February Formal- At Last I See The Light

 I am not sure why, but I got called by the stake that I am in to "direct" this 4 Stake Dance for the Mesa High kids.

It was our stakes turn to direct it.

Someone on the youth committee came up with the theme.

AT LAST I SEE THE LIGHT. (from Tangled)

I loved it. 

Since I was helping put on our New Beginnings decor around the same time, I was already on a YELLOW themed party kick. 

We had a few meetings with the YW Stake Presidency, and one with the youth council. Everyone was such a big help!

 Here's some of our help from the night before:

(my cutest helper- Lance)

SO many lanterns - lots of balloons.

The food table...

We left the church around midnight the night before.

The next day, we came down to finish the food table & other small details.

I about freaked (along with some other people) when we saw THIS:

a hook came out of the wall. Lots of bulbs were broken.

People were scrambling to fix it & they did! (phew)

The outside of our Stake Center..

Here was where they walked into the church. It turned out so cute- thanks to Claudia Dixon!!

KJ Balls did an AMAZING job at the lights. Anyone in the area of The East Valley -Mesa- Arizona should give him a call. He was so sweet ... too sweet!!

Other decor details....

Fun D.J.!

Extra water stations...

Picture station...

The snack/food area...

(I never got a really good picture because all of the food wasn't there when I left.)

The banner says, 

"At Last I See The Light".

All Yellow & White food.

Ah- look at this adorable couple! ;)

.. my parents ..

I left to eat dinner while the actual dance was going on.

I came back at the very end for clean up.

The last dance song that they played was the theme song. 

It gave me chills. 

The dance was a huge hit. I loved watching all the teenagers enjoying themselves. I also heard so many of them talk about how nice it was, how pretty it looked, etc. It felt good to hear that & see them having a good time.

 THEN- I finally {at last} SAW THE LIGHT. ;) 

jk- I had a good time with it.

The decor was EXACTLY what I envisioned but I wasn't sure it would really turn out. BUT- ALL of it did. It was beautiful. 

Thanks so much for all those that helped!!