Junior/Senior Formal Dance

So I was the head chairperson for the Junior/Senior Formal Dance at Church. I had about 2 months to prepare! Not enough time at all! But it all came together! The main thing I was worried about was it being lame because only 5 guys come and like 50girls! This is what happened last year. So we advertised and tried to put things that guys would like such as.. lots and lots of food. We also had a few Chick-fil-A prizes.

The theme was A Night to Remember. We chose a broad theme so we could change it as needed. But we went along the lines of Enchanted Forest.

We passed out posters to all the ward buildings. And then the night of we placed these two posters outside with the lanterns so they knew which doors to enter from.

 We had this archway when they entered the foyer. I loved our archway!! We used 3 different types of ivy, huge lilies and some white dangley flowers. We also wrapped the arch in black tulle to make it a little softer. We brought plants from home and filled the foyer with some.   

We had a trail of sparkly pom pom leading from the foyer into the gym, we used spray glue and then sprinkled glitter all over them, they where gorgeous but go glitter everywhere! They also rained glitter if you bumped them..

My very favorite part of the gym was our mirror wall. It was gorgeous! We had people bring their cheap $5 mirrors from walmart and also the beveled edge mirror was the prettiest. The light refracted rainbow colors because of the beveled! It was so pretty the hardest part was trying to figure out how to hang them. We finally came up with the idea of a nursery table flipped on its side so that the little ledge under the table was holding them up. We then used t-pins to hold the tops from tipping.

All the plants you see where donated by Ooltewah Nursery. This really transformed the gym! The only thing we have to do is a service project there. I think it was totally worth it! For the center pieces we did a couple of different things. We only had 3 big round tables set up and maybe 4 small rectangle ones. We did not want everyone to have room to sit, we wanted them up and dancing. On all the tables we had vases with glittery rocks and huge sticks/limbs and tea light candles in little glass vases hanging from the limbs. We also draped the limbs with crystal or pearl or silver beads.

On the 3 big round tables we also had 2 fish bowls (that matched the vases on the small tables) with 2 fish in each. This was really cool and a big hit with the youth.You can also see out sparkly rocks in the tall vases!

And of course we had to have a dropped ceiling and an official photo backdrop.

We had 2 photographers to capture all the youth having fun. We then had them upload their pictures to a slideshow that was playing on the stage. And last and definitely not least the buffet table.
We had a salsa bar, chocolate fountain (white and regular) and some meat things.. Everything was DELICIOUS!!!Oh and we had a beautiful ribbon wall behind the buffet table.

PS sorry the pictures are very amazing.. :( but you get the idea. :-D