A trip through Candyland to the Candy Castle was the sweet beginning to the 2015 prom for the sophomores, juniors and seniors of Butterfield-Odin Public High School. (B-OHS) on Saturday evening, May 9.
The actual prom opening act, officially kicking off this year’s activities – a special celebratory photo shoot – was held prior to the Candyland (based on the Hasbro children’s game) Grand March, with the dance following that public event. As the dance ended, prom-goers loaded onto a charter bus for a trip west to Sioux Falls, South Dakota – and a nighttime date at the Sky Zone – an indoor trampoline park – including experiencing weightlessness by bouncing, flipping and landing in a pit filled with 10,000 foam cubes. The group returned to B-OHS around 5 a.m., at which time prizes were handed out.
Class advisors for the prom were Mark Kurseth and Mary Jacobs.
Grand March announcers were Dennis Stade and Nathan Fast.
Following is a photo gallery of the walk through the colored squares path of Candyland:
ALICIA SAN MIGUEL, right, and her escort, Luiz Orozco, left.
ALL SMILES WERE Arely Anaya, right, and her date for the evening, Edvin Perez, left.
ELVIS PRESLEY, LEFT, was seen – in the B-OHS house – with his date, Harley Connell, right. “Backing up” Elvis was Skyler Odegard.
MEANWHILE, HARLEY’S TWIN sister, Jordyn Connell, right, was easy to recognize as a female Sumo wrestler during the second run-through of the Grand March. At left is Jordyn’s date, Dustin Mickelson.
MATCHING TUX, TIE, shirt and vest, along with gown – in tones of brown. Calvin Miller, left, and his date, Peyton Benson, right.
JULIA HIEBERT, RIGHT, and her date, LaMar Sengsouvanh, left.
TAKING THE ARM of her escort, Trevor Davis, left, was Haley Kaehler, right.
POSING IN FRONT of the crowd for a photo op were Paul Hanson, left and Glenda Hector, right.
MAKING THEIR WAY along Candyland’s colored squares path were Jordan Clark, left, and his date, Meghann Bergstrom, right.
STOPPING ON THE bridge over the Molasses Swamp were Derek Meyer, left, and his date, Chelsea Sykes, right.
DYLAN HOVDET, LEFT, and Mackenzie Blickem, right, wound their way along the twisting Candyland path in order to cross the bridge.
SET FOR THE special night were Tristin Schumacher, left and Elizabeth Fuglsang, right.
JENNIFER OVIEDO, LEFT, and her special escort, Jesus Zuniga, right.
DECIDING TO TAKE the bridge shortcut were Austin Frederich, left and Shanon Bratland, right.
CLAD IN MATCHING “tuxes” were Austin Heffele, left and Joseph Janzen, right.
TIANA SENGCHAN, RIGHT, was escorted by her date, Mark Demuth, left.
SHARING SOME LAUGHS were Heather Pankratz, left and Krisana Xayaphonesongkham, right.
ENTERING CANDYLAND BY crossing over the drawbridge were Jose Garcia, left and Rose Sanmiguel, right.
A SELFIE STICK is a handy invention, stretching out the photo frame space to be able to take a jampacked group selfie.
THE DAPPERLY-DRESSED Grand March announcers were B-OHS English teacher Nathan Fast, left and B-OHS social studies instructor, Dennis Stade, right.
MAKING THE LAST Grand March run across Candyland’s colored squares path was Butterfield-Odin Public School Superintendent Lisa Shellum, center, escorted by Dylan Hovdet, left and Derek Meyer, right.
A trip through Candyland to the Candy Castle was the sweet beginning to the 2015 prom for the sophomores, juniors and seniors of Butterfield-Odin Public High School. (B-OHS) on Saturday evening, May 9.
