Taking prom season to new heights | Islands' Sounder

Taking prom season to new heights

May 20, 2009 2:20 pm

A creative way to ask someone to prom.

An Orcas boy asks Lindsay to prom in a very noticeable way – atop a cliffside in Eastsound.

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