David Levine is more comfortable flattening guys on the goal line than sashaying with girls on a runway. Yet sashaying he will be on Wednesday.
Why?
The same reason all of the linebacker’s other Morristown High School football and lacrosse pals will be doing it.
Mom told him to.
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“You can’t say no to Mom,” agreed Kyle Goss, a lacrosse player. David and Kyle were among 14 senior boys at Century 21 last week getting fitted for the March 16 Project Graduation Fashion Show.
They will be paired at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany with 14 senior girls, modeling the latest formal and casual wear.
Admission is $60 and includes dinner. Proceeds benefit Project Graduation, an all-night, alcohol-free party for the graduating class. The fashion show also includes a raffle of gift baskets full of items donated by area merchants.
Mothers volunteer for show duty when their children are underclassmen; this entitles their kids to participate as models when they are seniors, explained Joanne Donlin, one of the volunteers.
No word yet if any of the seniors will be modeling Morristown’s latest fashion craze, the Manhole Cover Hat.
But this year’s edition still may be destined to go down as a Morristown High trivia question: It features two sets of triplets, the Levines and the Gosses.
Although Kyle Goss looked sporty in a seersucker suit, his brother Doug exuded the same confidence he displayed as a tackle for the state champion Colonials football team.
“I always know I’m gonna look best,” Doug stated flatly. Any particular outfit? “Whatever they give me, I’m gonna wear.”
David Levine wasn’t too sure about the cammies that the ladies chose for him. But he already had rewritten his playbook for the show.
“To add flavor, I’m going to fake a proposal to my girl,” he said.
Donna Southard, another volunteer mom, could scarcely contain her glee. “I love it, it’s so much fun,” she said of the fitting session.
Vendors contributing items to the show include Cozy Tuxedo, Laboratory Hair Studio and Elliott’s Flower Shoppe of Morristown; Blush of Madison; Say I Do Bridal Boutique of Caldwell, Crystal Bay Group of Parsippany and Operation Bling of New Providence. Make-up artist Debbie Stewart also is donating her services.
As a slew of moms fussed over linebacker Alec Schunk and his borrowed Billabong sweatshirt, the Gosses’ dad, Brian, was trying hard to be inconspicuous.
What in the world was he doing here?
“I just drove the car,” he said.
For ticket information about the Project Graduation Fashion Show, contact Sally Casadevall at: smcasa AT optonline DOT net
What a great time! Thanks to all the moms, we can’t do it without you!