Own The Prom Night with Lady A!

I'm sure you guys get all kinds of requests but this one is special. You should go to Henryville High School. The high school was "ground zero" for an EF4 tornado that ripped through the area on March 2nd. My daughters, a few good friends amd myself volunteered just a few days after it hit. You can see the pictures all day long on TV but until you see the devistation for yourself you just can't imagine. This community lost alot that day. It's been said these kids will have a prom regardless but it would be great if you all could be part of their special day. Thanks!

Inspirationalminded, you might want to watch what you say - talking about how they are "using" the tornado to "accomplish" something. You are talking about how your area had a flood that killed thousands, so what is it that you are trying to accomplish? You sound like a hypocrit. Sounds to me like you are a little jealous that there are OTHER states and schools rooting for them in the wake of this devastating situation that they have all had to deal with. I am sure that there are alot of communities that have worked so very hard on the submission videos and deserve a night to remember, but there is no reason to bash any of them. These kids all across the midwest have been through alot over the last 2-3 weeks with losing everything around them - not just in Henryville. Until you take part in really working with the kids in this community and seeing them take pride in helping their neighbors and even strangers, you don't have place to talk about them trying to use the tornado to "accomplish" getting Lady A to their prom. Joplin is rooting for Henryville. Harrisburg is rooting for Henryville. Schools I have never even heard of are rooting for Henryville. Know what? Because they deserve one night to remember. They deserve something positive in their life right now. Even though most of them have nothing physically, they still have the pride in their school and in their community. Even if Lady A doesn't come, rest assured they will still have a rocking prom night because that is how we do it up here! We don't back down when we are knocked down. We get up and move forward....and we will be stronger than ever!

Everyone did a lot of hard work on all of these videos. I hope that you as a wonderful inspiring band will look past what Henryville is trying to accomplish. They are using the fact that they had tornadoes to win. I live in Tennessee and we all had a flood in May that killed thousands.. It left homes for hundreds of miles destroyed. This contest isn't about who can create the biggest sob story. It's about coming together as a community and school to show why they should be apart of it.

More than anyone, the students of Henryville High School deserve to own the night!

That outpour is so beautiful. For those wanting to donate prom items, All Care Health and Rehabilitation Center is accepting donations until the 30th. Here is their information:

221 West Court Ave
Jeffersonville, IN. 47130
(812)288-7000
Dr. Gabe Spruch and Dr. Keith Wein

I am sure you could talk to UPS about donating postage. It is so nice to see everyone coming together. Thank you so much!!!

Henryville Indiana is a small town in Southern Indiana. The town has a a population of roughly 1,500 hundred people. The town has one school for K-12. Last Friday March 2,2012 the school as well as much of the town was destroyed by an EF4 tornado. Luckily no students were injured but the school has been destroyed. This has been really hard for the kids that attend the school, not knowing at the time where they would be finishing school at or if they even would, if they would have Prom or not even though the Principal has announced that PROM WILL GO ON. These students need this. They need to know that they are cared about and that they are important. I cannot think of a more deserving group of young people or a more deserving community most of the students have been meeting at church’s or other places so they can stay together. If Henryville High School is chosen I know that they will be the most appreciative group of individuals ever. I urge you to Google "Henryville Tornado" and just browse through the images that turn up. You will see and understand how important this is!!!! Thank you. I live less than 3 miles away from Henryville Indiana and about 6 to 7 from Marysville Indiana which was also destroyed by that same tornado, only Henryville was hit by a double vortex tornado.

Please come to Henryville, Indiana. I stood on the front porch as the MASSIVE EF-4 Tornado swirled past our home. Just 10 Miles north it obliviated the quaint town of Henryville Indiana. My Family was spared this horrible tragedy but close friends lost everything. Some even lost their lives. The school was destroyed. You hold a special place in my list of outstanding Country Artists. Your music, shows, personality, and genuine common good for all humanity. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for both the students and you. Come share your spirit and energy for a small town who's spirit and energy have committed to rebuilding. I watched as people came together giving $10 each to hear bands from all walks of life at Silver Creek High School yesterday. Lady A, they raised over $50,000 in less than 8 hours. People gave money. Will you please come and share your talent? Thank you for reading all the hopes and wishes of a small town school. I know the video is a winner.

