Twelve local high school students participated in our event, sporting Prom dresses from our Juniors Department. They strutted their stuff on the red carpet laid out in the center of the store, showing off not only the wonderful dresses but also the fantastic makeup applied by our cosmetics team. We had special lights, a DJ, the works! Everyone looked amazing!
What was my role in all this? Besides making a few phone calls and explaining the run-down of the event to the girls (and their mothers) who came into the store to pick out their dresses, I also handled the back stage work, i.e. getting the girls where they needed to be for show time and giving each girl their cue to head out onto the runway.
I was by no means alone in this production, however. My coworker Lisa made several phone calls and made sure the two girls who were running late (they had their SATs right before the show) got dressed and in line just in time! Beth Ann stayed in Juniors with me while we waited for everyone to arrive and lined most of the girls up while I checked on the status of the remaining two. Nicole made announcements all morning telling people about the event and Sarah read off all the information about the dresses during the show. And of course, our manager Kelly got us the DJ, which really livened up the event. It was definitely a team effort. It was fun, it was stressful, but it was totally worth it.
It went so well, in fact, that we are planning an even bigger show for April 5th! I will once again be in charge of making sure everyone knows when to walk. This time, however, I also got to use my artsy skills. I was put in charge of creating the flier for the event. Here it is!
Lisa came up with the wording for the flier and I designed the artwork and layout. For this show we are including all ages, we even have at least two mother-daughter teams lined up! I'll be sure to let you know how this one goes!
