Photo by: Megan Jeffries
Q&As by: Eva Schmidt
Audrey Chambers
How does it feel to be nominated?
It feels cool to be nominated
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
I have to buy a dress, shoes and find a date. My boyfriend Luis is my date.
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
Getting my dress.
Amy Nelson
How does it feel to be nominated?
Exciting, because I am up with all my friends and its fun, they are good girls and it’s a good group.
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
Get my dress, I have to pick out banners charmgivers and my escort. And I have to ask somebody to be my date. And pay for the dance.
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
The photoshoot and doing the video.
Ellie Rodriguez
How does it feel to be nominated?
I don’t know; good question. It’s a fun new experience.
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
The question should be: What isn’t there to do?
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
Getting woken up at 4 o’clock with all the other girls.
Hannah Abke
How does it feel to be nominated?
It’s shocking. I wasn’t expecting it.
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
Everything that everyone said: Finding a date, ask my friend to escort me and get a tuck which is complicated and getting tucks with my friends. I already had my dress. So I didn’t really do a lot to prepare.
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
The morning I got woken up and the whole unexpectedness of it.
Chloe Betchold
How does it feel to be nominated?
I feel honored that my senior class put me up.
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
I bought a dress, and had to write down my best memories at Oak Park.
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
Finding out I was up.
Summer Parker
How does it feel to be nominated?
I feel surprised and excited that my seniors nominated me.
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
Find a dress, choose banner holders, charm givers, get my brother excited to escort me.
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
Everybody congratulating me and stuff.
Abbey Stockard
How does it feel to be nominated?
I’m excited.
What do you do to prepare for the dance?
I went shopping with my mom like every weekend. And trying to remember all my memories.
What was the most exciting thing in this experience so far?
Being the first to get woken up. And get to wake all the other girls up.