WHITMAN-HANSONPROM 2007

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As spring turns to summer, and the school year ends, limosrolling down the street can be as common as sparrows. That’sright, it’s prom season.

Proms are extremely important in our community, important to students,their parents, and businesses alike. Here at the Express, we are annuallyflattered that so many kids and parents send us photos. So many photos, infact, that in years past we haven’t been able to print them all!

So this year, we decided to try something a little different. Consider thisspecial section a keepsake, something to treasure along with your othermemories of high school like sports trophies and yearbooks.

In the spirit of the prom, we asked our staff to dig up photos from theirhigh school proms (see right.) Somethings have changed, and some thingshaven’t. I can assure you that my dancing skills in particular are at theexact same level they were when I was 17.

Prom is often the last great fling for a high school student before theymove on to college or anotherphase of their lives. It’s a time tocelebrate with friends that maysoon be separated by distanceand time. And therefore it’s thatmuch more important to savorthese memories and photos. Andwho knows what can happen.See that beautiful girl I’m stand-ing with in my prom photo?That’s now my wife, Kelly. (Andshe looks exactly the same. Timehas not been so kind to me, onthe other hand.)

Enjoy the photos, and visitwww.southshorexpress.com toview even more.

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Preppingfor the

Prom

Sean

Philbrook, a

WPI student

returning to

his home-

town for the

prom, picksup his

flower at

HansonFlorist.

A prom-goer getsjust the right lookat John RussellStudios inWhitman Center.

Brittany Hinkley, Shawna Maroney, and Kristen Fleming get ready for the prom at Lucky Nails in WhitmanCenter.

Alison Kenney has her haircurled by Roseanne Poirier atTony’s Head Start in Hanson.

PHOTOS BY DAN DI CENSO, JUSTIN GRAEBER, HANSON FLORIST & STEPHANIE SPYROPOULOS

ShannonGlennongets herhairstyledbefore theprom atSalonSerenityinHalifax.

Peter Colby stopped by Hanson Floristto pick up flowers for his date, JennaSturges.

Stacey McDougall can’t wait topin these flowers from HansonFlorist on her prom dress.

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Arriving in style

Elaine Sellers and Brian Fraher eschewed the traditional limo for a trolley ride tothe Lombardo’s function hall.

Students disem-bark from thetrolley in frontof the prom onFriday night.

A group of students took a trolley from Concert Limo from a gathering point in Hanson to the prom. Parents gathered to take photos before they left.

PHOTOS BY

JUSTIN GRAEBER

& STEPHANIE

SPYROPOULOS

The prom was held at Lombardo’s in Randolph.

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BY DANIEL DI CENSO

EXPRESS REPORTER

It’s that time of the yearagain, when limos areseen pulling in and out

of local driveways, whenyoung couples are seen takingpictures in the front lawnwearing tuxedos and dresses,and flowers are exchanged inall directions.

Yes, it’s the prom seasonand besides bringing joy tomany youths, prom bringsmuch business to the town. InWhitman, one business tocome out strong was JohnRussell Studio, a styling salonwhere students can get most oftheir work done. On Friday,prom night, students crowdedthe place arriving in waves atone in the afternoon and laterat three.

“It’s very exciting to comeand get everything done here,”said student Jessica Lavigne.

Other businesses also wit-nessed big business andobserved new trends from stu-dents.

“The business itself isabout the same as otheryears,” said Jackie Fergusonof Buds and Blossoms. “There

is an increase in wrist cor-sages, though, and girls areusing a lot of color in theirdresses.”

Kathleen Roche, whoowns Celebrations byKathleen, said her businessthis year was “exceptional.”

“I don’t know quite whatto attribute it to. I also sawthat students are using differ-ent kinds of flowers this year,like orchids,” she said.

Christine King fromHanson Florist said that manybright colors, especially blues,

were in this year. She said“melon colors” like limegreen have become popularover the last couple of years.

Other companies that hadpreviously used the prom forbusiness found that they couldnot do so this year.

East BridgewaterAffordable Limo, for instance,did not offer prom services forthe first time this year, theowner stating that since thenumber of students per limou-

sines was increasing, thelimos were no longer largeenough to accommodate promgoers.

