PROM NIGHT

Last night the Advocates held a prom.  The Advocates are who you call if someone just died at your house or your husband beat you up.  They are there at every car wreck with a person or animal injured.  The Advocates volunteer time and energy to situations where the victim needs something more than just a policeman taking down facts.  Three times a year they have fund raising events.  This time they held a prom with cocktails, dinner, auctions and dancing!  

People were asked to wear something from their Prom era;  we had everything you can imagine, dresses and tuxes from the present back to togas!  The local women who more often wear hiking boots were in stilettos.  In fact there was a contest on who's were the highest.  More bare skin was shown last night than in the last ten years!  The building this event was held in has huge windowns that looked out on our first BIG snow and a mountain range.  You couldn't have asked for better decoration.  Women wandered around in LED display tiaras while the photographer did a big business as did the sales of boutineers and corsages!  Another addition to the old fashioned prom that made big money was the bar! 

The sale items were often home made and of an unbelievable quality.  Clothing, quilts, paintings, stained glass, jewelry and multiple baskets filled with a variety of theme items were all offered.  The local winery had donated bottles of their wine with sets of glasses to go with them.  Clothing from local designers highlighted the sophistication that has come from the old hippies and their children who located here.  The biggest surprise was the fact not one person who came was in any sense secure financially but they spent with open hands.  The Advocates are a valued asset in our community.  Once again we didn't bother to go to the government that only takes from us but to our people who give.  

The laughter, music and fun continued while the blizzard conditions outdoors added to the beauty of the situation.  Groups of people stood outside watching the weather, getting their gowns and tuxes soaked without caring.  Small town people and their sense of community will make it through the coming years, with or without a government of fools.