In rural America, a high school prom is no time for social distancing. So when Rossville High School couldn’t accommodate the 2020 spring prom because of Indiana’s lockdown rules, graduate Jayden Brown found an alternative venue: An upscale machine shed on  Windy Lane Farms near Muberriy, Indiana, operated by his dad Ty and grandfather Hal Brown. Here’s the scene last night:

June 21, 2020 By Jerry Carlson (photos by Hal Brown and other family members.) “Many parents helped decorate,” Hal texted me when he sent these photos. Not many proms have decorations like an antique Chevy truck,  Case IH 450 tracked tractor and flags waving from the unloading auger of a huge red combine. 

Here’s a quick picture story of a prom night made extra-memorable for those grads — and for all of us living in the countryside.

Especially for grandfathers, like Hal and me.

 

This proved an appealing photo-op background for guys and their dates

 

Another memorable setting for graduate pictures — a completely restored 1950s Chevrolet straight truck