Dapper Derek ... School Dance

Cottonwood High School Homecoming 2000. When asked if he remembered which dance this was, Derek said he did. "I was homecoming king that dance and my date was homecoming queen. :) I remember, because I was sick and throwing up in the bathroom when they called my name and I had to put on a brave face and act like nothing was wrong! "

This looks like a different tux (different dance), but doesn't Derek look dapper?

These photos were found in Dropbox - Year 2000

... For a little Homecoming History ...

Here's Homecoming from a few years before that - 1986. Jen was a sophomore, and this was one of her first dates. Jen remembers "Wendy and I had found some dresses we really liked, but they had spaghetti straps. To make them more modest, I found matching fabric and sewed puffy sleeves to add on."  Back in the olden days, before wrist corsages were the thing to do.

Adria was crowned Homecoming Queen in 2022, and Jaiden was in 2021. Check out all the HOMECOMING posts on the Jensen Journal, with all the Jensen kids and Wendy's good blogging skills, there's a lot! On the BlackhamBlog,  Homecoming 2016 (Kate was Homecoming Queen. Cal's "ask" is included, the guys spent weeks making a fun video). They actually did take the official group dance picture ... but that trend is fading as kids today generally do a full "photoshoot" instead of the one paid picture at the dance. Colton wrote up his memories of  Homecoming 2022 and he was up for Homecoming King his senior year.