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The prom night excitement couldn’t be dampened by the cold and rainy weather on May 17 when Mt. Blue High School students lined up outside the doors of the Farmington school waiting to be let in. Once the doors opened, 321 students walked down a long hallway into the “Old Hollywood”-themed night.

At a time where many schools pay to host their proms at an off-site location, Mt. Blue reversed course and began hosting it at the school again in 2019.

The school leaned into the classic prom elements: a gym decorated with balloons, streamers covering the doors and students running down the hallway to the dance floor when they hear a song they love.

See more of photographer Brianna Soukup’s past prom night photo essays: Carrabec High in 2017, Casco Bay High in 2018, Oxford Hills in 2019, the year without a prom in 2020, Old Orchard Beach in 2021 and Dirigo High in 2022. 

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From left, Piper Wojcik, 18; Summer Sawyer, 18; Bree Griffin, 17; Lily Huntley, 16; Kally Price, 17; and Giselle Couillard, 17, get ready at Piper’s house in Wilton before Mt. Blue High School’s prom on May 17. Most of the girls have been friends since they were in kindergarten but they will all go their separate ways come fall.

 

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Piper Wojcik puts her makeup on in the bathroom mirror. Wojcik is graduating in a few weeks and will leave in August for college in North Carolina.

 

From left, Giselle Couillard, Summer Sawyer, Bree Griffin, Lily Huntley, Piper Wojcik and Kally Price look at prom TikTok transitions they want to try. The girls filmed before-and-after videos as they got into their prom outfits.

 

Giselle Couillard holds onto the bouquet she made with her friends earlier in the day. The girls each made their own bouquet to use for photos.

 

Piper Wojcik, left, and Kally Price, right, help Summer Sawyer do her hair.

 

Kally Price buckles her heels before taking prom photos. Kally goes to high school in Skowhegan and met Piper through field hockey. They quickly became best friends.

 

 

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Bree Griffin pins a boutonniere on her boyfriend, Bryce Wilcox, 18, a senior at Mt. Abram, before they head to prom.

 

Owen Northrup, center, dons a cowboy hat on prom night.

 

Students gather in the Mt. Blue High gym to dance.

 

Students wait in line to enter the section of the high school that was transformed for prom night. The theme of 2025’s prom was “Old Hollywood.”

 

Matt Smith holds up the dress of his girlfriend, Brookelynn Nightingale, to keep it from getting wet on the very rainy night.

 

A couple share a kiss on the dance floor.

 

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Valerie Rose, center, wore flowers in her hair for prom.

 

Students dance to music by Danny DeBruin, who has been deejaying Mt. Blue’s prom for 10 years.

 

Liam Dorr, center left, and Avery Jessen did their hair in liberty spikes for their senior prom. Jessen approached Dorr at school one day with the idea for the look. “We’re both kind of punk and alternative,” Jessen said. “This just injects a little fun into the night.”

 

Wyatt Flagg holds Wyatt Sullivan on his shoulders on the dance floor.

 

A colorful spotlight hits Rebecca Sweatt as she dances.

 

Students pack the dance floor at Mt. Blue’s prom.

 

 

Heavenly Vernesoni and Michael Hall share a slow dance.

 

Madi Weston sweeps up the confetti and toilet paper at the end of prom night in Farmington. Weston is a junior on the prom committee and helped decorate for the dance. She also stayed late to clean up.

Brianna was born and raised in Nebraska and became interested in photography in elementary school when her art teacher gave her a camera to document their fifth grade class. After college she interned...

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