A Winter Wonderland in Cranberry

Written by Abby Hanna 1/15/20

A Winter Wonderland in Cranberry

By Abby Hanna | 1/15/20

This year Cranberry kids put on their dancing shoes for the first Winter formal in over 15 years.

Cranberry’s student council and the student body decided that they wanted to plan a winter formal, reason being earlier in the year Cranberry’s homecoming was combined with Oil City High School.

The winter formal dance took place at Cranberry High School on Saturday, January 11th, and was for Cranberry students in 9th-12th grade.

Heather Motter, Senior High Student Council Adviser, said, “It was an opportunity to have our own dance since homecoming was with Oil City. I thought it was very intimate and an elegant affair.”

A half an hour before the dance started, the crowning of the winter formal court took place.

The King and Queen at crowning; Featured in the picture: Michael Gunn and Abigail Pedley

Photograph contributed by Kaitlyn Barnett (sister of Abigail Pedley)

A group of friends have fun building a pyramid at the dance. Featured in the photo: Micah Wry, Garett Houge, Alex Fike, Damian Fike, Alyssa Wright, Christan Miller, Maria Anderson, Hailey Irwin, and Fiona Moon (Photograph contributed by student Alaina Hogue)

The 2020 Cranberry Winter Wonderland Court Representatives included 9th graders Mackenzie Karns and Collin Zerbe, 10th graders Regan King and Kenny Laverich, and 11th graders Savanna Scott and Nick Richar.

Our 2020 Cranberry Winter Wonderland Court was Elizabeth Adams, Madison Buchanan, Abigail Hanna, Abigail Pedley, Jenna Seigworth, Bupe Watson, Austin Collins, Alex Finch, Michael Gunn, Andrew Jordan, David Mullen, and Jacob Umstead.

The winners of the Winter Wonderland King and Queen were Michael Gunn and Abigail Pedley.

King Michael Gunn commented, “I’m happy to represent our class; the dance was rocking good time!”

A lot of the students had a great experience, and the student body feedback has been wonderful.

10th grader Maria Anderson has never been to a Cranberry dance before and said, “For being my first Cranberry dance, Winter Formal truly was an incredible experience! I had a ton of fun with my friends and I really hope we have another one next year.”