Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Growing Up In Small Town America Part 22

 

SPECIAL OCCASSIONS

As I got older, I remember having several special occasions each year where everyone wore formals.  Mother often would make my formal, in fact, I don’t remember but a few that were store bought. For Horizon Club, we held the Candlelight Ball at Christmas. This was very formal and we were allowed to ask a boy to be our date.  It was held at the Country Club and we would dance to a live band until midnight.

Our school held a formal banquet for each sport. We wore formals, ate a catered meal in the cafeteria and then the program was conducted form the stage up front to honor the players. Tables were then cleared and a live band was set up and we would dance until midnight. The football banquet was the largest one, but there was also a basketball banquet and spring sports banquet. I was fortunate to be invited as a date each time. 

The Junior Senior Prom was a huge banquet designed and created by the Junior class for the Seniors. Sophmores were pulled in to participate in the servers at the banquet. I remember our theme when I was a junior was “Three Coins in a Fountain”, complete with a large fountain in the middle of the cafeteria. This fountain was created from a large aluminum stock tank with a tiered fountain in the middle. A pump was used to circulate the water.  After the banquet, things were cleared for the dance.  This was always a fun activity for 3 different grade levels during high school


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