Who: All area (Northeast Alabama, Huntsville, Madison, etc.) homeschool teens,
grades 9 – 12, regardless of cover school are invited
When: Saturday, March 27, 2010 / 7:00 to 11:00 P.M.
Where: Grace United Methodist Church, 2113 Old Monrovia Road, Huntsville 35806 (near Providence in Monrovia area of Huntsville)
Cost: $30 per student / $50 per couple (a couple may be friends of the same sex)
Theme: “A Night Under the Stars”
Colors: black, silver and gold
The evening:
Early Pictures: 6:30
Music Starts: 7:00
Senior Promenade: 7:30
Seniors’ Dance
All Dance
Prom King and Queen announced: 7:30
King and Queen’s Dance
All Dance
Last Dance 10:55
Tickets: emailing: HsvPromTix@gmail.com, or via the internet at www.huntsvilleprom.info which has a link to our Facebook page To request a Prom Committee member to attend a meeting at your co-op or cover school, or talk with your administrator, please email HsvPromInfo@gmail.com and we will be happy to get someone to your group or cover school.
Music: to be provided by Elite Disc Jockey Services; we will have the “clean” versions of popular music selected with parental guidance; we will not have songs with graphic or lewd lyrics or curse words. To request songs or particular groups, send an email to: HsvPromSongs@gmail.com with the request; the Committee will consider all requests for appropriateness.
Photography:
Formal prom photos will be taken from 6:30 to 8:00 by Daniels Photography (www.photosbydaniels.com ).
Note: Daniels Photography has agreed to offer Prom attendees discounted package prices on senior photos. More details on this at our Facebook page.
Informal photos will be taken by a “roving” photographer throughout the evening and will be posted at our Facebook site, Homeschool Prom – Huntsville 2010, for anyone to download as they wish.
Senior Photos: Daniels Photography has offered prom attendees a 20% discount on senior pictures. Details and package prices at our Facebook page.
Menu: there will be hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, and a beverage will be available throughout the evening.
Chaperones: The entire evening will be well-chaperoned, and we will require an emergency contact number for every attendee. Parents are invited to take pictures and to stay for the Senior Promenade but will be requested to leave the facility after the Seniors’ Dance. Pick-up time is 11:00 p.m.
King and Queen of the Prom: There will be two boxes at sign-in for the seniors to put their name if they would like to be in the drawing for King or Queen. At 9:30, the names of the King and Queen will be drawn from the box and announced. The Prom 2010 King and Queen will be invited to attend Huntsville’s Homeschool Prom 2011.
Rules (as few as possible, but we want this to be a memorable and safe experience for everyone):
Open to all homeschoolers regardless of cover school
Only homeschoolers may purchase tickets; however, a homeschooler may bring a non-homeschooled friend/date.
Friends of the same sex may purchase “couples” tickets at the discounted price
All guests will be required to sign-in on arrival, provide an emergency contact name and telephone number, and will sign-out on leaving the dance.
Any guests leaving the building will not be allowed to return to the dance.
Attire for the evening is formal:
Ladies: Formal, semi-formal and special occasion dresses
Gentlemen: Tuxes, suits or dress pants with shirt, tie and jacket
No jeans or athletic shoes
Swing Dance Lessons: Every Thursday until the Prom at Grace United Methodist Church, 4:30 – 5:30. Cost: $5 per lesson. Our instructor is teaching the dances in a “non-partnered” style so teens may dance in a circle or line without having to have a partner. For more information: HsvPromInfo@gmail.com
Prom Planning Committee: sDarlene and Tiffani Avery, Calvary School sTonita and Charity Bobo, The Way Home Christian School 256-883-8741 sChristine and Kitty Ecklund, Everest Academy sMonique and Molly Kitts, Contemporary Education Academy 256-270-9163 sKristen Lindelow and Katie Koon, Everest Academy 256-489-9018 sTonia Stulting and Katie Kratsch, Everest Academy 256-837-3038
Note:
This is the first year for Huntsville’s Homeschool Prom. We have a great committee of parents and teens from several cover schools who have volunteered their time and talents to make the Prom a reality. We started in September 2009 and were strangers to each other. The Committee members have already put in a lot of time with much more donated time to come in the next several weeks. In addition to Grace United Methodist Church, our vendors are providing free or discounted services to help make this Prom a possibility. Our plan is to have this become an annual event –a Huntsville tradition—to allow many students in future years to enjoy the memories of a high school prom. All funds received by Huntsville’s Homeschool Prom are held in a savings account at a local bank. No one will be receiving any profits from the event. Any monies remaining after this year’s prom will be held for expenses for the 2011 Prom. Our goal is to make the Prom as accessible to as many students as possible by keeping ticket prices low ---and as magical as we can make it.
