Park District Sweetheart Dance another family memory maker

[February 17, 2018]   LINCOLN - All dressed up and ready for a very special event, sons, daughters and their parents dressed to the nines and practicing their best manners came out to the Lincoln Park District for the Parent/Child Sweetheart Dance on Sunday.

For several years the Lincoln Park District has been hosting the event as a Valentine occasion for parents to bring their children as their date.

The activity provides an excellent opportunity for parents to share create a memorable experience and to teach dating etiquette to their prodigy for future use. Who better to teach a girl what to expect of a young man than her father, and mothers can train sons how to properly to treat their date. And when a parent has imprinted their child in what to expect, there's less to be nervous about when that child enters those mysterious and wondrous years of dating.

Park District Program Director Abigail Neece was pleased with Sunday's turnout. Growing in popularity, the dance was the best to date with approximately 130 parents and children attending and everyone had a great time.

The two-hour dance featured DJs playing a combination of popular dance music, plenty of refreshments, festive Valentine decorations, picture stations and plenty of helium filled balloons for a celebratory atmosphere.

There were also Valentine crafts. Lincoln Community High School National Honor Society members Natalie Phillips and Grace Skelton assisted with the activities.

You can bet next year's event will be just as much fun for moms, dads and kids.

[Jan Youngquist]