PROM

27th March 2010,

For the first time at OSC in many years, we decided to have a Prom for the two IB grade levels – Grade 11 and 12. The event was held at the Galle Face Hotel on the 27th of March. There were four of us who headed the Prom Committee – Grace (President), Ayla (Secretary), Yiseul (Treasurer), and me (Vice-President).

Goals:
- Organize the first prom at OSC.
- Have at least 40 in attendance.
- Make the event a success so that we would be able to repeat it next year, so that it will become an annual event.

The prom was a quickly planned event, as we had to hold it on the date that Grade 12 said would be most suited to them, which was the end of March, and we only got full permission to go ahead with the project in early February. However, it did not require too much planning, as it was a matter of booking the hall, selecting the food and selling tickets, so we were able to pull it off. The tickets were priced at Rs 3500, as this was slightly higher than the cost of the food and the hall, and we were also forbidden from fundraising in any way so there was no way for us to subsidize the cost. This price is quite expensive, especially in Sri Lanka, and hence we had a lot of problems getting people to come as they were not willing to pay so much money to come to the event. Which is why I had set the goal of having 40 people there – as the hotel needs to have that many people to give us the room.

On the day of prom, there was very little for us to do, as the room had already been set up by the hotel; and it looked beautiful, we were all shocked when we walked into the room. All we had to do when we got there was do a sound check for the DJ, and make sure they could get all their equipment set up.

By the end of the night, I think that everyone had a good time – everyone was up and dancing. It was a really fun event and we pulled it off well. I’m proud that I could have been part of the process, and with it I completed all my goals, even though it was very stressful. The hardest part of the entire process was trying to get people to come, as many said that the price was too high. Yet in the end, we pulled it off, and it was a success.