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
