Annie, Julia, Anna, Mykelle, and Sierra arriving at Officer’s Landing
Prom traditions vary from school to school, but I have to say GTMO does it up right! First of all all high school students are encouraged to attend – All 45-50 of them. And for the most part, all students do attend. The venues change slightly from year to year, but the choices are limited. This year’s prom committee settled on holding the prom at Rear Admiral Butler’s house. The Admiral wanted to host the event. The Admiral has his own dock (seems appropriate for an Admiral), so transportation to the dinner venue was via U-Boat. The base Commanding Officer, Captain Nettleton, accompanied the students from the Admiral’s home to the Restaurant.
U Boat transports Prom attendees from Admiral Butler’s home to the Bayview Restaurant. Captain Nettleton is on the Deck.
Annie and Alex on the way to dinner.
The Bayview offered a beautiful buffet dinner.
The nicest restaurant on base is located in one of the older buildings. It used to be considered a “country club”. The restaurant closed to all other customers on Prom night.
After dinner, the students returned to the Admiral’s home by U-Boat. Here they danced the night away to music provided by a DJ. One of the charming traditions of GTMO is that each class has royalty. The freshmen vote for a Lord and Lady; the sophomores for a Duke and Duchess; the juniors for a prince and princess; and the seniors for a King and Queen. Annie was nominated for Lady, but her friend Anna was crowned.
Dinner, Prom, and Picture Book from Prom cost the students 25.00 per single and 40.00 per couple, but the memories are priceless!
Gotta love the heals!
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