Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2010, Page 78

Description:	Above: Junior Advisory Boardmember Matthew Parmenterspray paints a chair fordecoration at prom. Right:Junior Sara George worksdiligently on making promdecorations.PHOTOS BY MONICA BILESthe preplanJunior Advisory Board president Megan McGuiredescribes the process of planning prom.Following spring break, theevent that was on every upperclassmens mind was prom.However, the big night of promhad been on the mind of juniorMegan McGuire for a few monthsprior. McGuire was the presidentof Junior Advisory Board atBloomington South. JuniorAdvisory Board consisted of agroup of juniors that plannedprom.The planning completelystarted when the juniors werefreshmen. During freshman yearthe current Junior Advisory Boardstarted to fundraiser for prom.However, the actual planning ofthe event didnt start until themembers junior year, We thoughtof ideas all year but the advisoryboard came together threemonths before prom, saidMcGuire,A topic that took a lot of themeetings was picking the theme,McGuire said, We had a lot ofmeetings of brainstorming andthen narrowed it down to five andthen two and then one. The themewas eventually picked and thewinning theme was ChateauMagnifique.Time was definitely anecessity for planning prom. After-school meetings were held abouttwo times per week starting a fewmonths before prom, but closer tothe event daily meetings wereneeded. Three months beforeprom I stayed after school untilabout three or four but as promgot closer I started to stay untilfive or six and then eight or nine,said McGuire.In the end, prom night wentvery smoothly with everydecoration in its place.arnviwSRvmStudents that attended prom givetheir opinion about the best timeto arrive to the event.I think the best time to arrive isaround 9:30 because morepeople are there,— junior Joseph ForneyIt was kind of awkward at thebeginning of the night but aroundnine would be best.— junior Allyson CurellThe best time to arrive is around10.— junior Alexander SarpaNine because no one is dancinguntil then.— senior Meaghan Rigalisbxdwk&fe
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