An elegant stage procession for Alexandria students
COVID-19 changed, but didn’t cancel, the grand march at Alexandria Area High School
Alexandria Area High School students stopped to pose at three marked spots on the Performing Arts Center stage Saturday, April 17. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
Three separate sessions of the grand march were held for Alexandria Area High School students in the Performing Arts Center Saturday, April 17.
Two students stood at a podium in the Performing Arts Center to announce the names of those walking in the grand march at Alexandria Area High School Saturday, April 17. Instead of a theme for the evening, the decorations chosen included black, gold and silver. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
In lieu of a theme for this year’s prom, decorations with the colors black, gold and silver were chosen. The three grand march times were 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
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Three separate sessions of the grand march were held for Alexandria Area High School students at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
Although students were able to participate in the grand march, there was no dance or after party. Watch the Friday, April 23, issue of the Echo Press for more photos.
Spectators in the audience of the Performing Arts Center captured photos and videos of the grand march Saturday, April 17. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
Jasmine Johnson joined the Echo Press staff in May 2020 as a general assignment reporter. She grew up in Becker, Minn., and later studied journalism and graphic design at Bethel University in Arden Hills, Minn.
