second week more people were buying tickets.”

When all is said and done, the 2025 spring fling was a success. “I think it went pretty well honestly,” Winter concluded, “A good amount of people showed up, and there was like a good thirty-minute chunk where I was like, ‘this is a fun dance!’ I was happy with it.” I don’t know about you, but we can’t wait to see what ASB cooks up next!

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Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Mamma Mia, Super Trouper, Thank You for the Music, Dancing Queen, SOS, Money, Money Money, When all is Said and Done