The official Prom Stroll picture by Bedford photographer Jan van Steenwijk – Image (c) JvS, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
Bedford High School’s Class of 2017 Senior Prom took place on Tuesday, May 30 at the Willowdale Estate in Topsfield, after the 20th annual Prom Stroll and class photograph on the Common and at Old Town Hall, across South Road. Prom Stroll is a project of the Bedford Chamber of Commerce, and thanks to Diane Cadogan Hughes and Sheena Santos it is sponsored by Barrett Sotheby International Real Estate Company.
Hundreds of prom-goers in their finest gathered late on Tuesday afternoon, to the delight of the friends and families who watched and to the chagrin of motorists who found rush hour traffic on The Great Road even heavier and slower than normal, with South Road closed between Bedford Common and Loomis Street.
Visuals tell this story, and The Citizen is indebted to Jeff JHO Hoyland, Richard Krusemark, Dawn Murphy, and Nancy Daugherty for sharing their images.
The Prom Story According to Jeff JHO Hoyland ~ The Citizen’s Official Photographer
Photographing the Photo – Image (c) Jeff JHO Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Photographer Jan van Steenwijk and Bedford’s paparazzi – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger imageWaiting to watch the Prom Stroll – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Strolling along the Blinn Path on Bedford Common – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Chivalry lives – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
On Bedford Common – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Ready to Stroll – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Ready to Roll: Heading to Topsfield – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Willowdale Estate, Prom Central – Image (c) Jeff JHO Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
And the party begins – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Party! – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
And there was DANCING – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Members of the 2017 Prom Court – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Chaperones heading home – Image (c) Jeff Hoyland, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Thanks to Cam Shelmire for snagging this image of Jeff at the Prom – Image (c) Cam Shelmire, 2017 all rights reserved
For even MORE of Jeff’s images, check his Bedford Snapshots Facebook albums:
And now, selected images from some of The Citizen’s friends
Stopping at North Bridge for a formal pre-prom photograph with an unknown local – Image (c) Dawn Murphy, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
View from the top – Image (c) Nancy Daugherty, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Just one of the hundreds of Richard Krusemark’s photographs of individual guests and couples at the Prom Stroll – Image (c) Richard Krusemark, 2017 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image
Congrats Class of 2017, well done!