An 80-year-old regional dance for high school girls and their dates in southwestern Connecticut will start allowing all-male same-sex couples next year and will remove the requirement that boys wear a tuxedo.
The annual County Assembly Charity Ball — known as "the Counties" — has traditionally been for high school junior girls and their escorts. That has traditionally meant that a girl has gone to the dance with a boy.
An 80-year-old regional dance for high school girls and their dates in southwestern Connecticut will start allowing all-male same-sex couples next year and will remove the requirement that boys wear a tuxedo.
The annual County Assembly Charity Ball — known as "the Counties" — has traditionally been for high school junior girls and their escorts. That has traditionally meant that a girl has gone to the dance with a boy.…
