The Good, The Bad - Prom

This prom sort of had mixed results if you ask me.

It started off good, a lot of people showed up for dinner which is great for us 'cause play good music all night and don't have to wait for the crowd to show up. Then some bad news came to us, 30+ people had to get their pictures retaken because of the rain at Memory Grove. (On that note, it's pointless to read the names over the mic...everyone comes up and double checks anyways.)

Next good thing was the senior video they showed. This was very well done for a student. I'm glad to hear it's not finished though because it was definetely missing things from the year. As soon as that was over, we started with Eminem demanding "Now everyone report to the dance floor" and pretty much everyone obeyed Mr. Slim Shady. It started out great, you could tell everyone had a ton of energy. I was very pleased with how things were going until "The Battle Of The Lights" came into play. Whenever we do Bountiful events it seems someone always turns the lights on and ruins the show. The score...BHS 38 PowerPlay 0. I'm not sure why they turn the lights on, maybe because they're afraid of the dark. Not only did they have to turn some lights on, but they had to be spotlights on the DJ. So Brett and I felt like we were on display all night.

More interesting news...There was a gay couple at the dance. Yep, turns out it attracts a lot of attention too, because reporters were following the couple all night. (Link to Deseret News Report) But the dance goes on. Just as we start gaining momentum from people crowd surfing off the stage and the crowd completely rocking out, ALL the lights turn on and people are like "is it over??" Brett and I were just as confused. Once again we had to battle with the lights and this one was a complete loss. Brett tried to scramble and tell them it wasn't over for another half hour but it was no use, dance over-unexpectedly. It was like being shut down on a date. You get all this excitement and momentum built up but then you get shut down. Worst feeling ever. I wasn't the only one mad about this, the crowd was pretty furious and of course blamed the DJ "you didn't tell us it was the last song, I didn't get to dance with my date for the last song!" etc. People started filing out, and that was it.

So as you can see the dance swung back and forth all night. At the moment I was pretty disappointed with the outcome, but now when I look back I think it was a pretty kick butt prom. I just wish we had better communication with that "someone."