I HAVE CRIED SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY IN THE LAST WEEK. WATCHING ALL THE VIDEOS AND THE NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE. ALL I CAN THINK OF IS THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH, AND HOW CAN I HELP BRING A SMILE TO THIER FACES!! THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US. IT REALLY HIT CLOSE TO HOME. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO THIS FOR THESE KIDS. THE KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE LAST WEEK. SOME HAVE COMPLETELY LOST EVERYTHING!! LIFE AS THEY KNOW IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TURNED AROUND. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM THE SCHOOL ITSELF THAT THEY HAVE ATTENDED, MOST OF THEM ALL THEIR LIVES. THAT IN ITSELF I KNOW, IS HARD FOR THESE KIDS. THIS IS A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY AND HOW DEVASTATING IT IS FOR THEM TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. GIVE THESE KIDS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TOO AND TO REMEMBER FROM THEIR SENIOR YEAR, BESIDES THE HORRIFIC TORNADO THAT TOUCHED THEIR COMMUNITY. THAT IS A MEMORY THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE!! LET ALONE FROM THEIR SENIOR YEAR. AS YOU VIEW THE VIDEOS SUBMITTED TO YOU FOR THIS CONTEST, AND READ ALL THE COMMENTS, I HOPE IT IS A NO BRAINER OF WHO WILL BE WINNING THE CONTEST. I DO NOT LIVE IN HENRYVILLE BUT I AM WITHIN A 15 MINUTE DRIVE. I HAVE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO START A COLLECTION OF PROM DRESSES, SHOES, AND ACCESORIES FOR THE GIRLS. SEVERAL GIRLS HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THEIR DRESSES AND CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER NEW ONE. OR, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE ONE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE OUT SO MUCH DUE TO THIS DEVASTATION. I CANNOT WAIT TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE GIRLS AND TO SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SEE THE BEAUTIFUL DRESSES I HAVE COLLECTED. I PICKED UP 14 DRESSES ALONE, TONIGHT. EVERYONE OF THEM ARE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME AND DONATE DRESSES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TOO!! IN MY CLOSING THOUGHTS, PLEASE LADY A, LET HENRYVILLE HORNETS "OWN THE NIGHT"!!! THANK YOU....:)

Please pick Henryville IN high school. This high school and town was destroyed in the March tornado. It would be such a boost to the kids who lost their school to have you appear at their prom. The school is being split up to finish their school year and the community is coming together to get them prom clothes, hair stylist,etc. Please consider them as it would mean SO much to the community!!
Thanks

I AGREE WITH JSWEEKS..GO TO ANY NEWS CHANNEL AND YOU WILL SEE THE VIDEO YOURSELF..THERE IS HELP COMING FROM EVERYWHERE..THESE KIDS MAY NOT HAVE TIME FOR THE VIDEO OR THE RESOURCES..WITH YOU GOING TO HENRYVILLE IT MIGHT PUT A SMILE ON THEIR FACES AND GIVE THEM A PROM THEY WILL NEVER FORGET..PEOPLE 100 MILES AWAY WERE FINDING PERSONNEL THINGS THAT BELONGED TO RESIDENCE IN HENRYVILLE, IN..PLEASE PICK HENRYVILLE!!!

Please go to Henryville High School. Those kiddos deserve it more than anybody! Apparently the contest requires a VIDEO but its kinda hard to make a video when you lose everything you own.

You need a video??? Go to any news channel website. You'll find video of the devastation and destruction of March 2, 2012. I grew up in southern Indiana and recently relocated to Texas but I know WHO deserves this small bit of normalcy to their world. Thank you.

Please Pick Henryville, IN High School... These kids are so very humble and extremely DESERVING. I lived in Henryville for more than 5 years and just moved from the area a couple of years ago. My children, now grown, used to compete against Henryville in Marching Band Competitions. The Henryville students were always so caring and giving no matter what the situation was, but NOTHING like this past week!! I have seen TEENAGERS concerned not of their own possessions but the lives of their FRIENDS, THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR CLASSMATES!! I witnessed first hand these students helping distribute donations, clean up debris, ask others what THEY NEED!! They are TRULY SELFLESS individuals and really DESERVE just ONE NIGHT to help HEAL THEM!! They have given soooo much I would love to see just a little joy given back to them :-)

They did and it is very moving. They need this soooo badly!

