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Today was the big day.  I got all my last needed supplies and was at Lovett around 3.  Luckily, two of my friends came over to Lovett to help set up and they were a big help.  It took about 20 minutes to get into the art room, the lovely security man was in the middle of his job when I called.  We got our poster up, and all the decorations.  Food was set up to the T, water and lemonade were ready (with the help of Mrs. Alig's lemon peeling skills), backdrop was ready.  Everyone was ready to go.  It started to pour around 5:45 but luckily it stopped right around 6.  At 5:45 all the volunteers came and were briefed on their jobs for the night and how to deal with special needs children.  Around 6:45 the attendees started to arrive.  Everyone was so excited for the night.  The night went smoothly- even though I had trouble with my camera to record, luckily Cleo was there with her camera.  The response was great the volunteers loved it and the attendants loved it.  Everyone danced away.  There were circles of kids holding hands dancing, and we had a congo line.  It was awesome seeing everyone come together and put away their differences.  All of the volunteers were amazing and did so well with the adults, and I don't think anyone wanted it to end ( although we sure were sweaty and our feet were starting to hurt).  It took about 30 minutes to put all the stuff up once it was over, thanks to the boys for their heavy lifting.  Overall it was a great night!