Friday, May 29, was the night of the Ocracoke High School 2009 Prom. Since Ocracoke School is so small the entire high school is allowed to attend the prom...not just Juniors and Seniors. For the past few years the prom has basically consisted of the kids getting dressed up and having dinner together at a local restaurant. After that the kids kind of went out and did their own thing.
Don't get me wrong...there have been dances held in the past but the dances were just for the students and the school is so small that the kids didn't hang out there very long because they "are with the same ole people every day" or whatever their reasons were...so the prom eventually became a nice dinner that the high school got all dressed up to attend.



                                      

This year the high school students decided to raise the money, put together their own dance and invite the whole community. They had a couple of bake sales and a car wash (which was a huge success) and raised enough money to rent the Community Center and hire a DJ and a limo for the night. They worked really hard. They did all of the planning and made all of the arrangements themselves. Their parents were very proud of their efforts and their accomplishments.



                                                               

Dinner was at the Back Porch Restaurant. A long, elegant table was set up for the students. The school principal and a few teachers chaperoned and sat at a table nearby. Before dinner the parents were allowed to take pictures outside. It was like a red carpet event. The guys were all handsome in their suits or dress pants and dress shirts...hair combed...cologne applied. The girls had on beautiful dresses. Their hair and makeup all done just so. They were all beautiful.



                                     

Everywhere there were cameras flashing as the attendees arrived smiling. They are alway so gracious about giving us this opportunity to take pictures of them all dressed up. The mood seemed to be happy and festive. Leslie Cole, one of the high school teachers who helps plan this event, always gets the students organized for her own picture taking. I was able to position myself nearby and got some pretty good pictures myself...after cropping out an elbow or two. It was great fun for us Moms!



                                    

After everyone had their pictures taken at least a dozen times the students and chaperon es went inside to have dinner. Once they got inside the students cast their votes for Prom King, Prom Queen, Prom Prince and Prom Princess.  The winners were crowned after dinner. I understand that there were menu choices given to the students ahead of time and they had their choice of 3 (I think) different delicious entrées.



                                

Ocracoke Island Realty is very proud to announce that three out of the four students who were crowned for the Royal Court were the offspring of Ocracoke Island Realty employees:

Prom King Robert Chestnut
Prom Queen Sandra Lukefahr (daughter of me)
Prom Prince Ansley Robinson (son of Doreen Robinson, vacation specialist)
Prom Princess Dellanira Romero (daughter of Housekeeping Field Supervisor, Margarita Gonzalez and Beach Outfitter specialist/maintenance tech, Rene Flores)

I have said before that I love to post blogs with lots of pictures and this is one of those blogs. I hope you enjoy the pictures posted below. You can see how beautiful and handsome our high school students are...especially when they get all dolled up for a  party!
I hope you enjoy the pictures!

And now, I present to you...Ocracoke High School 2009 Prom:


FRESHMEN: Molly Lovejoy, Virginia Downes (daughter of OIR vacation specialist, Dee Whitehead & OIR general manager, Jack Whitehead), CJ Wynn, Cassandra Hagins, Echo Bennink & Leslie Espinoza


SOPHOMORES: Mitchell Ibarra, Maddie Payne, Joseph Chestnut, Chante Mason, Chase Garrish, Jasmine Flores (daughter of OIR housekeeping field supervisor, Margarita Gonzalez & Beach Outfitter specialist/OIR maintenance tech, Rene Flores), Mike Vankovich & Cody Smith



JUNIORS: Aaron Caswell, DJ Lukefahr (son of me), Jordan Jones & Samantha VanderMyde


SENOIRS: Emma Lovejoy, Sandra Lukefahr (daughter of me), Dellanira Romero (daughter of Margarita Gonzalez & Rene Flores), Rebecca Jones, Michelle Cartwright-Frye, Tristan Bennink, Seth Huppert, Ansley Robinson (son of OIR vacation specialist, Doreen Robinson) & Robert Chestnut


ROYAL COURT: Prince Ansley Robinson, Princess Dellanira Romero, Queen Sandra Lukefahr, King Robert Chestnut

                               
Molly & Chase                                                                 Teddy & Virginia

                           
Cassandra & CJ                                                                    Leslie & Mitchell


             
Joseph & Maddie                                                                        Aaron & Chante

                                    
Rebecca & Jasmine                                                                   Mike & Emma

                                       
Jordan & Tristan                                                                                   Seth & Sandra







                                               
Dellanira & Ansley                                                                                          Randolph & Michelle


                                    
Robert & Katelyn (daughter of OIR                                                    Echo & DJ
housekeeping supervisor, Cyndi Gaskill)


Samantha & Nick





Beautiful Young Women...Friends Forever!


Handsome Young Men With The Bling! Proud of those class rings!

A special thank you to all of my friends that provided pictures for me! And to all of the high school students who were so patient during the photo shoot! You are all WONDERFUL!