Prom in Paris

This year our stake was in charge of the first ever LDS prom for Tucson, covering 8 stakes, and being in the stake young women I got to be involved in seeing all the planning and hard work that went into it all. It was on Saturday and turned out AWESOME. The theme was Prom in Paris and the people in charge of decorating it went way over the top. Here's the hallway on the way in, made to be like unto the Louvre:

And inside the cultural hall:

They had a nursery bring a bunch of live plants and trees, had park benches and fountains scattered around, and really transformed the cultural hall into Paris. There was even a 19 foot Eiffel tower:

For the food they made store fronts that looked really cool. And the food was to DIE for. YUM!

Our job was to take tickets and address any modesty issues (which is the absolute WORST part of this calling). We had little shrugs and jackets all ready in case of anyone who was not up to snuff, but luckily we didn't have to use any of them. :) (We did have to go ask a few girls in the dance "Did you come in with a jacket on? Could you put it back on?") The youth looked great and had a great time. We had a little over 375 kids show up, so it was really crowded, but most everyone had a pretty good time and we'll call that a success. Woohoo!