Ever wished you could be young again and experience going out on the town with your perfect date to a Prom? I was able to do just that! Our area (5 Stakes) puts on an LDS Prom for all the youth so they don't have to attend school ones that are out of control. This takes months of planning, decorating, etc! and then in a couple of saturdays - it is all pulled together. Several years ago some brilliant thinker thought "Why don't we have an adult prom the night before and give these decorations a trial run!" What a fabulous idea! Over the past couple of years we have attended "Phantom of the Opera", last year was "Arbian Nights". This year the theme was "Streets of New York".
As you entered the building, they had the hallway set up like a slum alley of New York. notice the black garbage bags. But if you look closely they took a train track and mounted a little stuffed "rat" to a car and it circled the trash all night. I died laughing!
Steppiing into the cultural hall (or gym) the walls were lined with murals of skyline and store fronts. This photo (see below) is Macy's. Had three windows. The center window was 'the 3 white dresses'. Clever!
Up along and around the stage walls were Broadway Shows advertised. They had redrawn all these just like the originals! Most of the shows currently on Broadway were displayed.
Photo below shows the skyline and all the incredible art work!
Here is us sitting on a bench in Central Park! The little photo shows the New York skyline behind us.
