Decatur Adult Prom: Fewer Hormones, But Still Raging – Friday, May 20th
Decatur Metro | April 14, 2011 | 1:09 pm
Decatur residents (and DM readers) Joe Mattern and Michelle Adams have spearheaded a great new Decatur event that’s bound to be the talk of the town!
Have fun, meet other Decatur Metro folks and support DM’s Decatur Education Foundation laptop drive and other “Tools For Success” initiatives – all in one great event!
Decatur Adult Prom 2011 is a charity fund-raising dance to be held on Friday, May 20 from 8p-Midnight at the Solarium in Oakhurst. It’s like a flashback to your high-school prom, only this time it’s only for adults. Disco ball, DJ, Victory Beer, Prom Punch and soda, light snacks, lovely Prom decor, the opportunity to dress up in whatever prom gear you please and a great time await all attendees!
If you had a bad time at your original prom, or didn’t go, Decatur Adult Prom 2011 is the ultimate do-over. If you enjoyed your high-school prom, then come and relive those good times all over again. We’re going to turn back the clock for one night only, and it will be EPIC. So, put on your best Prom duds and your dancing shoes, because we are gonna party like it’s 2011…or 1993, or whatever year you think is most appropriate. And the best part is that the profits go to the Decatur Education Foundation’s laptop drive and other “Tools For Success” initiatives!
Tickets are $40 each, including two drink tickets, and can be purchased right on Decatur Metro! (See below). Additional drink tickets will be available for purchase at $5 each at the event.
Special thanks to our initial sponsors Lampe-Farley, who created our great logo, and Victory Brewing, who will be providing beer for the event. Thanks also to our initial Prom Committee Members: Joe Mattern & Michelle Adams, Katherine Whan & Bradley Smith, Kyle Williams & Larry Kosten, Anna Mirk, and Kristin Leydig Bryant.
To purchase tickets, click “Buy Now” below. Be sure to enter your full name when purchasing tickets; there will be a guest list at the door. As is always the case with Paypal, you don’t need an account to pay – just a credit card. Just use the “Don’t have a Paypal account?” link-option. (Note: DM is processing all payments for the event this year, so though all proceeds benefit the DEF, tickets are not tax deductible this time around).
Buy your tickets soon as there are only a finite number available!
I assume that’s $40 per person and not $40 per couple, right?
Yes, $40 per person. Couples and singles alike welcome- it is going to be a fun party!
Thanks DecaturMetro for all your help with promo and ticket processing- we’re looking forward to raising a lot of money for Decatur Education Foundation.
I hope we get to see a lot of DM commenters & readers there!
ps- I’m the Michelle Adams of the organizers:)
Guys — don’t forget the limo, and, mostly importantly, the cheap, rented, and extremely ill-fitting tux. Also, Victory beer? What kind of high schooler can afford a decent brew? An authentic high school experience requires the cheapest crud one can find. I am thinking of the Natural Light, Busch, etc.
We are so in!!!!! This is DO OVER and I will drink expensive beer and I will actually like my date this time.
Do you think my date will get arrested like my original date did in 1986?
Prom tell-all!
Hmm, my date sr year had a migraine. I had a great time, he was a good sport. I’m hoping no repeat of migraine for anyone…
Wish my dad’s ’76 emerald green, white interior caddy convertible was nearby to serve once again as the Prom-mobile!
Good times!
Party like it’s 1972. Where is the After-Prom, and who is bringing the bong?
Am I the oldest regular poster on this blog? (sigh)
Were you the one who remembered Corky from Circus Boy?
I’m afraid so.
Wow. If I partied like it was 1972, I’d have to cry my eyes out, crap my pants and suck milk from…well, you get the idea…
Wait, I was born in 1972, but not until after prom season, so I guess I’d just have to float around in someone’s womb. Party time!
How can there not be 50 responses to this best idea ever? Probably 50+ dudes who read this who aren’t sure if their wives want to go. And 50+ wives waiting for their husbands to ask.
I, for one, am going to play it like I am too cool for this (“I don’t know… I’ll see whats going on. There might be a party at Steve’s… I might have to work… might meet out after..ya know.”)
Secretly would like to ask that pretty girl with red hair from social studies class. But nervous because she isn’t in my crowd. Maybe I can check with one of her friends if she’s going with anyone…
Alas, Andi broke Duckie’s heart. Left the poor fella sitting on a newspaper box in the rain.
Perhaps sensing the injustice, John Hughes remade that movie as “Some Kind of Wonderful.” Essentially the identical story line but with the genders swapped and, most importantly, the “quirky” character beats out the “dreamy” one. Avenge Duckie!
“Tools FOR Success” — that made my day!!!
I knew I was saving my original 1992 prom dress for something like this! I will squeeze into it and party like I’m not about to have my 20 year HS reunion!
I couldn’t fit into either of my prom dresses–couldn’t even if I sewed them together into one!
I’m HOPING we get to vote for King and Queen of prom! Please!
Only if we get to dump a bucket of pigs blood on her head. AAAAHHHHHHH!
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Here’s an idea. We all submit our original prom stories online, and then we have an online vote for the most hilariously tragic. that person is the king/queen.
OMG i need a date. What is this, 1986?