I live in Louisville which is about 30 miles south of Henryville and we were lucky to not have been hit with a tornado that day even though they were everywhere else in this line of storms that passed through. My heart goes out to the people in not only Henryville but in maryville, Nabb, Liberty Ky, all of the towns that were affected by the tornados that day. So many lives were lost on that horrible Friday afternoon. Please bring this little town some hope, give them something to look forward too after losing so much and not even knowing when or how to put all the pieces back together.

I am not from there, however I spent a good part of my childhood there with my cousins. The town is devestated, they are good, hardworking, strong people and those students don't even have a school, and are only looking forward to their prom. There is no other school or community more deserving of this!

I HAVE 2 I WOULD LIKE TO DONATE AS WELL

On March 2, 2012, Henryville, In was hit by a double vortex tornado that not only took out the school...but took out most the homes and some businesses also. Many of these kids not only lost their school...they lost their homes and everything they had. These are great kids! Please, Please find it in your heart to come to their prom? They deserve something as wonderful as you playing at Prom for them. Thank you.

After seeing the video for Henryville, how could you not choose them? These kids have been through so much and are trying to get back to something normal. What a wonderful way for these teens to be honored than to have them play at their prom. Please, please choose Henryville, Indiana!!!

Please choose Henryville High School as the winner of this contest. After all the devastation they experienced, they need something uplifting to happen to them. Especially the kids...........

It would do so much for their spirits to have you choose them!

No contest. This is a no-brainer. You simply must choose Henryville High.

Please choose henryville. They deserve it and need it. It will definitley lift the spirits of the small community. The devastation is awful and most have lost everything. So PLEASE choose them.

Please open your hearts for Henryville, IN. Many have lost everything, their homes, schools, and even loved ones. I believe that this small town in Indiana is very deserving of this! Please lift their hearts and spirits with preforming at their Prom! My prayers are with them.

Please find it in your heart to help all the kids of Henryville High. The tornado that touched down has not only demolished their school, but has changed the lives of the kids forever. My heart goes out to all the people of Henryville who are suffering due to this tornado and the aftermath. Lady A, I hope that you can find it in your heart to lift the spirits of these kids and families.

Please let Henryville HS in Indiana win! They deserve it after all they have been through! The students deserve to have a prom to remember after seeing their town,family and friends..their whole life being torn apart in one day by tornado's. Hope and pray they win. GL Henryville HS :-)

I think you guys should go to Henryville Indiana and play for their prom they have been through soo much and this would be an amazing thing for them! And it would also be awesome to maybe have a concert and donate some of the money to all disaster areas around here that was impacted by the F4 Tornado's that would help a lot of people out!!!! PS i love you guys

I believe these high school students deserve it, how said the pain they have endured not even knowing when they will return to school. Please lady A make these students have a wonderful memory of there senior year besides the devastating tornado!!

These kids need this. Their school is gone, their homes are gone, their lives may never be the same. This would bring happiness back into their lives for sure.

Please go to Henryville High School in Henryville Indiana!!! This tiny town has been completely demolished from an F4 tornado that hit March 2, 2012, the high school was hit badly. Please go there it would mean so much to them!!

Lady A, please choose Henryville. The devastation they have faced is tremendous, and they are so deserving of this night with you! Please choose Henryville!!

Kimball high school NEEDS YOU NOW to help us OWN THE NIGHT at prom <3 we deserve this for how amazing and spirited students here at John C. Kimball are. We are located in Tracy, CA and have done a lot of community service including Teens for Jeans and we raised over 7,000 jeans for people in need.

I vote for Henryville Also!!!!

Tammea- Do you know who I can contact about donating prom dresses to?? Contact me @ josie@jmoffattphotography.com if you do or know anyone that would. Thanks :)

