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Prom Dance Party After the dinner – join us for the Prom After-Party!
At 9:30 pm we will throw on our best formals, throw out all formalities and dance the night away – old school style – to the signature sounds of kitsune (http://www.myspace.com/dj_kitsune). This is your opportunity to get your groove on, enjoy groovy company and libations.
Prom After-Party is open to all ages with a no-host bar for those above prom age.
How Much? $10 gets you in to the party. (included in Annual Dinner ticket price.)
Tickets may also be purchased at the door or by calling (208) 344-9750 x 201.
Keynote Speaker - Constance McMillen
Constance McMillen just wanted to take her girlfriend to the prom, and wear a tuxedo while doing so. But when she asked her school to change its rule banning same-sex dates, school officials refused – and when the ACLU sent a letter on Constance’s behalf telling them their actions were illegal, they canceled the prom altogether. Constance then filed a federal lawsuit with the help of the ACLU. A judge found that school officials violated Constance’s First Amendment right to freedom of expression in a preliminary ruling, and her case is eventually expected to go to trial. In the meantime, Constance had to finish the last few weeks of her senior year at another school, because her classmates were harassing her mercilessly, blaming her for the prom’s cancellation. Constance had the last laugh, though – in 2010, the Itawamba County School District agreed to implement a policy banning discrimination or harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the first policy to do so at a public school in the state of Mississippi.