All day Friday, teenagerscould be seen hurrying aroundthe streets of Hanson andWhitman for the biggest nightof their high school career. Tomany, the prom is their specialstepping stone before enteringthe post-high school world.

High school proms bring bigbusiness to local merchants

Chris King from Hanson Florist holds a nosegay. King saidbright colors are becoming more popular.

A Whitman-Hanson student waits in the lobby at John RussellStudios to have her hair done, and much more.

More of thoseamazing seniors!

Rocky Pagnani poses with (left to right): Alex Kruk, Shannon Glennon, CortneyMonfils, Sarah Burnett, Celia LeBlanc, Amanda Vogel, Leeza Hargreaves,Adriana Beauvais.

MEN IN HATS: Mike Yanno, Rebecca Coleman, Becky MacDonald, Derek Teague.

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Matt Rico has the apple of his eye, his

date Lauren Johnston, reflected in his

glasses.

ELEGANCE DEFINED: A group of seniors pose for an Express photographer before heading out to Randolph

to attend the prom.

Melissa Haley gets a kiss from her little sister Meaghan, 5,before the trolley comes.

Keri Gilbert and Nate Goodwin pose on

the grand staircase at Lombardo’s. James West and Mary Cunningham are the picture of

glamour.

PHOTOS BY JUSTIN GRAEBER AND STEPHANIE SPYROPOULOS

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Parent Papparazzi!

It wasn’t justExpress

photogra-phers snapping shots

of the smartly dressedstudents. There was

such a crush of parentphotogs on hand at the

Reed’s home inHanson (where a large

group of studentspicked up a trolley), a

passerby might havethought a Hollywood

celebrity was in theneighborhood!

PHOTOS BY

MARIBETH CONWAY

& STEPHANIE

SPYROPOULOS

Mom Kristin takes a photo of her daughter Jessica Gagnon andher date Peter Paluzzi before the trolley leaves.

An intrepid dad gets the best angle for a photo of the well-dressed promgoers.

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SENIOR CLASS: Andrew Mullen, Rachel Benedetti, Mike Ford, Kim MacDonald, Ryan Hickey, Tracy Pearson, Kevin Cordaro, Laura Cunningham, Kevin Warner, Erin Murphy.

UNIQUE FASHIONS: Ben Cavicchi, Steve Curtin, Liz Gerry, Amy Conolly, Andrew Layton, Heather Adams, Michaela Knight and Ryan Tully.

THAT’S USING YOUR RED: Katie Dodge, Shawn Coburn, Brian Dennehy, Courtney Gilcoine, Kirby Hent, Chelsea Coulstring, Bill Condon and Katie McGee.

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PRETTY IN PASTEL: Erin McDonald, Jen Kelly, Matt Gatturm, Angela Murphy, Brittany Kirk, Josh MacInnis, Amanda Twombly and Harrison Reno.

SIMPLE BUT STYLISH: Alyssa Crastella, Will Powers, Rob O'Connor, Jared Beters amd Danielle Brown all look elegant in their black and blue hues.

STEPPIN’ OUT: Brad Ellis, Emily Keeman, Tyler Morgan, Kate Nicholson, Teresa Marcucella, Scott Ibbitson, T.J. White, Briley Morrill, Sara Ferry, Andy Proudman.

Lookin’ sharp at the senior promPHOTOS BY JUSTIN GRAEBER

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Christopher Brewer and Alison Sheppard take amoment to pose before the trolley arrives.

Brian Snow and Meghan Lonergan share a privatemoment before the prom.

Samantha Struble and Katelyn Arouca don’t needtheir dates to look good!

Courtney Reed with Dad Scott Reed. Promgoersgathered at the Reeds’ home to snap photos.

Sara Deneen’s date Chris Demeo is so cool, he’s wearing his sun-glasses at night!

Heather Foley, Tom Coulstring, Rob Trumbull Kelly Keeman, HeatherLundgren, Michael Armstrong, J.P. Carter, and Lauren Croghan step out oftheir limo and into the prom.

Courtney Reed pins a flower onher date, Pat Reynolds.

Christine Bouzan andBrendan Cox arrive at theprom in style.

Robert Ciulla and JessicaLavigne pose for a photo.

Chuck Hutton and Nichole Wyndham are allsmiles as they enter the prom.

