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Mark Garrison & Emma Ryan Allen & Ellison 13

“I enjoy taking my daughter(s) to this event each year, “I enjoy the one on one time I get with her and seeing
it is a great time to celebrate her life and our father her face light up at the lights and princesses. She
daughter relationship. The event is all about spending enjoyed spending time with me, dancing and taking
time with each other and making her feel special. She pictures with the princesses.”
enjoys the venue as it reminds her of a castle and she
enjoys feeling like a princess.”

Brian Jones & Adler Patrick McCowan & Gabriella

“Adler and I have been going to the dance since 2017 and we “For both Gabriella and I it’s an evening that the
look forward to it every year. It’s a great cause that encourages two of us can dress up in our Sunday best, with no
intentional demonstration of how much these young girls are distractions, and focus on one another (we may talk a
loved by their fathers and other important adults in their lives.
While dads can demonstrate their love and commitment to their little about little brother and mom as well).”
daughters in many different ways, this event is magical for these
young princesses and their knights, and proceeds go to make a
difference with many worthwhile charities. Adler and I have been
doing this for several years, so after some mishaps with restaurant
selection by me including a yucky, fancy-mac-and-cheese story,
we’ve perfected our routine to include PF Changs, then the dance,
then Cheesecake Factory or Graeter’s. We are down to our final
year for the dance, but Adler will always be my princess.”