Life at St. Columba's: Prom night

It was Prom Night this week at St. Columba's High School. The prom here is only for 6th year (seniors at home) students and is their last official school event, seeing that they finished with their exams a few weeks back. The Prom was held at the beautiful Balbirnie House Hotel, and in most ways was just like proms back home. There are a few subtle differences however, as students do not invite dates to the prom, many students are old enough to drink alcohol, I didn't hear any rap music, and of course the kilts. The kilts I was expecting, but it was quite strange to see students wandering around with a pint of beer. To their credit they were very well behaved throughout the evening and nobody seemed to be overdoing it. Can't say the same for the staff. Just kidding.

Students finishing up their dinner prior to the dancing.

Hanging out at the staff table after dinner.

The first part of the eventing was spent with some traditional Scottish dancing. I jumped in and gave it a go, thankfully not kicking too many people or stepping on toes along the way. Everyone was very patient with me and happy to help with the steps.

The girl's dresses seemed the same as back home, but I loved seeing the guys in their kilts.

Outside there was a photographer taking pictures of the students. These lads were happy to practice their pose for me. Do they look sharp or what!

I left the dance around 10:45, you can see it stays light pretty late here during the summer.

All in all I had a terrific night of dancing and hanging out with my fellow teachers. This group of 6th years seemed to have really bonded during their six years at St. Columba's and looked like they were having a great time as well.