I vote Henryville too. These kids have been with this shool for 13 years of their lives. This is where they grew into the young men and women they have become today. They have lost so much including their school and if you look at my facebook page I have comments from many of the senior class kids talking aobut how they want to graduate in their school not somewhere strange. This is true Henryville pride. I couldn't imaging loosing my home and everything I own and then on top of that my school. What were all your teenage year memoies your friends, school, and your town. These kids deserve to have the night of their lives they deserve to OWN THE NIGHT. I lived in henryville my whole life and there are so many memories that are now just memories because the places they happened in were wiped off the map 3/2/2012. All you have to do is check out my Facebook page and you will see the devistation, love, and support that comes from Henryville. Please help our kids and give them something to look forward too. Close your eyes imagine your lives then imagine an F4 tornado coming tearing it all away. Imagine opening your eyes and seeing the outside from the hall you were hunkered down praying to God that if anyting happens to take your soul. Imagine walking out of the rubble, as several of these kids did, dodging live wires, glass, and debris wandering if your parents were alive and how will anyone know where you are or will be going. Imagine standing in a community building with your friends scared out of your mind the reality of the events spinnning out of control in your head like a bad dream. Imagine going home and nothing is there. Imagine very cold temperatures the next two days with snow on the ground and no electric to keep warm. Imagine living somewhere else or staying with friends and family feeling so out of place and not having any control on the situation. Imagine the next day adults telling you that you may have to divide and attend surrounding schools to finish the 2012 school year. Just imagine loosing now your friends you grew up with. I dare not ask what else can they loose. Henryville Jr/Sr. High students deserve to Own the Night because right now they Own nothing else. Support these kids. You can check videos on wave3.com, whas11.com, fox41.com, and wlky32.com. You can see the devistation that took place ripping everything these kids had away from them. Were not asking you for anything but to make sure these kids have a special prom night. after they endured what they did nobody deserves this more.

Everyone working on Team Lady A is so excited to see a great community response to the contest, but it must be noted that in order to be entered and considered a video needs to be put together and submitted in the proper form that is listed above to be elligible. Looking forward to seeing the videos come through!

Positive thoughts and love for all of those affected by the tornadoes.

Best,

Mia

Please pick this school for their prom, such devestation is everywhere and these kids have something to look forward to, graduating and a prom. I don't have a child that goes there, and I live in Kentucky, but please pick them <3

I spent several days in Henryville Indiana in the days after the tornado devastated the town and the school. To see the destruction first hand is incredible but to see the resilience of the students in helping friends and families cope with losing everything is awesome. These kids are so deserving of this honor and I know it would mean so much to have you all there.

Keep these kids, their families and the hundred of volunteers in your thoughts and prayers.

Please don't just consider these kids, BUT CHOOSE THESE KIDS!!!!! They SOOOOO deserve to have a great prom to look forward to!! Many of the families probably don't even know where the money will come from to by their girls dresses and their son's tuxes, but they all know they will somehow have a prom! Go to Henryville and make it an event these kids will NEVER forget!!!

I hope that someone submits a video for Henryville. Lady A will not have to judge it on creativity, it will be clear why they need to pick Henryville as the winner of this contest. If no one submits a video then I hope that Lady A's publicist or webmaster or someone tells them about all the comments on this page. These children and their families are facing the loss of the school, many of them their homes, their town and the entire life that they knew, I doubt that many of them have the time to make a video. If someone out there would take the news clips and stories of survival and pictures and put it all together for them to meet official rules. I also would suggest not just a meet and greet for two but how about a meet and greet for the entire junior/senior class!! I understand the reason for this contest is to give back to the fans and a community, there is not a better way than with this!!! These kids need this and this community needs this. The clean up will continue for months and longer but the media will forget about them in no time. This is a way to let people there know that people are still thinking of them and still care about them long after the news cameras move on.

Henryville High should be your choice of a place to do the prom. These kids lost EVERYTHING including their school when the tornadoes ripped through the area on March 2nd....they have lost their homes, their belongings, their school, but they haven't lost hope. They are selling t-shirts (that have raised national attention) and the communities surrounding are banding together like no other to make sure that they have some sort of normalcy among all the chaos that has ensued. I think this is a wonderful thing you are doing, and I think these kiddos deserve some ray of sunshine...this would make their day and give them something positive to remember amidst the bad memories of what that day brought.

Last Friday, an EF-4 tornado hit the town of Henryville, IN and destroyed everything in it's wake--including the school complex housing elementary, junior and high schools. There is little left of the town and the kids don't even know when or where they'll be attending school for quite some time as all of the schools in Henryville were destroyed--all of them. Please, these kids have lost their school, their homes, many have lost their pets, some have lost their families...everything. It would mean the world to them if you would consider going to their prom. Saddest thing is that most all of them have lost their beautiful dresses, etc, and they likely won't be able to afford to replace them, but a local group is trying to help with that. At this point, the kids aren't even sure they'll get to have a prom, but I know our communities in this rural area of Southern Indiana will band together somehow to make a prom of sorts happen--I just have to believe that. Somehow, there will be a way for these kids to have something as simple as a prom--there just has to be. They MUST have some HOPE. Watch the news, you'll see how terrible it is here right now. They need whatever help you can give them, they need you at their prom. They need something to hope for, something to hold onto when everything else in their lives is uncertain. Please just consider them and all they've already lost. What an amazing bright spot you could be in their lives. Thanks for your consideration.

