This year the New Zealand club worked in conjunction with Student Leadership Activities and Service (SLAs) to bring students and local YSA members an exuberant opening social dance entitled “Royals” on Sept. 12.
“Royals” stemmed from an idea familiar to almost all New Zealand natives. “The Royals are a dance crew from New Zealand,” said New Zealand BSA president and BYUH senior Will Tokaduadua. “They always come first in international hip-hop competitions.
Their slogan is crowned up, so we incorporated it as our slogan as well.“This was a special dance for the New Zealand chapter,” said Michael Maile, the coordinator of student development.
“This is what they wanted and they’re very creative people.”SLAS is now trying to host events for chapters, clubs and organizations to participate in., Maile said.
“What we’re trying to do as an events team is move away from having individual groups sponsor their own events. We want to host events for the whole semester and have different clubs, chapters, and organizations serve at the events in a way to raise money,” Maile stated. Since dances are free for students, SLAS offers money grants for the organizations or clubs that help host the events. T
he New Zealand club worked hand in hand with the SLAS for over two months to plan the social.
“The dance was good and once more people came there was more fun and hype,” said Logan Romrell, a freshman for Texas studying psychology.The next school dance is scheduled for Oct. 31.