Candyland Boum Part II

This past Saturday was the day of the boum and I was busy all day preparing it, just as I had been the entire week. I actually think I went a bit over the top with it all- 3 huge cupcakes and a hoard of smaller ones, cotton candy cloud props, six giant lollipops, smaller candy props, candy props made of balls, giant candy cane lights, TONS of candy. It took me, four members of the committee, and our teacher sponsor 2 hours to set up everything the afternoon before. I was rushing around up until the time of the event and didn't begin to change my clothes until seven, when of course, a few students showed up right on the dot. I didn't really super stress about everything so much as I didn't let up preparing it- I didn't have time to let stress enter my mind. I think I went a bit overboard because we did advertise much more than the last boum with flyers and a big poster. I promised a magical Candyland Boum to the student population and I had to give it to them. I don't think I would have been able to stand seeing disappointment on their faces. Unfortunately despite the advertisements only three seniors showed up, but at least this time around many attendees brought friends outside of school. Also there were lights in the space we were using that we were absolutely unable to turn off. That was very disappointing after all my hard work but luckily it didn't stop people from dancing. One thing that went really well was the idea of giving out goody bags to the attendees so they could take home the candy and we wouldn't have any left over. We did that during the last dance and at the end of it everyone rushed to the tables to get candy. We didn't have much pizza left over either. Although our set up team was large, our clean up team wasn't. Only one of the two people that were supposed to help stayed (and I thank her for that.) Our teacher sponsor helped as well as a couple of the chaperones and students whose parents hadn't picked them up yet. However it did take us an hour to clean up as that extra help soon left. I took the mess as a sign of a good party though.

Seating Set-Up before the guests arrived.