Mercer County High School - Highlander Yearbook (Harrodsburg, KY)

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Like the fairy godmother. Wendy Fallis assists Aimee Reichenbach with last minute preparations for the ball. To insure her hard work on the prom decorations will be appreciated. Tina Merriman strains to hang a banner in just the right position. After one last conference between Mike Phelps and Betsy Sale, faculty chaperones, the Prom is ready to get underway. PROM 29

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haos Prelude to the Illusion April 19, 1985. The bell dings and the hectic torture of the day ends, right? Not so. For this was Prom Day, and with that closing bell, the mad cap race began. Budding Cinderellas leapt into tanning beds and the Princes Charming crowded floral shops. The Stroking mascara lightly on her face, Christi Darland applies the final touches before dressing. valiant Prom Committee dashed off to decorate the Lions’ Club Hall. Time grew short and there were no fairy godmothers to make each girl the fairest in the land or to aid a guy with his tuxedo. The fact that it was held on a Friday as opposed to the usual Saturday gave everyone only three hours until the prom. But, despite it all ... the prom began... Prom Committee members like Vicki Meaux and Tina Godbey. decorate the dance hall before getting ready for the Prom. 28 PROM

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llusions A Dream Goes On Forever The sun blended into the horizon slowly, and the ball began. Magical coaches swept Cinderel- las and their Princes Charming to the palace doors. Soft music was heard as the orchestra played, with the maestro Outrageous waving the conducting wand. Stars sparkled and fireworks exploded as lovers glided across the floor. A garter ceremony invigorated everyone and a silver crown was placed on the silken brow of Queen Lisa Caton. But as the clock struck twelve, the spell, and the illusions, ended. Coaches became lemons that growled and backfired. The palace was revealed as the Lions’ Club Hall. The orchestra became a rusted phono- graph; Outrageous, a d.j. The fir- eworks were flashbulbs and the stars, reflections in a date’s contacts. Yes, the illusions ended ... but the dreams go on forever. Hundreds of people crowded onto the dance floor at the Lion's Club for one magical night. Every woman it seemed had to make periodic stops at the ladies room, as with Susan Gibson and Kim Goodman to repeat the make-up process they’d worked so diligently on for hours before. 30 PROM