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Jewish Herald-Voice
August 23, 2012
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PHOTOS BY ROVO
Residents Albert Davis and Aaron Manela have a great time with students Channing
Kirkland and Ross Techmanski.
PHOTOS BY ROVO
Resident Aaron Manela with his date, Rachel Millender, who is the current president of
the Houston Area Youth Council.
PHOTOS BY ROVO
The Medallion president of the Residents Council and past
president of the Seven Acres board of trustees, Sam Feldt, with
his date, Pilar Emiliani.
PHOTOS BY ROVO
Jessie Wilson with her prom date, resident Joseph Penn.
PHOTO BY KEVIN MCGOWAN PHOTOGRAPHY
“Leading Lady” Mattison Smith joins residents Ernest Goldschmidt and Phobe Brown
at their table.
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Houston Area Youth Council.
The evening began as BMC student
escorts picked up their Medallion
dates, handed them a red carnation,
and walked them to a souvenir photo
booth to take the traditional prom
couple photo. A night club “bouncer”
stood at the entrance, flanked by
red interrogation lights, and asked
guests for the password to get in. The
dining room of The Medallion was
transformed to look like a basement
speak-easy with brick walls, exposed
pipes and posters of gangsters on the
walls. A piano player played music
from the jazz age, while a group of
“gangsters” stirred bathtub gin in a
real bathtub.
Residents and their dates were
seated at small, nightclub tables. The
young men of the BMC were dressed
in black shirts and white ties with
black or white fedoras. Many of the
young ladies were dressed in flapper
costumes. The Medallion male
residents also were given fedoras to
wear, while the ladies were adorned
in feather boas, and some wore
headbands with feathers.
Cocktails and dinner were
served, followed by a drawing and
a lively game of bingo. Prizes were
bags of money from a “bank heist,”
containing either real money, fake
money or candy money.
The 2012 Prom Queen, resident
Dorothy Freedman, was announced
and crowned by surprise guest
Harris County Sheriff Adrian
Garcia, who presented a sheriffs
badge to Freedman and an
official Harris County Sheriff’s
hat to The Medallion executive
director Annette Betz, effectively
making both of them deputies.
The Senior Prom is a major
undertaking for the Bellaire MENS
Club, a service organization that is
open to high school-age young men
who live primarily in Southwest
Houston. Under the guidance of
volunteer advisor Randy McKinney,
the group has grown through the
years, participating in a variety
of fundraising and community
service projects. The prom requires
months of preparation in advance,
involving securing sponsorships,
designing decorations and assigning
volunteers.
“The BMC’s Senior Prom at The
Medallion has been going strong
for four years now,” McKinney
remarked. “Each year, we start the
process months in advance, and it
truly is a student-run event. I am
very proud of our co-chairs and all
the student volunteers for their hard
work; it takes a very special young
person to put service above self.”
Co-chair Proler was given the
title, special projects manager, and
had the important responsibility of
contacting potential sponsors who
could help to underwrite some of
the expenses for the event. “We got
together and talked about our goals
for the event and then worked getting
sponsors. We think that this was the
most successful Senior Prom so far.
All of the Bellaire MENS Club and
the Leading Ladies put in a great
effort to make it special for the
residents. It was a great experience,
and we can’t wait to do this again
next year.”
Co-chair Levine was in charge of
all the volunteers and assigning their
resident “dates.” “Every volunteer
that I asked to help was happy to do
it. They helped with the setup and
tear down of the decorations, and
everyone did their job during the
prom, escorting their dates, helping
to serve dinner and participating in
the entertainment for the evening.
All of our hard work and dedication
really paid off. The residents were so
happy and really enjoyed seeing the
transformation of their dining room
to a speak-easy from the ’20s.” □
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