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Daughters spend special evening with their fathers
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Mackenzie Durbin and her father, Josh, worked together on painting a tile during the Father Daughter Night at Poland Union Elementary on March 10.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The fathers and daughters at Poland Union ended their night with music and dancing.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Randall Martin from Randall Martin Entertainment DJ'ed the event, providing music and entertainment, for the daughters and their fathers to join in on.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Ryan Marlin, from Harbor Pet Center, brought in a few animals, like a rabbit, for the girls and their fathers to pet and look at during the Father Daughter Night.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Poland Union Elementary school hosted its annual Father Daughter Night on March 10. The Father Daughter Night consisted of painting, seeing and petting live animals, eating a meal and ending the night with some dancing. The daughters and their fathers, grandfathers, uncles or whatever influential male they brought to the event, split up at the beginning of the night so each person get could to each station. The fathers and their daughters could eat pizza supplied by Marco’s Pizza, get their pictures taken, paint blank tiles with the animal of their choice on them and then sit in the gym and learn about different animals that Ryan Marlin from Harbor Pet Center brought in.
Father Daughter Night at Union has been a school tradition for many years. The PTO is responsible for putting in the hard work and effort into making the night successful.
“We had a lot of great moms here volunteering to help and we had I’d say close to 95 percent of our girls here tonight, which is incredible,” said Union principal Michael Masucci.
Several community members came together to help the night turn out well. Harbor Pet Center employee, Ryan Marlin, brought in a rabbit, boa constrictor and puppy for the girls and their fathers to pet. Three girls also won a beta fish to take home. The music and entertainment ending the night was provided by Randall Martin from Randall Martin Entertainment.
“I’m looking for the memory value that they’re going to get from the performance,” said Martin. “I tell people ‘It’s not sign the contract and see you next year, it’s sign the contract and we become friends,’ I really do pride myself on that.”
To end the night, Martin played several songs for the guests to dance to. The final song of the night was “Cinderella,” by Steven Curtis Chapman.
“I think pretty much every girl from the school is here, I’m very happy with the turnout. I think the girls loved it,” said Heather Medvec, the PTO chair member in charge of organizing the night.