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PSO grad weekend starts Friday with graduation ceremonies

Public invited to share in the celebrations with the Class of 2015 graduates
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Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School's Class of 2014 Valedictorians Cailey Armeneau and Ryan Langford were all smiles prior to the inaugural procession through downtown 100 Mile House. This year's procession will leave the old Junior Secondary School parking lot at 3:30 p.m. on May 30.

Ken Alexander

Free Press

It's an exciting time for the Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO) Class of 2015 graduates, as grad weekend (May 29-30) is finally here.

Everyone is busy preparing for the highlight of the graduates' formal education stage.

The Dry Grad Committee, which has been planning and fundraising for the past eight months, is currently decorating the arena and the curling rink to prepare for Saturday's events.

However, the first event is the Graduation Cap & Gown Ceremony in the school gymnasium ceremony on May 29.

The ceremony starts at 6:30 p.m. with the Grad March and will end around 8:30 p.m.with the announcement of the Governor General's Award and the tossing of the caps. Seating is on first-come, first-served basis, and people are encouraged to bring water.

Saturday

• From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., everyone is welcome to meet at Centennial Park to take photographs of grads, families and friends.

The Dry Grad Procession will be leaving the old Junior Secondary School parking lot on Cedar Avenue at 3 p.m.

It will travel along Fifth Street, turn right on Birch Avenue, drive down to First Street, turn left and cross Highway 97 and turn left onto Taylor Way (frontage road). From there, the procession will head south and turn right on to Airport Road and head down to the arena, arriving between 3:30 and 4 p.m.

The Promenade Walk begins at 5 p.m., but people who are attending the event are asked to be seated well before 5 p.m.

The arena floor is for reserved seating only and guests must have their tickets. Folks who don't have reserved seating tickets must sit in the bleachers.

Between 6 and 7 p.m., there will be music and a slide show, followed by a Grad Dance, during which a grad will find a family member or a friend to dance with them.

After that, the public will be dismissed, and the students will have their dinner and then it's Las Vegas time in the arena.

There will be a grand prize draw at 2 a.m.