*prom
Roughly ten years ago, I was getting ready for my Senior Prom. My mom graciously spent her whole day helping me with my make-up and hair. I put on the fancy dress my parents bought me, and all of my friends parents gathered to take pictures before leaving. It was a night devoted to hanging out and dancing with friends, all while saying goodbye to high school. Gone are the simpler days. Prom has become basically a wedding for teenagers. While approved apparel for prom has been upgraded, so has the entertainment; popular music, high quality lighting + decor, the best interactive elements. Going to prom is a true experience, and now more than ever, it's a very planned and detailed event for Snyder's team of planners here at the office. Most of our clients think of us as only wedding + corporate entertainment providers, but did you know that we also partner with numerous local public and private schools every year to help in the production of their prom? We work annually with these schools to prep, plan and design the evening to their selected themes, elevating their entertainment needs and wants.
This blog is dedicated to those whose prom memories are a distant past, who paid $7 for Seventeen's coveted five-pound prom edition magazine, and got asked to prom awkwardly in the science lab at school. This blog is dedicated to the newest generation of prom-goers who are looking forward to one of the most memorable nights of high school. I also dedicate this to teachers who are spending after-school hours planning proms at their schools. Grab your class ring, and lets get nostalgic.
beats/jamz
First things first, you can't have a real prom without music. For us it was about listening to the biggest hits on the radio at the time, hearing a few throwback songs, singing loudly when the DJ played an old school N'Sync song, and slow dancing with enough room for another person in between you and your date. The dancing may be a little different but the need for the most popular music hasn't changed at all. Snyder Entertainment purchases music from Promo-Only inside iTunes which give us radio-approved versions of songs, so school linked clients aren't worried about bad language blaring at teenage high school students.
~GET LIT~
Lighting is such a huge factor in prom planning, and understandably so. When schools can achieve complete transformation of a space through lighting, why wouldn't they? Snyder Entertainment offer up-lighting, dance floor lighting, strobe and motion lighting, monogram lighting reppin' the schools mascots, etc. Snyder Entertainment is stacked with so many different lighting options that can be completely customized using the best modern technology available. Let us help you light up the night for your students, a memory they'll always keep with them.
themes
Snyder Entertainment can help you bring any prom theme to reality! Who says prom has to always be the same themes repeated over and over? A local high school, McGavock, always incorporates the most amazing themes into their prom celebrations. Last year they chose an Alice in Wonderland theme and we matched their style with our uplighting, a custom gobo light, and a custom designed photo booth template. See it all in the video below! So, keep it unique, let the student body vote on the theme, help with the decor planning, and hype it up to their friends and dates because #YOLO.
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In conclusion, (anyone else remember English teachers grading your use of that phrase at the end of every paper/speech?) prom has changed, no doubt about that, but what hasn't change is the excitement that swarms around the big night. It's a high school tradition, a sacred memory, and a farewell toast for Seniors. We all turned that page once upon time, some are preparing to do the same in only a few short weeks. Live, laugh, love, dance it out.
