Danis' granddaughter, Julie Huddon, got permission to bring Danis to Pilgrim High School's prom at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston, WJAR reported.
New on the night team— a “PromPosal” for the ages. A local 97 year-old is heading to Pilgrim High School’s prom, she never got to attend her own. It’s a story you don’t want to miss @ 11. @NBC10 pic.twitter.com/u0D9qKpL2o
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) May 21, 2019
"She was telling me about the prom, how she couldn't go because she couldn't afford it," Huddon, 48, told NBC News.
Huddon's son, Evan Huddon, is a senior at Pilgrim High School in Warwick. Julie Huddon got permission from Principal Gerald Habershaw, and then approached her grandmother, NBC News reported.
"I went over with a crown, made a note, and asked her if she would go to prom with me," Julie Huddon told NBC News. "She was all excited."
97 year-old Helen Danis was named the honorary prom queen at Pilgrim HS’s senior prom last night!! She looked sooo beautiful! Check out her moves @NBC10 pic.twitter.com/xgoyFRw2ad
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) May 25, 2019
Danis said she took a trolley to the dance, WJAR reported. Once she got there, Danis was no wallflower. She took to the floor and danced the "Hully Gully," "Cupid Shuffle," and "Cha-Cha Slide" with the Pilgrim High students, the television station reported.
To top off her night, Danis was named Pilgrim High School's honorary prom queen, WJAR reported.
Look who had a BLAST at her first prom ever! 97 year-old Helen Danis! @NBC10 pic.twitter.com/Ci9Zf7xLZp
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) May 25, 2019
Attending the prom took 80 years, but it was worth the wait.
"Being so much different in age, and yet to be able to correspond together and make an evening of it, it was nice," Danis told NBC News. "My favorite part was being there with all the kids, and having such a good time."
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