Last Friday was Maya’s 8th grade party/dance, and I volunteered to help set up. I think the decorating committee went a bit overboard, and one of the parents is going to have to go in and paint to cover all of the staples on the walls, but wow, the Knights Under the Sea theme is great, no? I think they (we) did a fabulous, fabulous job. In addition to this, there were more decorations outside, and games like table tennis and karaoke, plus ‘carnival’ type games. The kids had a great time.
Whoa! That’s pretty spectacular for an 8th grade dance.
I no longer volunteer to be involved in any “events” because over time I’ve realized I have no business hanging out with the women who imagine and execute stuff like this. They make me crazy and I make them crazy. My deep love of simplicity goes against the grain, but I do admire the women who pull this stuff off. (And I say women because I’ve never known of any men who got involved in this stuff, except to assist their wives behind the scenes.)
V-Grrl, I’m with you. There was a lot of…energy. I’m much more the bunting and crepe paper type myself, as OmbudsBen put it. And I suspect it will be less fancy next year. One of the people who worked there said that this was the most elaborate she’d seen in her 15 years at the school, and I do NOT think the principal was happy about it. He had requested SIMPLE at all of the meetings. But still. Pretty. 🙂
Good Heavens, I don’t think I’ve seen Proms decorated that elaborately. What Kind of budget did they have? I would have stopped with streamers and some balloon jellyfish. I’m with the simple deco crew. 🙂
My prom wasn’t that fancy, for sure. But we couldn’t have stapled things to the walls of the Hilton, and this was a gym. Budget? I have NO idea. I wasn’t involved in any of the planning or meetings, I just responded to their 6th or 7th plea for volunteers. 🙂
Wow! I wish my junior high dances looked like that. What a great decorating job you all did. I sure hope the kids appreciated all the work that was put in to get the cafeteria looking the way it did.
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J
Last Friday was Maya’s 8th grade party/dance, and I volunteered to help set up. I think the decorating committee went a bit overboard, and one of the parents is going to have to go in and paint to cover all of the staples on the walls, but wow, the Knights Under the Sea theme is great, no? I think they (we) did a fabulous, fabulous job. In addition to this, there were more decorations outside, and games like table tennis and karaoke, plus ‘carnival’ type games. The kids had a great time.
V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios
Whoa! That’s pretty spectacular for an 8th grade dance.
I no longer volunteer to be involved in any “events” because over time I’ve realized I have no business hanging out with the women who imagine and execute stuff like this. They make me crazy and I make them crazy. My deep love of simplicity goes against the grain, but I do admire the women who pull this stuff off. (And I say women because I’ve never known of any men who got involved in this stuff, except to assist their wives behind the scenes.)
OmbudsBen
Wow, pretty elaborate!
It was a big deal in my childhood when they bought some … bunting. A few twisted crepe paper streamers. Hand-painted signs.
J
V-Grrl, I’m with you. There was a lot of…energy. I’m much more the bunting and crepe paper type myself, as OmbudsBen put it. And I suspect it will be less fancy next year. One of the people who worked there said that this was the most elaborate she’d seen in her 15 years at the school, and I do NOT think the principal was happy about it. He had requested SIMPLE at all of the meetings. But still. Pretty. 🙂
Donna
Good Heavens, I don’t think I’ve seen Proms decorated that elaborately. What Kind of budget did they have? I would have stopped with streamers and some balloon jellyfish. I’m with the simple deco crew. 🙂
It is pretty and very creative tho.
J
My prom wasn’t that fancy, for sure. But we couldn’t have stapled things to the walls of the Hilton, and this was a gym. Budget? I have NO idea. I wasn’t involved in any of the planning or meetings, I just responded to their 6th or 7th plea for volunteers. 🙂
Starshine
WOW! So much over-the-top awesomeness! I love it!
Ted
Wow! I wish my junior high dances looked like that. What a great decorating job you all did. I sure hope the kids appreciated all the work that was put in to get the cafeteria looking the way it did.
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