✨ A Silicon Valley Black-Tie Sadie Hawkins Soiree: Turn back the clock and have the kind of night that your high school teenage self would high five you for ✨
Presented by the ever so wholesome Catherine Liang (Miss California 2022) and your hosts, Sara Choimonster, Pocky Shawn Xu, Spice King Jimmy, and a whole cast of high school characters.
... and a LIVE BAND playing your favorite 2000s hits ALL-FREAKING-NIGHT-LONG! ***OMG THE FEELS!!!!***
And disco balls.
PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT The Distinguished Young Women of California, a 501c3 non-profit that provides college scholarships to high school juniors.
Let’s be real... women have always had it more together than men, especially in this town. Girls come from Mars because they’re stars, boys come from Jupiter because…We'll let you guess the rest 🤣
In the spirit of Sadie Hawkins, we’re flipping the script and only extending invites to women and their guests for this throwback dance. Boys are not on the guestlist unless they come as +1's. 💁♀️ So gentlemen, if you're looking to crash, clean yourself up and drop some hints to your favorite potential lady friend. And no, your mom doesn't count.
So, make a move girlfriend. We invite you to send that handwritten note and snag a date to the dance ("check if you like me, check if you don't"). If you want to spin the bottle and get matched up with a blind date, select the "Singles Study Group" ticket and the hosts will work our magic. If all else fails, come alone and singlehandedly dominate the snack table. Either way, you're in for a night of epic fun—or at least some epic snacks—all for a good cause. 🌹
🎶 Just to be clear, this is not your mom’s Sadie Hawkins dance. Here's how our grown up party bash will play out:
8-10: "Meet Cute" Cocktail Hour: Try the punch, taste the hors d'oeuvres, snap a selfie!
10-1: Live Band “The Heartstrings”: They only know four chords, but isn't love just as simple?... We've put together a 5-member band straight from the SF Symphony playing for us, including vocals! That means cheesy 2000s music all night long. Can somebody say "I want it that way?"
💃 Attire
This is a black-tie affair. Elegant gowns — hell, maybe you still have your prom dress?? — and bow ties encouraged (don't forget to tie them tighter than your startup budgets). This is not black-tie-dye or Patagonia vest. Pick an outfit that screams "I'm the protagonist" cause tonight you are.
🌸 Gastronomic "Treasures"
Gourmet Finger Foods: Would love to see a live-action Lady and the Tramp reenactment at some point in the night.
Specially Crafted Love Potions: Okay, they're cocktails, but with enough of them, you'll think you're in love or at least that you can dance. ALSO... we're making PUNCH, so that you can be drunk in LOVE!
🧑📸 Awkward Prom Photos?
We've hired a professional photographer to help you recreate those cringeworthy high school moments but with a flair of adulthood! Get tangled in a corsage, lean in too much (or not enough), give that stiff-armed hover hand — all captured in the majestic glow of awkward youth! You'll get photos so authentically uncomfortable, they'll serve as both a hilarious keepsake and a cautionary tale for future generations. 📸
And also photobooths. Because 1 awkward photo isn't just enough. Take some more home for mom and dad.
🌼🌸❀✿🌷 Flowers
You know that song that goes something like "I can buy myself flowers?" Well, now you can. Or you can for your date. We'll have some corsages and boutonnières for sale. Because nothing says "I'm an adult" like tying some supermarket roses and ribbons onto yourself. Hopefully your love for your date won't wilt as fast as those damn flowers. 🌷
Along the vein of those flowers, we'll also have a Midsommer Flower Crown 🌼👑 creation station! Go full Coachella-meets-pagan-ritual by crafting your own floral halo as if you're starring in your own indie film—or a horror movie, we won't judge. This isn't just for the ladies, gents. Here's your chance to channel your inner wood nymph or lost member of a '60s rock band.
🌈💫🌻🌙💎 The Great Sadies Superlatives Award
Oh yes, we're taking you back to those cringe-worthy high school days when you hoped to be crowned "Most Likely to Succeed," but were secretly terrified of being dubbed "Most Likely to Live in Their Parents' Basement." Well, fear not! The Award categories include life-changing titles such as "Most Likely to Know All the Words to "My Heart Will Go On," " "Best Attempt at Adulting," and "Most Likely to Have Peaked in High School." Don your newly-crafted Midsommar flower crowns and prepare to relive your glory days—or your days of glorious obscurity. May the odds be ever in your favor, and may you finally get the validation that eluded you in the 11th grade.
🚗 Parking
Absolutely none. Why? Because true love should always start with a minor inconvenience. Take an Uber or just park in downtown Burlingame and hike your way to us.
ABOUT THE DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMEN OF CALIFORNIA:
Distinguished Young Women of California is a part of a national organization that is the oldest and largest scholarship program for high school girls. Last year, more than $1 billion in cash tuition and college-granted scholarships were available nationally.
