The formal, attended by a number of teachers as well as the pupils of Upper Sixth (Year 14) was held at The Culloden Hotel on Thursday 13th February 1997.

There had been a number of fund-raising events prior to the formal itself, including a year group fancy dress party held upstairs in Carmichael's in Holywood and a 'pre-formal' at Paradise Lost, the nightclub attached to the Europa Hotel in Belfast where pupils from other schools such as Campbell and Strathearn also attended.

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After a fabulous evening at The Culloden, and last orders, the pupils were bussed to the Superbowl in Glengormley where the party continued at the after-formal until around 3 or 4am in morning. The buses then dropped everyone at City Hall in Belfast from where they found their own way home.

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