Why should youngsters have all the fun? Independence Senior Center is having a Prom — for ‘Seniors’

By Patricia A. Scheyer NKyTribune reporter

One of the most fun things that high school students participate in is the prom. Usually there is the Junior Prom, and then the Senior Prom, the Grand Slam of dances. Kids remember their prom.

But why should kids be the only ones to have a seriously fun dance where they can dress to the nines and party for awhile?

The Director of the Independence Senior Center, Julie Callahan, has had several people, over the four years she has been director, mention to her that they never had the chance to go to a prom when they were young. Suddenly it clicked in her mind that they ought to have a prom for all the seniors. A senior prom with a whole different aura…

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