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Well I did my best to take a few pics of
Donald's graduation but my wee camera found it hard to take pictures in
the hall and I ditched most of them but hopefully these few will give you an idea of what went on...
Graduation picture of Donald and his family.
Girls handing out programs as we went into the hall
Students gathering prior to the presentation
We got there early to get a good seat
Pipe band plays the graduates into the hall
I went up to a higher resolution setting
hoping you can make out some of the detail of the students parading around
the hall
And then they were all on the stage and the
proceedings started
Each student gets called up to receive their
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There must have been around 50 presentations
made for various grants to the students from loads of local organisations
And when it was all over students gathered in
a big circle and threw their mortar boards into the air. And that was when friends
and parents all got together for a wee dance which didn't last very long
at all. Noted many parents frantically looking for their son and daughter
in the crush :-) I took a few photos to give you an idea of what it
was like.
Ah! And there is Donald and Debbie and some
other students as well
And then it was on home for the party with
Billy getting into the mood early!
And a grand wee singsong toward the end of the
night The wee collection of pics above were from the
after graduation party at Billy's house which went on until 3.30am. In
actual fact everyone had loads of fun. Donald and his mates stayed with us
to around 9.30pm and then headed off for their own party. In the meantime
lots of friends and neighbours came down to help celebrate and we had lots
of good conversation, singing and ended up with a Karaoke session. Loads
of food on hand and lots to drink.
Donald and a friend came
back in around 2am as apparantly their party was hi-jacked by folk from
the neighbouring town of Cranbrook and am told the police shut it down as
it was getting out of hand. The party is meant for the students but
it does get crashed by other people but this time I gather it went way
beyond previous years. That said, Donald seemed to have had a good
time and his parents and their friends also had a most enjoyable evening
as did myself :-)
And here is the Graduation class of 2004 that
I got from their program
And below find the names of the students
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