Milo's Prom

It was Milo’s prom last Friday (19^th June) and “WOW” what a wonderful occasion that was, especially for the school children involved but for the rest of us who were cheering them on.

Milo looked very ‘dashing’ in his dinner suit with bow tie, accompanied by his friend the very lovely Megan in her beautiful coral dress with jeweled decoration. They had matching flower decoration and looked an attractive couple for the occasion. By all accounts, as the events of the evening unfolded Milo showed his gentlemanly chivalrous side as he looked after his prom companion - no more than you would expect from Milo!

The final year of school children have finished their exams and left school and this was the final celebration for all that study. Having never been involved in a prom before, I thought the approach to the prom, arrangements and sense of occasion was a wonderful moment for both year 11 school children, for their families and friends but also just other people who came to enjoy the occasion. It was like the town had come out to celebrate with the children.

The prom theme was “007, you only leave once!” The school office entrance was transformed to a glittering reception area with formal arrival announcements made. One key aim of the prom after organising outfits is the panache of the arrival, which means it is all about what form of transport you can get your hands on to make the arrival impact. The parade of vehicles was managed very professionally the length of the school drive to the glitzy reception. Milo asked his Uncle Glenn if he could be chauffeured in Glenn’s Mustang, Milo and Megan gave the impression they were both pleased with their ‘arrival panache’. (Thank you Glenn, X), see the video below.

Milo had a really good evening and was buzzing all weekend, lots of really great pictures taken to remember the occasion by for a very long time. How lucky they are to finish their High School careers on such a high!

We wanted to celebrate with Milo the end of school acknowledging how hard he has worked, so looking to do something together we arranged to go go-cart racing at an international track, Ellough Park. I am surprised to say it was really really good fun. Jerry and Milo had some good racing, my aim was to reduce the number of times I was lapped by them and I did achieve this in the three sessions we had.

Jerry had the fastest lap of 1min 4secs and Milo was only two seconds behind him at 1min 6secs, (spoken in a whisper) my lap was 1min 34secs. This was in the dry then it absolutely chucked down with rain, after the worst of the downpour we carried on racing – spinning, skidding, getting splashed from all angles and got soaked through. There is no doubt we had lots of fun together, definitely the whole weekends events has been a moment in time to remember and cherish! X