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JUNIOR PROM ISA GALA EVENTjungle Setting — UItra-Jaij_ Music Add to the ModernisticI‘mk*r the* swaying silver palm**4»f a modernistic jungle tin* GrandMarch of the annual Junior Prom majestically wound its wondrouswav last Saturday evening lt;ne hundred and eighty-seven couples .i*t,l I*v Helen Dawes, looking verylovely in delicate pink lace, andMarquette Richard, paraded in Students' tn the excellent music of tin-cast Lotna orchestra.The decorations were highly successful Along the walls were panel* of futuristic monkey s gaily disporting themselves among the sinuous hranche* of *ilver palms against a deep blue background. Two gigantic palms on the stage arched over the heads of the orchestra. also appropriately garbed in blue, and blue and silver screens done tti the most modem manner, afforded an effective back-drop.The dresses, always of specialinterest tlt;« the enthusiastic spectator* ogling from the balcony, were k— startling than usual, but the effect of the whole was more sophisticated. The line* were long and softly graceful and the odors lovely pastel shades with frequent splashes of vivid red.After the Grand March had been brought to a halt by a jiercmptorv whittle from Mr \Vnlwu in the balcony, and after the pause in which lu* went through In* usual machinations, the crowd broke up and swung into the hr*t dance tothe tune of “The Two of Us.Fight rather hurried dances sue cecded each other before dinner was held tn Mam dining room, after which dancing wa* resumed in Student* until twelve This \ ear a new event was instituted in the form of a buffet supper between twelve and »»ne and was a great oicce** Xew strength was given tin wean couples to drag them-selves across the frozen campus, and so another prom passed intothe ncver-to-hi -forgotten occasionsof college life.
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Poughkeepsie Miscellany News
Poughkeepsie, New York, US
Wed, Feb 17, 1932
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