PHOTOS BY JUSTIN GRAEBER AND STEPHANIE SPYROPOULOS

BY MICHELLE FORBES

& EMILY ROACHE, W-H STUDENTS

This year Whitman-Hanson did a very nicejob of “cleaning up” for prom. The girlslooked fabulous and the boys stunning!

As one entered the prom, an array of colorsemerged –– it seemed as though every color wasworn by both boys and girls. Pastels, bright neonsand neutrals were scattered in a mass of excitedprom-goers. While yellow dominated the colorscheme, the versatility of the color blue overpow-ered the room. Dark blue, royal blue, teal, turquoise,powder blue and every other shade imaginable wererepresented.

Dresses were traditional of proms; mostly A-lineor princess type strapless dresses. Many girls haddresses that tied up the back to chic and subtlysophisticated. A few girls optedfor a less traditional style, look-ing stunning and creating vari-ety. Bare-backs, open-ribbedand knee-length dresses couldbe seen.

Many dresses were beadedwith rhinestones, sequins orglass beads; they were intricatelydetailed and absolutely stunning.The girls of 2007 were jaw-drop-ping and breathtak-ing.

A new style thisyear is the suitablynamed “CupcakeDress” where thesides are pinned up tocreate a ruffledeffect; a more elegantapproach to 80s stylefashion. These dress-es are new and differ-ent in style and aresure to be popular inupcoming prom sea-sons. Dresses weremost commonly pur-chased at Irene’s inAbington, PartyDress Express inFall River orMacy’s in

Braintree or Burlington. What compliments a girls dress and makes her

look absolutely stunning? Her date and what hewears, of course! The boys did an excellent job mak-ing their dates look incredible. For the most part,boys sported black tuxes with a white or black shirt,black vest and a colored tie. Nevertheless, therewere a few knockout white tuxedos with coloredvests and ties which are rapidly growing in popular-ity. Only one brave heart sported a feathered top hatand a cane! Most of the tuxedos were rented byTuxedo’s By Merian in Brockton; they generouslydonated $5 back to the class of 2008 with each tuxe-do rental.

I have to say Whitman-Hansonlooked excellent thisyear. Keep it upWhitman-HansonClass of 2008,

and we’ll seeyou nextyear!

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FashionWatch: tales from the red carpet

Colleen Coughlin wears the ever-so-pop-ular “princess dress,” with a fitted-strap-less bodice and full skirt in a salmonpink. Mike Welby matches in tuxedo vestand tie options.

Show-stopping prom fashions of the 2007 Whitman-Hanson Prom

Jill Alves showsthe “slinky” orclosely fitted,straight satinstyle of dress ina deep blue,with MikeMcDermott inmatching vestand tie.

ClaireGoebel,BrittanySims, MollyLavery showthe range ofcolor, yet all“pretty inpink.”

ShellyBloomsteinis wearing the

“cupcake”dress, a lay-ered, ruffledeffect, in a

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LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS: It wasn’t just boring black and white tuxes forthe senior boys, who wore a variety of shades and styles to the prom.PHOTO BY STEPHANIE SPYROPOULOS

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7:30 a.m.:Arrive at thetesting roomfor myA d v a n c e dP l a c e m e n tUnited StatesH i s t o r yExam. Doesthis soundlike the nor-mal pre-prompreparation?!8:00 a.m.:Begin the

Advanced Placement United StatesHistory Exam.12:05 p.m.: Exit the AdvancedPlacement United States HistoryExam.12:30 p.m.: Stop to pick up lunch. 1:00 p.m.: Arrive home and eat lunch. 1:30 p.m.: Begin to get ready: show-er, clean room, dry hair. 2:00 p.m.: Put PJs and other stuff intobag for after party.2:30 p.m.: Aunt Sheryl arrives to giveme a pedicure.3:15 p.m.: Finish pedicure. 3:30 p.m.: Call cousin in a panic

