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An Evening of Dining and
Dancing for Attendees at Senior Prom for Those Age 60+
Special to The Truth
A sold
out crowd of 300 people age 60 and over enjoyed a Senior
Prom evening of dining and dancing at Start High School
Friday, April 28 from 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The event was
co-hosted by the Area Office on Aging and Toledo Public
Schools.
Entertainment was provided by the Motown cover group, The
KGB Band. A sit down dinner was served by Toledo Public
Schools students, who also escorted the attendees down the
red carpet into the event and then put the corsages and
boutonnieres on them. This is the fourth year for the event
that has already outgrown two other Toledo Public High
Schools.
Students and
older adults sometimes believe mistaken negative stereotypes
about one another. The Area Office on Aging and Toledo
Public Schools' (TPS) Senior Prom at TPS high schools
provide positive intergenerational
experiences. The
intergenerational event often has the older adults teaching
the students some dance moves from their generation and the
students doing likewise.
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