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Western Wayne Students Enjoy Prom Redux

Western Wayne Students Enjoy Prom Redux - Friday, May 28, 2010 at 04:11AM EST

Reported by: Mark Hiller
Friday May 28 2010


SOUTH CANAAN TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY - Students hit the dance floor Friday night inside the Western Wayne High School Gym.

They enjoyed a retake on their spring prom. "I feel it's a complete re-do. It's incredible. Everything looks great," said Western Wayne Junior Betsy Olsommer. Fellow Western Wayne Junior Chris Chapman said

"When I walked in I thought, you know, it was a totally different building. And you know, I'm so proud of how the whole community came together and... it's awesome, it's better than the last prom."

Western Wayne students gathered for the first prom May 8th at Ehrhardt's Banquet Center in Palmyra Township. Someone called in a bomb threat part way through-- forcing the rest of that prom to be canceled. "At the time it was really scary, but afterwards it was pretty much we were all devastated because we worked so hard to put together a wonderful evening and it was unfortunately cut short," said Ms. Olsommer.

Western Wayne Senior Robert Haines said, "It's your last moment in high school and for that to get taken away the first time was absolutely terrible."

The community rallied to help the students. Ehrhardt's agreed to donate some food to this second prom and the deejay came back to play for free. All total -- more than 120 groups and organizations donated money, goods or services to make this prom sequel bigger and better.

Ms. Olsommer served on prom committee both times this month to make the prom memorable for all the right reasons. "It took a lot of people a lot of time, a lot of effort and most of all a lot of dedication," she said.

And give Western Wayne students the fitting prom ending they deserve. Roughly 230 students attended Friday night's prom. That's a little less than the nearly 290 who showed up for the first one.
 


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