because she is LATE to do my hair! Ibegin make-up.4:00 p.m.: Finish make-up; Jen final-ly arrives to do my hair. 5:15 p.m.: Finish hair. Add finishingtouches to make-up.5:30 p.m.: Start getting dressed. 5:45 p.m.: Finish lacing up dress;putting on shoes; finding camera.5:50 p.m.: Zack arrives; take pictureswith him, my sister Aimee, and mycousin Jen.6:00 p.m.: Leave house to go to theWhitman Park for more pictures. 6:05 p.m.: Get to park and start tak-ing pictures.6:30 p.m.: Finish pictures, get intolimo (Oh, no! Loop of dress strapSNAPS and my dress breaks!)… goto the Canoe Club.7:00 p.m.: Arrive at the Canoe Club;take pictures outside. 7:15 p.m.: Enter the Canoe Club; findtable.7:20 p.m.: Michelle Forbes comes tothe rescue and relaces the back of mydress to avoid the broken loop.Problem solved.7:30-11:00 p.m.: Dinner and"Dancing in the moonlight."

7:30 a.m.: Get to school.8:00 a.m.: Watch “Back to the Future”in “Science of Science Fiction” class.10:35 a.m.: Out of school.12:05 a.m.: Eat lunch.12:30 p.m.: Nap.1:00 p.m.: Nap.1:30 p.m.: Still napping (tough day).2:30 p.m.: Get up from nap, stretch,turn on television..3:15 p.m.: Attempt to pick up corsage(thanks, Mom!)3:30 p.m.: Try to find florist (Neededdirections, Mom!)4:00 p.m.: Finally arrive at florist andpick up corsage!5:15 p.m.: Jump into shower.5:30 p.m.: Get out of shower.5:45 p.m.: Finish putting on tux, leavehouse to take pictures with Keryn.5:50 p.m.: Pictures at Keryn's house.

6:00 p.m.: Leave her house to go topark.6:05 p.m.: Arrive at park to take pic-tures (mad heads there).6:30 p.m.: Finish pictures at park andclimb into the limo to take us to theCanoe Club.7:00 p.m.: Arrive at Canoe Club andproceed to "dance it up."7:15-11:00 p.m.: Look hot!

W-H Jr. Prom diary:

She said...

He said...

It is generally accepted that guys have a much easier time getting ready forformal events than girls do. With a never-ending to-do list of hair, make-up,nails, dresses, tuxes, shoes, pictures and flowers, junior Keryn Cordo and sen-ior Zack Beaton took the time to log their actions leading up to the juniorprom, knowing they would be doing it again two weeks later for the seniorprom! Here’s what they did…

With the exception of theAdvanced Placement exam on theday of the prom, Zack and Kerynrepeated an almost identical processtwo weeks later at Zack’s seniorprom, which took place atLombardo’s in Randolph. Luckily,her hair was done on time and nodress straps snapped off!

Keryn Cordo’s Junior Prom Schedule

Zack Beaton’s Junior Prom Schedule (guys always have it easy!)

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Youngerfriends ofDevinYoungclaussee him off tothe prom.Front left,EmmaCunningham,11, ChloeLavery, 11,Kim Hawley,12, andConnie Quinn,11.

Monica, Erica, Lauren, Ashely, Kaylen, Britney, Laurenand Michelle show off their lovely dresses before headingto the Canoe Club in West Bridgewater. Zack Beaton and Keryn Cordo pose at

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Randy Bartlett and Monica Strubleprepare to step out in style to the jun-ior prom at the Canoe Club.

Readers sent us these photos of stu-dents getting ready for the Junior Prom.

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Ronnie Trumbull helps her daughter Torrey withsome finishing touches.

Kim MacDonald with her puppy,Chewy.

These sharped-dressed gentlemen know where things are at. (L-r): Mike McDermott, Don Rice, BillTaft, Tyler Morgan, Peter Gilmore and Travis Wright.

Posing by the pond are Joachim Ogundipe, Elizabeth Little, Joe Griffin, Devin Petta, T.J.O’Brien, Cailin Lenane, Shane Dorsey and Carrissa Walleston.

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Michelle Forbes poses with her cousin Travis Wrightbefore the W-H Junior Prom.

Cailin Lenane and Coleman O’Brien are allsmiles prior to the W-H Junior Prom

PHOTOS BY MARIBETH CONWAY

A couple walks a picture-perfect path along Whitman’s townpark to meet up with their friends.

Laura Cunningham and Sheila Dodd help Kate Cunninghamwith her pretty-in-pink dress.