The Revere National Honor Society (NHS) is preparing to host a winter dance for the first time to raise money in lieu of selling chocolate.

NHS is currently planning to host a dance in the spring to compensate for the fundraising they will be missing out on due to the discontinuation of the annual chocolate bar sale. This will be the first time a spring dance has been hosted by the Revere National Honor Society. NHS President Mike Miller explained how the idea for a dance was brought forth.

“Monica [Feltman] was the one who brought the idea forward,” Miller said.

Feltman, Treasurer of NHS, elaborated on Miller’s statement.

“There were a number of people who showed support for a dance. Several people were tweeting about having one. . . since [NHS] can’t sell chocolates anymore, and [dances] usually bring in a lot of money, we needed to find a new fundraising activity that would generate income,” Feltman said.

NHS hosting the dance will collect funds, pay expenses, as well as organize and manage the event. The four leaders of NHS — President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, are delegated tasks for successfully running the dance. Miller commented on his role in hosting the dance.

“[Feltman] is in charge of this dance. I just try and help her out whenever she needs it. I also try to just be a presence there, too,” Miller said.

NHS Vice President Brady Marks commented on organizing a dance versus selling chocolate bars.

“It’s been harder [to organize the dance] so far. It’s a new idea, and usually the chocolate sales are run by [NHS Advisor Paul] Mr. Fisher. It’s new to us,” Marks said.

In hosting a dance, NHS hopes to successfully raise funds with an original activity that would be new to Revere students. Feltman explained how she did not want to simply copy other Revere groups.

“We didn’t want to copy [others]. I know how the band does their fruit sale, but we didn’t want to take their idea,” Feltman said.

In order for the dance to be considered successful, it will have to raise as much money for NHS as their annual chocolate bar sale has in the past. Feltman commented on her expectations of the dance’s success.

“We’re hoping it will bring in as much money [as selling chocolate]. Since Homecoming was such a success this year, I think people will want to go to another dance . . . we feel like because it’s an NHS dance, it will be successful,” Feltman said.

Marks also feels the dance will be successful.

“With finals right around that time, [the dance] will be a nice break. It’ll give people something to look forward to in the lull between winter and spring breaks. It’ll also benefit the school and help classmates get scholarships,” Marks said.

All of the costs that are associated with hosting a dance will be taken from the money taken in from ticket sale, barring any donations. Feltman estimates the tickets will cost about $10 each.

NHS is hoping that by having a more laid back dance than homecoming or prom, more people will want to come. Feltman elaborated on this sentiment.

“The idea is you don’t have to go out and buy a dress, you don’t have to go out [to dinner] before. You just kind of get together and have a dance. We want it to be accessible. We want it to be like ‘Are you doing anything Saturday night? Let’s go to the dance,” Feltman said.

There has been talk of this dance being a Sadie Hawkins style dance, in which girls ask boys. Feltman commented on this possible role-reversal.

“In a perfect world, I think a Sadie Hawkins dance would be very nice, especially for the senior guys so they don’t have to ask somebody three times in one year. Sadie Hawinks would change it up a bit … it would be a fun social experiment. If I had a choice, it would be Sadie Hawkins, but looking at it financially, it looks like a conventional dance would make the most money. A girl might go to the dance by herself, but a guy might not; so if a guy doesn’t get asked then he probably won’t go, but if a girl doesn’t get asked, she probably will go,” Feltman said.

The dance will take place on Saturday, February 21 in the RHS gym.