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Page 4 <strong>Holliston</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
<strong>Holliston</strong> Students Take Aim at Cutting Prom Costs<br />
Used Prom Dress Sale to take Place at<br />
<strong>Holliston</strong> High <strong>January</strong> 12th<br />
By J.D. O’Gara<br />
<strong>Holliston</strong>’s <strong>2019</strong> Prom at the<br />
State Room in Boston might<br />
not take place until May 17th,<br />
but you can be sure students<br />
are beginning to shop for those<br />
high-end dresses – which can be<br />
expensive, especially on top of<br />
the cost of tickets.<br />
<strong>Holliston</strong> High School’s Student<br />
Council, including Lauren<br />
Salley, president, Aidan Krantz,<br />
vice-president, Abha Athawale,<br />
treasurer, and Emily Howland,<br />
secretary, who are advised by<br />
Mr. Donald Quindley, is hosting<br />
an event on <strong>January</strong> 12th, from<br />
12-4 p.m. at <strong>Holliston</strong> High<br />
School, where anyone can buy/<br />
sell prom dresses at a more affordable<br />
price! In December, the<br />
group accepted donated dresses<br />
that will be given away for free at<br />
the event, as well as dresses students<br />
want to sell. Although the<br />
group has already held the two<br />
dress collection events, they’re<br />
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willing to take donations and<br />
consignments until a week before<br />
the event, about <strong>January</strong> 5th, so<br />
that they have time to organize.<br />
The young women thought<br />
of the idea last spring, says Mr.<br />
Quindley.<br />
“We were just thinking, prom<br />
can be so expensive,” says Lauren<br />
Salley. “We were thinking<br />
how awesome it would be if we<br />
could get dresses (less expensively).<br />
We emailed and texted<br />
with other people and thought (a<br />
prom dress sale) would be nice in<br />
the community.”<br />
“I’ve been to two proms,”<br />
says Lauren. “ I went my sophomore<br />
and my junior. For the<br />
sophomore, I borrowed a dress,<br />
but junior year I bought a dress,<br />
had a hair and makeup appointment.<br />
You could spend up to<br />
$1,000!” Abha adds corsages<br />
raise the price even further.<br />
Aidan Krantz has attended<br />
even more of the black-tie<br />
events, having been to <strong>Holliston</strong><br />
events and out of town proms.<br />
“For two, I borrowed a dress,”<br />
she says. “If I had had an opportunity<br />
to see the dresses laid<br />
out, I would have had a better<br />
time borrowing a dress, because<br />
I didn’t want to spend money.”<br />
For dresses on consignment,<br />
prices will vary, says the students,<br />
but they are putting a cap on<br />
the price of $100 maximum.<br />
Donated dresses will be free,<br />
however there is a $5 cost of admission<br />
to the event, which will<br />
enter each attendee into raffles<br />
for gift cards to local hair salons,<br />
nail salons and other prom purveyors.<br />
Prom affords the opportunity to deck out in glamourous gowns, but those dresses can be costly! <strong>Holliston</strong><br />
High School’s Student Council will hold a used prom dress sale on <strong>January</strong> 12th. Students can buy a gently<br />
worn prom dress at a more affordable price, or they can recoup a few bucks from last year’s dress.<br />
“Hopefully, the idea is, once<br />
we have this, then we can keep<br />
the event cycling year after year,”<br />
says Lauren.<br />
“We’re not trying to make<br />
money off this. We’re trying to<br />
help the girls in our community<br />
not spend money and mostly to<br />
make prom less expensive for everyone.”<br />
The snow date for the event is<br />
<strong>January</strong> 26th.<br />
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