What is the White Party?

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Anonymous wrote:This year was the 4th Annual White Party, at least officially. Most of the info on here is correct however, the 1st annual in 2014 was hosted by a group of girls from various Catholic schools in DC/MD. The list of the host committee is on line for each year. Last year a few boys were added on the Committee and that continued this year. The schools represented by the host committee has expanded beyond the Catholics and now includes other private schools. There is an invitation but the party (for which you have to buy a ticket) is open to all 7th and 8th graders in the area. According to my kids, their public school buddies said its only for private school kids but, I'm betting that isn't true. When the tickets are purchased you do have to submit your name, grade and school. Girls have to wear white dresses, boys a white shirt, ergo the name. It is definitely the "popular crowd" that goes, they all seem to know each other through sports and CCs and whatever. It is THE big deal for those kids. Its a dance with a band and basically just a huge middle school "scene" that some kids love and others would hate (I have both kinds of kids).

So all the popular kids are athletes and belong to country clubs? Do only popular kids play sports and go to country clubs? It's all so confusing.

She only described the small group of kids she knows.

I know a whole other group of non CC geeks that went.

But she--a mother--stated with such authority that it was the popular crowd that went. How did the non CC, non-athlete geeks infiltrate the exclusive event? This is why I feel very sorry for my middle schoolers in this town. The parents are just awful.

There is one or two or ten in every crowd. But this is a nice fundraiser. Let's not make it into some DCUM "most viewed" mommy war.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This year was the 4th Annual White Party, at least officially. Most of the info on here is correct however, the 1st annual in 2014 was hosted by a group of girls from various Catholic schools in DC/MD. The list of the host committee is on line for each year. Last year a few boys were added on the Committee and that continued this year. The schools represented by the host committee has expanded beyond the Catholics and now includes other private schools. There is an invitation but the party (for which you have to buy a ticket) is open to all 7th and 8th graders in the area. According to my kids, their public school buddies said its only for private school kids but, I'm betting that isn't true. When the tickets are purchased you do have to submit your name, grade and school. Girls have to wear white dresses, boys a white shirt, ergo the name. It is definitely the "popular crowd" that goes, they all seem to know each other through sports and CCs and whatever. It is THE big deal for those kids. Its a dance with a band and basically just a huge middle school "scene" that some kids love and others would hate (I have both kinds of kids).

So all the popular kids are athletes and belong to country clubs? Do only popular kids play sports and go to country clubs? It's all so confusing.

She only described the small group of kids she knows.

I know a whole other group of non CC geeks that went.

But she--a mother--stated with such authority that it was the popular crowd that went. How did the non CC, non-athlete geeks infiltrate the exclusive event? This is why I feel very sorry for my middle schoolers in this town. The parents are just awful.

There is one or two or ten in every crowd. But this is a nice fundraiser. Let's not make it into some DCUM "most viewed" mommy war.

I don't think I would call an event that is only for the exclusive, country club-going, private school-attending kids nice. Sounds pretty gross to me. Think how much more money could be raised by an event inclusive of everybody.

[Anonymous]

It is open to all 7th and 8th graders. It is hardly exclusive. It is only limited by the size of the venue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year was the 4th Annual White Party, at least officially. Most of the info on here is correct however, the 1st annual in 2014 was hosted by a group of girls from various Catholic schools in DC/MD. The list of the host committee is on line for each year. Last year a few boys were added on the Committee and that continued this year. The schools represented by the host committee has expanded beyond the Catholics and now includes other private schools. There is an invitation but the party (for which you have to buy a ticket) is open to all 7th and 8th graders in the area. According to my kids, their public school buddies said its only for private school kids but, I'm betting that isn't true. When the tickets are purchased you do have to submit your name, grade and school. Girls have to wear white dresses, boys a white shirt, ergo the name. It is definitely the "popular crowd" that goes, they all seem to know each other through sports and CCs and whatever. It is THE big deal for those kids. Its a dance with a band and basically just a huge middle school "scene" that some kids love and others would hate (I have both kinds of kids).

So all the popular kids are athletes and belong to country clubs? Do only popular kids play sports and go to country clubs? It's all so confusing.

She only described the small group of kids she knows.

I know a whole other group of non CC geeks that went.

But she--a mother--stated with such authority that it was the popular crowd that went. How did the non CC, non-athlete geeks infiltrate the exclusive event? This is why I feel very sorry for my middle schoolers in this town. The parents are just awful.

Both the terms "popular crowd" and "middle scene" were in quotes -pretty sure that means to be taken as not literal or not what a grown up would call it but what those kids who went would call it. She clearly says she has a kid who would hate it. Me thinks some of you need to lighten up. It's open to all so no one is be g excluded.

[Anonymous]

Not to be confused with the "Black Party" which is held annually in Provincetown and attracts a radically different crowd. Hey Doll Face.

[Anonymous]

There were a lot of kids there from Cooper Middle.

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I wonder if they would ever consider moving the venue to allow more kids the opportunity to attend (and raise more money at the same time!)?

[Anonymous]

Well, over 750 attended. So the venue was large.

[Anonymous]

As others have said, it's open to all 7th and 8th graders, public and private. My daughter is an athlete who belongs to a CC but has many friends who attended that are nothing like that. The only thing that might feel exclusive is that you need to know about it ahead of time or it will have sold out before you have a chance to buy tickets. Tickets were available in mid-April on a specific date and time and they sold out within a few hours. I organized a group to go from my daughter's school and she was the only one who had gone last year in 7th. I had to make sure her friends' parents had the link and knew that it was a short ticket window. One friend tried after 5pm on that date and it was sold out.

My daughter had a lot more fun as an 8th grader this year. It can get wild and I'm not sure she was ready for that last year.

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It's hard to say the party is "open" to all when you need to pay $100 (and buy a white dress) to attend. My DD heard about it from friends and about a week in advance we scrambled to get dress so she could go. (She neeed white dress for 8th grade "graduation" anyway, so at least she wore it again). She went and I'm sure had fun, but it still bothered me. I'm sure charity is worthy but the whole thing seems pretty insensitive when kids will feel left out if their parents can't afford ticket or dress. Would be more equitable if organizers could get a few large sponsors and lower the ticket price, and not require girls to buy specific color of dress to attend.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anyone at the Cathedral schools that attended this last night. Haven’t even heard of it and we were with a lot of Cathedral families over the weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anyone at the Cathedral schools that attended this last night. Haven’t even heard of it and we were with a lot of Cathedral families over the weekend.

It was not last night, it was in the Spring. Not sure why the PP posted months later.

It's a Catholic school event raising money for another Catholic school and while everybody is invited, your child may not be friends with people going so never heard of it.

[Anonymous]

How much are tickets to the White Party?

[Anonymous]

DD didn't want to go last year. Again, this year, we got an email about it and she said she isn't interested.

They are not missing anything. I heard last year some kids got drunk so they changed rules this year to make it safer (it is harder to get tickets if kids don't attend Catholic schools).

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anyone at the Cathedral schools that attended this last night. Haven’t even heard of it and we were with a lot of Cathedral families over the weekend.

It was not last night, it was in the Spring. Not sure why the PP posted months later.

It's a Catholic school event raising money for another Catholic school and while everybody is invited, your child may not be friends with people going so never heard of it.

It's next month, sweet.