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On Sunday, May 8th, the Perham High School student
council hosted a spring fling formal for people with developmental disabilities.
The student council members filed into the auditorium with sleep still
in their eyes. They were very tired athe day after prom, but they were
eager to help set up the decorations. At 4:30 the whole event started with
picture taking outside, courtesy of Tom Meinhover. Then the procession
of tuxes and formal dresses moved inside for the grand march, which was
held in the auditorium. The decorations from prom were reused. Everyone
had their chance to walk out in front of the stars and moon on stage. Afterwards,
everyone had a quick bite to eat and got ready to dance the night away.
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Ma and Pa Lenius with their daughter Katie who
is all dolled up in her yellow dress. Katie said, "I hate yellow." But
we think that she looked great.
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Jeff and his friend pose outside the auditorium
doors. Thank you to Tom Meinhover for taking a break from his very
busy day to take these wonderful pictures.
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Other sites of interest:
*Special Olympics-Duluth
* Become
a pen pal with a person that is developmentally disabled
* President's Committee
on Mental Retardation
* Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities
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These ladies got to pick out a lovely corsage
to compliment their outfits. The corsages were handmade and donated by
Arlene Miller. I would like to take this oppurtunity to personally thank
her for all of the hours of work that she put into them. She also made
all the boutanniers for the guys. We handed them out to people before the
pictures. They all got to pick out which one they wanted to wear.
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Throughout the day, it was hard to tell who was
more excited, the friends and family members or the actual attendents themselves.
Many of the friends and family memebers stayed throughout the whole event
and participated in the events. I think that attitudes like that are what
made this such a fun thing for everyone. Thank you guys.
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Excitement filled the warm spring air as the sun
shone down on the fragrant crab trees. Gale and Jamison's expressions reflect
the excitement of the day.
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Photo Summary of First Annual
Spring Fling Dance
Photo Gallery of Grand
March
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Katie and Ken are all smiles as they prepare
to dance the night away after the grand march. All of the couples had a
blast at the dance.
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The flowers on the crab trees were hard to out
do, but Pamela easily steals the spotlight from them in her lovely red
dress. Pam and Chris wait with anticipation for the events yet to come.
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"This tux may not be made for comfort, but
that's the price you pay to look this good."
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What a handsome bunch of guys!
I bet they are waiting for the
dance to strut their stuff.
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"Visit the New Pottery Antiques Shop at Grass
Roots Mall in OtterTail. This is one of the many environments
to be found in the two buildings"
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Everyone got all dressed up for this event,
but everyone wore something to reflect their own personality. Way to make
a statement guys.
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The Perham High School Student Council, still
in their formals from the night before, stand with the attendents of the
prom. We all came together for this night and made new friends and acquintances.
Some of the student council members commented after the dance that "I've
never had this much fun before."
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