Bang-Shang-A-Lang and Do-Wah DoWah . . . it’s PROM TIME again! That’s right, friends, neighbors, and jet-setters, it’s time for the 1st annual OLDTIMERS’ PROM. The magic date is Saturday, June 18 and the location is the opulent Chevy Chase Room . . . also known as the St. Roch’s Gym (where else would you have a Prom?). The time is 8 pm to 1 am and all proceeds will go to “The Paper.”
The evening promises to be outstanding (no, make that extraordinary; you’ll only be outstanding if you don’t have a ticket). We’ll all dance to the live music of the “Now & Then.” This group, specializing,in the oldies (and the newies), first gained fame at the Bissell Lounge and has now moved on to bigger and better things (How about that, you didn’t know we were a bigger and better thing?).
The tickets are priced at $5.50 per person, but get this, there’s a 50c at-the-door rebate for anyone wearing vintage apparel! Yep, you can wear your funny old prom clothes and get in for only $5.00 (or you can wear your funny new clothes and get in for the normal $5.50).
Naturally, as with any Prom, the highlight of our evening will be the Queen Coronation, tinfoil crown and all! We decided to elect our Queen through a process which exemplifies what our society is all about: money votes. Yes indeedy, the charming semi-young Ms. who gets the most “votes”, i.e. money, will be elected Queen. (All “votes” also go to “The Paper”) Now it’s a rather complicated process, so stay tuned so you will know what’s happening. Here’s how it will work: each interested candidate will nominate herself (either at the door or previously) and have her name etched in crayon on a shoebox. Her friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, and local lending agency can then cast their “votes” (money) in the appropriate shoe- box.
At 10:00 we’ll have the nominations in which each candidate and the escort of her choice (spouse or non-spouse) promenade around the highly polished gym floor. At 11:00 we’ll have the big coronation! The semi-lovely Queen will receive her Reynolds crown and an exciting surprise.
Seriously now folks, this does promise to be a good time and it certainly is benefitting a worthy cause. We’re still looking for door prizes, so if you have one (or would like to be one), let us know. If you’d like to sell some tickets for us (you sweetie, you) or if you want to buy some and haven’t been approached, contact Chris Lange at 863-2164. See you on the 18th! Do-wah Do-wah and a Sha-na-na…
Post-Senior Prom
Saturday June 18, 1977, 8 o’clock in the evening. Chevy Chase Club (a.k.a. St. Roch’s Gym), 6038 Waterman. $5.50 per person, $.50 Vintage Dress Rebate. Live music by The Now & Then. Cash Bar. Queen Coronation at 11 p.m. Proceeds to benefit The Paper.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1977.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1977_06.pdf, printed page(s) 1, 3, 12; PDF page(s) 1, 3, 12.
