High School Prom

Saturday night was the 2008 High School Prom. Jennifer was the faculty sponser. A task that will probably never be repeated for a long time :). However, it was a great opportunity to get to know students. The prom committee was planning to have prom at a hotel but then about a month before decided to change it to school which required a lot more work. I wasn't sure if they were going to be able to pull it off but it actually turned out quite beautiful. We worked Friday night until about 10:00 and then started again at 9:00 the next morning. Prom was to begin at 6:30pm.

The theme this year was Moulin Rouge. Don't worry there was nothing provocative about this prom, except for maybe a couple dresses students wore, but the decorations were just very elegant with lots of red and black. The draped the atrium with red and black fabric and used lots of Christmas lights to brighten the room.
The doors were covered in fabric and red carpet was rolled down the grand staircase. Dinner was to take place outside on the lawn and students were to walk up the red carpet to the dance floor. Surrounding the grassy area is a sewer grate that really detracts from the beauty of the area. The students had this ingenious idea to use it as part of their decorations. They cleaned it out, lined it with rope lights, filled it with clean water, and then floated candles, roses, and feathers in it. It turned out pretty beautiful at night.

Dinner was catered by Outback Steakhouse. We had to choice of a steak or grilled chicken salad. The dinner was quite delicious and much better than the cafeteria catering option for about the same price. Outback actually came and cooked everything on campus. The brought grills and deep fryers and cooked right under the grand staircase. It was amazing to watch and it smelled delicious while we were setting up.

Patrick agreed to come as my date and as an extra chaperone as well :). I had to pleasure of purchasing a maternity prom dress. I'm so glad that I was the only attendee wearing one of those! Most of the night was spent guarding dark areas of the school and making sure students weren't sneaking off anywhere. It was a light night but lots of fun. It took me about two days to recouperate from the tiring weekend. Prom was fun but I will be glad to pass the torch on to someone else next year.