What is a prom? Is it just a regular social event? Is it just a regular school function that
students have to attend? Or is it
something else?
In layman’s term, a promenade is a formal
dance; a ball. For
your parents, prom night is just a dinner followed by a dance at
school. For you, a prom is where
you get to wear something formal, a night where you can flaunt your formal
side. For some, it is where they get to wear their
first ever night dress or a formal suit.
For others, it is a night where they get to experience their first
dance, it is where they get to meet their first love or experience their first
heartbreak. But in the eyes of a visionary, a prom is
something else. A prom is a rite of passage;
it is an event that no high school student should fail to experience. It is where dreams of becoming somebody someday
begin.
What is in our prom’s theme: red carpet night? I did not choose the theme because of its
glamour, its flamboyance, or its eccentricity.
I chose the red carpet night as a theme for each and every one of you to
feel that for me, all of you are a star; stars in your rights worthy to be
treated with class and with honor. For
me all of you are the starts that I look up to each night. You are the stars that I aspire to reach out
and hold in my hands. I chose the theme
because I want all of you to feel how it is to be a star so that when you
finally able to feel the red carpet, you would aspire to dream bigger than what
your dreams are at the moment. I chose
the theme in the hope that one day; you would once again walk on a red carpet
with your dreams finally fulfilled.
The red carpet is a symbol of a successful journey, the
symbol of triumph. However let us not forget the one true source of our victory,
our Lord God almighty. Let us acknowledge him in our every step for it is
written “for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the
wicked leads to destruction.” (Ps. 1:6). Tonight, as you walk on the red
carpet, begin your first step towards the realization of your dreams. Juniors and seniors! Look up and claim your victories,
for tonight, you are the stars blessed by the shiniest star in the universe.
