Thursday May 19 began at the bus stop where John Shea and I IMG_1062 IMG_1063 decide to act like we were band performers much to the amusement of Emily and Ben IMG_1064 before the bus came and I departed to catch up with Brad Barber, my former student, IMG_1065 for a PJ's breakfast. I met with Doug Arnold IMG_1066 that morning and hosted lunch for IMG_1067 IMG_1068 Jerome Silbergeld (Art and Archaeology), Chris Sims (Economics), Anne Marie Slaughter (Woodrow Wilson School and Politics), Toni Turano (Dean of Faculty), Tom Hare (Comparative Literature) and Satish Myneni (Geosciences)

On Friday May 20, it was prom night and before the prom, the after-prom and the after-after-prom we decided to have a pre-prom gathering as we had done for Sarah's prom in 2002 and Jane's Cotillion in 2004 . We began with the table set IMG_1069 and then Jane modeled her dress IMG_1070 for Josephine IMG_1071 to photograph as Jane IMG_1072 then posed with IMG_1073 Pierce Tria IMG_1074 and then Andrew Black IMG_1075 and then Pierce and Andrew posed together while I captured the food IMG_1076 as it was being prepared IMG_1077 and eaten IMG_1078 while Sarah and Devon IMG_1079 reappeared and Suzanne IMG_1080 posed with Pierce while the McKeon-Williams family IMG_1081 arrived and Jane posed with Lucy IMG_1082 and then the 2 of them posed with the boys IMG_1083 while Carolyn IMG_1084 tried to get some pictures IMG_1085 as Michael IMG_1086 watched and the boys IMG_1087 posed with Jane until IMG_1088 Justin Huang, Tess Edmonds, and Lauren Engelbert arrived IMG_1089 with various parents in tow. The assembled IMG_1090 IMG_1091 started to gather for photos IMG_1092 IMG_1093 but all of the players should be known to you gentle viewer even as the parents IMG_1094 IMG_1095 tried to take more photos and this is what they saw IMG_1096 IMG_1097 IMG_1098 as Benjamin IMG_1099 hid in the other room and Justin IMG_1100 took a phone call. As Dale Engelbert chatted with Devon and Sarah IMG_1101 there were more prom'ers assembling IMG_1102 IMG_1103 for the photographers IMG_1104 IMG_1105 IMG_1106 to behold making it a banner day for Kodak since not all of the pictures were digital.

Next, IMG_1107 Younjin Yi and Mike Cho arrived followed by the IMG_1108 IMG_1109 Szabo family as conversations IMG_1110 continued int he other room and Dan Sullivan IMG_1111 and his parents arrived. We took pictures of the Szabo twins with Lucy and Jane IMG_1112 IMG_1113 IMG_1114 IMG_1115 and an extra one in which they could be separated IMG_1116 and this picture of Lucy and Jane together IMG_1117 before IMG_1118 Caitlin Rhoades and her mom arrived. As Jane had her conversation IMG_1119 and Suzanne had hers IMG_1120 Sarah chatted with IMG_1121 Liz Marchetta (possibly about the prom 3 years ago?) and Jane and John IMG_1122 made their way IMG_1123 to the kitchen IMG_1124 and began the task IMG_1125 of exchanging flowers IMG_1126 which continues over the next many images IMG_1127 IMG_1128 IMG_1129 IMG_1130 IMG_1131 IMG_1132 IMG_1133 IMG_1134 IMG_1135 IMG_1136 IMG_1137 IMG_1138 IMG_1139 IMG_1140 IMG_1141 IMG_1142 IMG_1143 without commentary but with this insignificant picture IMG_1144 before the final result IMG_1145 which was a prelude to the group assembling IMG_1146 for some rooftop IMG_1147 IMG_1148 IMG_1149 pictures while conversation continued IMG_1150 and Andrew and Lucy posed IMG_1151 IMG_1152 as did Tess and Justin IMG_1153 IMG_1154 and this closeup IMG_1155 before we took sister pictures of the Marchettas IMG_1156 and Sarah and Jane IMG_1157 and then the boys gathered IMG_1158 IMG_1159 IMG_1160 IMG_1161 and posed as Justin Huang, Pierce Tria, Andrew Szabo, Mike Cho, Dan Sullivan, John Szabo, Alex Tank, Angus Pacala and then as IMG_1162 Andrew Black, Justin Huang, Pierce Tria, Andrew Szabo, Mike Cho, Dan Sullivan, John Szabo, Alex Tank, Angus Pacala which made the girls feel that they should pose as IMG_1163 IMG_1164 Tess Edmonds, Jane Dobkin, Youngmin Yi, Lucy McKeon (can't see), Jen Lerner, Lauren Santiago, Caitlin Rhoades (can't see), Younjin Yi, Liz Gale-Bentz, Lauren Engelbert, Catherine Marchetta, Christina Jones, Raisa Ahmed, Elena Fabiano as the conversations continued IMG_1165 and the food stood IMG_1166 as blurry images IMG_1167 and flowers IMG_1168 IMG_1169 led to this picture of the 2 girls IMG_1170 in the class of 2002 IMG_1171 and this corsage IMG_1172 and Mr. Jones IMG_1173 before we captured Jane and Lucy's feet IMG_1174 and these gag photos (at least, I hope they're gags) IMG_1175 IMG_1176 IMG_1177 IMG_1178 IMG_1179 IMG_1180 and these pictures of more IMG_1181 and even more IMG_1182 feet before Jane and Andrew IMG_1183 IMG_1184 IMG_1185 posed for a few as Catherine Marchetta IMG_1186 came around the bend IMG_1187 for a better picture and Jane IMG_1188 noted the sushi IMG_1189 as she and John chatted IMG_1190 and then she started to get ready IMG_1191 when Alex Tank IMG_1192 appeared causing Jane IMG_1193 IMG_1194 to pose with Lucy and Michelle Soffen IMG_1195 before Alessandra Mikic and Michelle Soffen posed IMG_1196 and then Alessandra Mikic, Carolyn Williams and Michelle Soffen posed for almost the last prom picture before Carolyn got ready IMG_1197 to pose with Jane IMG_1198 and Lucy IMG_1199 as I took this self portrait IMG_1200 and wished John and Jane IMG_1201 and David Szabo IMG_1202 a good prom as Suzanne did the same with Michael IMG_1203 and we were all glad that prom comes but once a year but they weren't done because they headed off to the station AtPlatform to find Harry Potter.