P.E.I. prom pics: blast from the past

Emotions run high this time of year in homes in which teens are graduating. And it's not just final-exam jitters. It's all about prom: the date. The clothes. The parties. The hair!

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What could be more fun than dashing down a memory lane filled with acres of tafetta and a nose full of hair spray?

CBC asked some of P.E.I.'s well-known faces to dig through their photo albums and share the nostalgia of what is arguably one of the biggest moments in a teen's social life.

Bruce Rainnie

The CBC News: Compass host graduated from Dartmouth High School in Dartmouth, N.S., in 1985, and prom fell on June 20 his birthday. Even now, he describes his gray tux as "stylish."

Bruce's date Christine Frankin was one of his "best pals" throughout high school, so "she had to be the one I asked. Glad she accepted!"

They danced the night away to the John Alphonse band. Frankin went on to become a lawyer in Ottawa, Ont..

Eddy Quinn

"Oh we thought we were cool," said Eddy Quinn, the lead singer with Fiddler's Sons -- arguably the most successful and best-known country folk band on P.E.I.

He does not have a photo of himself and his date, just this one of his buddies typical country boy.

"Great lads and still the best friends a guy could want!" Eddy said, who admits to having "coasted" through Montague Regional High School, graduating in 1992.

Martha MacIsaac

Martha MacIsaac grew up in front of our eyes as Emily on the long-running CBC television series Emily of New Moon, and graduated from Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown in 2002.

MacIsaac is still in show biz, living in Los Angeles, Calif.. Her latest effort is the lead role inthe award-winning historic TV seriesThe Pinkertons, shot in Canada.

Her mum Irene shares that MacIsaac has just finished shooting a major movie, Battle of the Sexes with Steve Carrell of The Office and her pal Emma Stone, with whom she starred in 2007's Superbad. The website IMDb.com reports the movie will be released in 2017.

MacIsaac's prom date Derek Ellis, although not pictured, is still one of her best friends.

Tyler Murnaghan

Thechairmanof Pride P.E.I., Tyler Murnaghan, graduated just last yearfrom Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown.

Tyler is looking pretty spiffy in his black suit and pale pink tie, which coordinates with his date Kelly McGrath's gown.

"[Prom] was never really that important since I didn't have someone special to be my date," shared Murnaghan. He and McGrath had become friends on student council that year, so went together.

Leanne Butler

Leanne Butler was the public face of the RCMP on P.E.I. as their spokeswoman for the past couple of years, and is now supervisor of police operations withQueens District RCMP.

She graduatedin 1987 fromClarenville High School in Clarenville, N.L.

"I paid a family friend $30 for gas money to be my date," Butler revealed. "It's now a family joke," she laughed.

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