I've seen the destruction in Henryville firsthand. These kids have lost everything. Homes, jobs, school, the whole town is destroyed. Please give these kids something good they can remember from their senior year rather than the destruction and mayhem that they have already experienced. Their prom should be the time of their life, and you have the power to make it happen.

Thank you for your consideration.

I am from Henryville, and 2 of my children go there, they are only in elementary school but I definately vote for the Seniors to get this for their prom!! The princlple is saying that prom will still happen, but as of today we don't even know where our children will be going to school much less knowing what they will do for prom! We have only lived here for 2 years but have Hornet Pride in our little school and little town. I think it has hit our older hornets bc this has been there school for some of their entire lives since it is a K-12 school. This would lift their low spirts and know that good things even happen in the small towns! Thanks for your consideration!! Love Lady A!

I live about an hour away from Henryville and see on the news and hear from friends just how bad it is there! There is no other place better, that I could imagine you doing this for!! And Lady A is awesome for doing this no matter who you pick!!

I graduated from Henryville in 2010, and will not be attending prom this year, but I'm sure you've heard of the tornados that tore our town apart. Not in heart or spirit, but the structure, including my old high school, Henryville High School, is gone. Our seniors are so upset they can't walk across the same stage the past 100 classes (literally) walked across. They need some hope and support, and having a great prom would really boost their spirits. Everyone in our tight knit community feel the same. Please come give the Henryville High School class of 2012 something to look forward to!!!!

If I knew how to make a You Tube video I would but I really wish that you would award this to the kids at Henryville Junior/Senior High School in Henryville, Indiana. On March 2nd their whole school was demolished and their town was destroyed by a tornado. These kids and their families have lost so much. It would really mean so much to them and their town and brighten up their lives if you were to hold the Prom event for them! Please Please consider Henryville Junior/Senior High School!

They deserve this so much! They're little town was completely leveled from this horrible storm. A concert and a get together with all of their friends is exactly what they need to lift their spirits. They have my vote!

I vote Henryville, IN

Choose Henryville and invite the other H.S. from the other cities that were destroyed in the area from these devistating tornadoes. It looks like a war zone and they need some happiness to look forward to!!

I live in Louisville, KY. I don't know anyone personally or have in family that lived Henryville. The students really need something to help ease the pain that they have been through. My heart aches for them.

My name is Sarah. I taught at Henryville High school. The people of this town are wonderful. The town has been devestated by2 tornadoes. The school was utterly destroyed. Fortunately none of the children were harmed, but many of them lost almost everything. Some of them lost their loved ones and homes and now one of the places the children felt comfortable in. It would be amazing if Lady Antebellum could come and show these terrific kids some love and support! Thank you, Sarah

i do not even go to henryville but i am going to ry to make a video for the contest

Thank you very much. I live in Florida, but knowmany of the families affected by the devastation. Thank God they are all safe, but I pray for those who lost loved ones. Homes can be rebuilt and so can their spirits. That is why I hope Lady Antebellum comes in and helps those kids find the smile they once had. Thank you again for your support and help!!!

HI! I live in Southern Indiana about and hour from Henryville, IN. Henryville was recently hit by an EF4 tornado. The school, along with homes and lives were destroyed. The students have not gone to school all week and will have to attend other schools when they go back. I love Lady Antebellum and definitely think Henryville deserves to have a great prom after everything they've been though!

I'm from Joplin, MO and when I heard about this contest, my first thought was for our kids and their prom this year. We too lost our high school, along with several other grade & middle schools.

However, we have been so blessed to have someone step in and give our kids a prom. I vote for Henryville, IN to receive this special night from Lady Antebellum. From a town that has gone through this heartbreak, and seen what it has done to the kids, please help them out!

Those kids definitely need something positive to happen in their lives. If you can see your way to do this for this community who has lost so, so much, it would be truly wonderful

In fact my children do not even attend Henryville High but I am going to ask them to help their friend that does to create a video for Henryville! I have seen kids that didn't think they cared about school crying at the idea that they don't have school to attend. This week is the state testing my kids are taking their tests while the kids in Henryville want to be able to return to normal to have their school.