Too+Much+Glitter

Too Much Glitter

In her junior year of high school, Haley Johannesen was co-captain of the dance team called the Palmz, with a z at the end. The Palmz would do the halftime show for the basketball team. However, certain fashion statements became troublesome.

“In the early 2000s, we would wear a ton of glitter to accentuate our hair, and all of our makeup was glitter. We wanted to be seen,” Johannesen said. “We would just dump it on over and over and go out and dance.”

This meant that after the dance team performed, the gym floor was covered in glitter.

“The basketball team had to ask us to stop using so much glitter because every time they bounced the basketball, puffs of glitter would come up, and the players were sliding around the glitter-covered floor.” Johannesen said.

The Palmz were not happy with the complaint, because it lead to unwanted changes.

“We had to just stop wearing glitter midseason and it was devastating,” Johannesen said. “Think of someone being like you can’t wear mascara.”

They had complained, but nothing could be done. Their plan of having someone sweep the gym after their performance was ignored.

“When we left [the gym] there had been glitter everywhere,” Johannesen said. “Thinking back, It was kind of beautiful.”

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