Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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The beautiful decorations created a mood of ecstasy for the dancers. The Dreamland of Shangri-la created a Linda Green and Bob Leavell are served with punch and tiny oriental cakes. Oriental enchantment was borrowed from a mythical dream land as the juniors planned and created a Shangri-la for the Junior-Senior Prom. Many months of preparation were climaxed by a few nights of feverish labor and finally the exciting evening arrived. The enchanted couples filled the floor with billowing net skirts and snow white dinner jackets. The main room was draped in twilight blue. A huge lantern reflecting multi-colored lights illuminated the center of the floor and silken screens that concealed lights behind them afforded a soft glow from the side walls. Black oriental designs adorned the white panels that divided the screens as well as the blue and white covered ramps. The band was seated inside the framework of a pagoda while the queen's throne was a pale blue bridge that spanned an oriental garden. Pink and white was the color scheme carried out 20

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 Buck Sohn and His Music Makers set the mood for the Christmas atmosphere. Were Two Highlights of Snow flakes and fluffy formats set the scene for the first annual Thespian formal ball. Sponsored by Thespian Troop 58--newly formed this fall--the dance entitled Winter Wonderland was held on the night of December 20. The Country Club was decorated in the theme of The Night Before Christmas. while the dining Our Social Season area carried out the theme of Winter Wonderland. In keeping with the Christmas season, the entire club corresponded to the traditional color scheme of red and green. Punch and cookies were served while Buck Sohn and His Music Makers provided the music for the starry-eyed couples. Billowing skirts of net and chiffon and snow white dinner jackets dance to their favorite melodies. 19

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Lovely Miss Sheila Hevron reigned over Shangri-la. Joe Bilby presents her with a bouquet of roses. Prom that we will never forget in the bandroom. Oriental sketches graced the walls and a huge pink bird cage and a bird of paradise surveyed the garden scene in the south corner. Outside a yellow and green patio invited the couples to enjoy a cool evening and inside a camera shop beckoned them to have their pictures taken in a Shangri-la scene to serve as a lasting memory. Time progressed and the time for the coronation of the 1959 Prom Queen neared. Queen Sheila Hevron was crowned with a tiara of glittering rhinestones by Philip Sharp, the junior class president. She was also presented with the traditional bouquet of roses and a banner depicting her title. All too soon it was time to adjourn to the theatre for the midnight movie and later to the country club for a smorgasbord. This May the 8th will be remembered by all who attended for years to come for it was truly a Shangri-la--a dream come true! Couples relax and enjoy the refreshments in the band-room. 21