Crookston High School Juniors and Seniors are getting ready to attend this year’s prom celebration on Saturday, April 26, and we stopped into the schoolhouse to talk to Prom Coordinator, Linda Morgan, to hear about all of the preparations for this year’s festivities. “Our theme this year is, “At Last I See the Light”, and this is from the movie Tangled,” says Morgan. “The main character is Rapunzel, so our colors are purple and yellow/gold because of her hair. It’s going to be so beautiful and I’m very excited. Every year, I get excited to work with a theme and the different colors and all that.”
How many students have signed up for prom this year? “Right now I have 141 students signed up to come to prom, and that’s juniors and seniors,” says Morgan. “I have 11 prom servers to help with that, and they are in LEO Club, and those are my sophomores. I have 123 that are going to be in the Grand March. Some are walking by themselves, and about 50 couples.”
Prom will start off with a great photo opportunity for all the students. “Dave Emmanuel, who is our photographer, will be taking pictures at Kiehel, at UMC starting about 4 o’clock, maybe a little before,” says Morgan. This includes group pictures or single pictures if you want for juniors and seniors.” Emmanuel will also take photos back at the high school during the evening, Morgan says.
Once pictures have concluded at UMC and the students arrive at the high school for the Grand March and evening prom celebration, safety measures are in place to ensure the evening maintains a safe, comfortable, and responsible environment. “The kids will come here and we have rooms for the boys and girls to bring their bags to change into, into their rooms,” says Morgan. “Then they get into line, and they will be breathalyzed. That is just a standard thing we have done for all the dances now. When they are sitting down after the Grand March, I have people checking their bags. I hope the kids are smart, be smart about all of this stuff, it’s your prom. Just be smart about it.”
Students ‘ families and friends are welcome to come out to the high school on Saturday and watch the Grand March. It’s a fun start to the evening, and the students really like to have an audience to see all the work they put into looking their best. “The Grand March is going to be at 5:30 p.m. here in the gymnasium,” says Morgan. “Coming into the door, it will be $5 per person, first grade on up. If you bring a little one, it’s fine, but just remember, this is part of our fundraiser, so it is $5 per person.”
The high school hired The Undertakers to DJ for the Grand March and the dance later in the evening. Before any dancing begins though, the students will have dinner. “Our banquet will start at 6:30 p.m., and during that time we will eat,” says Morgan. “Our meal is going to be prepared by Drafts. We will have pasta with two different sauces, chicken wings with BBQ sauce, garlic bread, a lettuce salad, and then they wanted the lava cake like we did last year. So, it’s almost the same as last year.”
Morgan says that about six years ago, they had an ice cream bar during prom, but now, instead, they have a chocolate bar. “So I have my chocolate flowing, and I kind of bring goodies for that so they can have that during the dessert time,” says Morgan. “And I do leave it out during the dance too.”
Once the kids have finished dinner, it’s time to do some dancing. The students will enjoy the music from The Undertakers from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The evening doesn’t end there. “After our dance, the kids should be ready to go. They are going to get to change, and they load the buses here to go to Northern Aire at about 11:30 p.m.,” says Morgan. “I believe they come back around 3:00 a.m. and have door prizes, big drawings, and stuff like that for the kids.”
Morgan wanted to give a shout-out to Kayla Snyder and Kari Moe for all their help in taking down names and collecting the money from the students. Also, a shout out to MCs for the night, Josh Hardy and Sue Wagner. “People probably don’t realize how much work goes into this, but I started in January, and this week is going to be a lot of hours put into getting everything done and prepared,” says Morgan. “And it’s over in one night, but that’s with anything we do in life.”
Crookston’s Prom is this Saturday, April 26. The Grand March will start at 5:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. The cost for entry is $5. Children in kindergarten and younger can accompany a paying adult. This entry fee is part of the prom fundraiser.
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