Christine's USF Blog

Addy’s Prom Night cont.! February 27, 2011

At about six last night, I had gotten all gussied up for prom night and  a couple of my friends (my dates; students who helped with addy’s too) came and picked me up.  I even got to descend a flight of stairs when this happened. (They were concrete, but it was still pretty sweet.)

The Fort Wayne Museum of Art looked amazing, and there were all kinds of delicious foods out for us.  Everyone was dressed to impress of course in their prom finery–bow ties and pearls abound.  We didn’t have much time to look at the work, but we had helped hang the show (which went off without a hitch) so we had already seen everything.  And then all of us Saint Francis students, and some IPFW students too, had our prom pic taken by a guy with a giant afro.

After the drinking and mingling came to a peak, we all got together and watched the awards being displayed in movie format on a huge projector.  In between categories we got to see lots of bad, goofy, sometimes frightening dancing, which was hilarious and awesome.  Some really spectacular adverting and design too; from self promotional designs, to web design, television commercials, logo design, everything from all sorts of agencies in the Fort Wayne area.  Agencies like:  One Lucky Guitar, Boyden and Youngblutt, Britton Marketing, BIG, LaBov and Beyond.  Some of the clients you might recognize like Parkview, the Indiana State Fair, Fort Wayne Airport, and Vera Bradley.

Then came the student category.  One of our students got around six or seven addy awards!  AND my date won best in show for the students!  AND I got a gold addy for my LGBTQ article about gay bullying leading to suicides among young men!  All in all, Saint Francis completely owned in the student section.

Needless to say it was a magical evening.