This year, boys will be boys; no dresses, wigs, or makeup.

“The Miss Eighter from Decatur show was canceled because we did not have enough boys who committed to be in the show,” Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) sponsor Carrie Oberle said.

Two years ago, the upperclassmen could not turn their forms in fast enough. This year, the tables turned.

“We kept extending the deadline for the boys to turn in their forms,” Oberle said. “We kept hoping that more boys would be talked into doing it.”

Only two boys turned in their forms, no one else did.

“It should have been canceled weeks before,” Oberle said. “Our SADD officers went above and beyond to try to commit some more boys to be in the show.”

With determination, SADD officers couldn’t get any more boys to commit to the show.

“To have the show, we needed eighteen boys,” Oberle said. “You couldn’t just have a show with ten boys who were interested and two boys that had actually turned their forms in.”

Information was put on the SADD Facebook page and intercom announcements mentioned turning in forms.

“The cancellation was no fault of the administration,” freshman Josh Santos said. “SADD and Mrs. Oberle warned us and told us that the competition might be cancelled.”

A warning soon turned into mourning.

“The guys who were going to do the show are sad, our SADD officers are sad, and I’m sad too,” Oberle said.

Disappointment settled in on the boys who were interested in competing.

“I was extremely disappointed when it was cancelled,” senior Josh Murphy said.

Along with the show being cancelled, so were all the procedures.

“We already had everything planned,” Oberle said. “We had our videographer, MC, and some people who were going to entertain real talent in between the guys. Chelsea Cryer had already drawn up our logo.”

Some boys already had everything ready, too.

“I had a dress picked out, I had a dance teacher Karen Smith ready to help choreograph a flamenco routine, and girl friends who were prepared to do my makeup,” Santos said.

Just like a reader can’t judge a book by it’s cover, the outcome of the show isn’t dependent on how daring the dress.

“Dressing up in a dress and wig is funny; that’s what this show is all about,” Oberle said. “But mainly, it’s the talents that add the humor.

Talents usually represent a group, person, or an event that the boys were involved in.

“I was going to represent Los Madrileños Estampa Flamenca,” Santos said.

Diversity helped make the show even more unpredictable.

“I wanted to be Miss Band,” Murphy said.

Memories fill the minds of SADD members and Oberle, of the competitors in heels from over the years.

“Before the show one year, in the dressing rooms, you always heard weird comments such as ‘Who took my bra?’” Oberle said.

Even though Murphy did not participate in the show two years ago, he was still inspired to get involved.

“This year, I wanted to do it because I watched the show in 2010 and saw how funny it was,” Murphy said.

The Miss Eighter from Decatur performance is intended to entertain not only the audience, but the performers as well.

“I thought that this would be something fun and I’m used to being laughed at- I’m a joker,” Santos said.

The boys who wanted to put on the show this year must encourage others next year to get involved.

“Next year, we just need a bigger group of guys to say to every other guy ‘Hey, let’s do this. It will be fun and crazy. Don’t be shy,’” Oberle said. “Next year, we just need guys to commit themselves, to fill out the forms and turn them in.”