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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Snow Week kicks off Monday, February 9 with the Community Pep Fest & Coronation Ceremony. The Pep Fest will be at 7:00 pm in the Hi-Liner Activity Center.

Student Council Advisor Angela Van Bruggen says this community event will consist of the pep band, cheerleaders and dance team firing up Valley City with some Hi-Liner Spirit, an introduction of all the athletes participating in Hi-Liner winter sports, and followed by a ceremony featuring the VCHS Swing Choir to crown the 2015 Snow Week King and Queen.

The DECA store will be open throughout the evening for the public to purchase Hi-Liner apparel. Following coronation at 8:00, the public is encouraged to stay for the annual Junior vs. Senior Boys PowderBuff Volleyball game, a fundraiser for the VCHS Student Council in the Hi Liner Activity Center. Tickets are $4. 

Other home sporting events during Snow Week include doubleheader basketball games vs. Red River on Tuesday night in the HAC (boys varsity game starts at 5:45), a gymnastics meet at 6:00 on Thursday at the Youth Sports Center and boys basketball vs. Wahpeton on Thursday in the HAC (varsity game starts at 7:30).

On Friday night & Saturday, the wrestling team hosts the EDC wrestling tournament in the HAC. 

In-school activities for VCHS students will include dress-up theme days, a Thursday afternoon pep rally, and a semi-formal dance on Saturday night.

Theme days this year will be Occupation Day, Teacher/Student Switch Day, Beach Day, Hippie Day, and the traditional Blue-and-White Hi-Liner Day.

The 9-12th grade Snowball Dance will be held from 9:00-11:45 pm on Saturday in the Hi-Liner Activity Center Lobby with the theme, “A Night in Paris.”