Monday, April 26, 2010

After Prom Celebration

Each year I am amazed at what the parents do to decorate and entertain the students after prom. A fundraiser (raffle and fashion show) is held early in the year to raise money for after prom.

They have a community open house - a sneak peak - of what the kids are able to do during after prom. Let me take you through a tour of this amazing event!

You drive up to the event and reach this sign. I always crack up whenever I drive into Colorado and reach the State sign. Not colorful at all!Walking up to the event ...
Entryway ...

Registration desk ....

Where to find everything
Each year a slide is built. The kids slide down the stairs of the school. It is a hit. All of the "sites" at after prom are Colorado "hot spots"

Prize redemption area - decorated to look just like one of our malls!


A tattoo parlor ...

Fun water activities

And the food .... YUM! All you can eat ... for free!

Qdoba
Sushi
Chick-fil-a ... pretzels, pizza ... etc.
The Senior Wall. Parents are asked to make a photo collage of their Senior Student. It is used to decorate the "Senior Hallway" at after prom. This year it is a mine. The photo collages are attached to gold nuggets. Friends and family can take chalk and write messages to the Seniors on the butcher paper that lines the wall.


And the detail!!!
Fun and Games ... Elitch Gardens!

Inflatables
Bungee Jumping!

The wedding chapel - they have one each year. There are a bunch of dress-up clothes that the students can use to dress up and then go get married - or "hitched" for this theme!
The wedding chapel at Lookout Mountain
And the wedding certificate "with absolutely no authority from the State of Colorado" - Hitched by Buffalo Bill (in costume!). They had rings and certificates for the students. There was even a table of cupcakes for the "wedding cake photo op".

The Saloon - for fun and games. Win tickets to get prizes from the mall.
And a jail.
Wanted posters - of the faculty and staff! It had really funny descriptions.

The movie theater.
They even decorated the bathrooms - inside and out!
Red Rocks - they had a fun competition going on in here.
A massage parlor with 10 licensed massage therapists!
The famous four corners
And the prizes that the Seniors could win ... an Ipad was one of the items. These were all generously donated!
What a fun time for the students!
I can't wait to see what theme they do next year. 2 years ago it was a cruise line. Last year it was Vegas.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow! That looks like a ton of work - and a ton of money involved. I had no idea they put on such extravagant after prom parties!

And We Sailed On said...

that is amazing. I'm sure you had a lot to do with all of it too!

ckm said...

I helped set up the wedding chapel. Not much else ;o)

Not like the afterprom party I attended in High School! The fundraiser raised enough money to put this on. There was a $10 charge to attend. There were a lot of donations and very resourceful people ... we rented a lot of the backdrops from another school.

Kelly Anderson said...

way different from the after proms i was used to.. luckies.

Dick said...

OH MY!

WAS the prom itself this grand?

One or two of your pictures would have said, this is a great after prom...but so many. Good grief. Anything in the future will be lame compared to this....my. What a challenging standard to set, especially with times as they are.

How was this organizied? It must have been a massive effort.

I hope the kids appreciated it.

becky ward said...

WHAT!?! that is a huge production. lucky kids.