Lady Antebellum will perform at a "mini-prom" in the tornado-torn town of Henryville, Indiana.
The Grammy-winning country band will perform a belated prom bash for students at Henryville Junior-Senior High School, followed by a benefit for the devastated community on Wednesday, May 16.
"With everything's that's happened - the tornado and the destruction - now we'll have something else to remember for the rest of our lives," 17-year-old Henryville junior class vice president Kaitlyn Maloney, who rode out the March 2 storm with her parents in the basement of their Henryville home, told the Associated Press. "This will give us something to remember that's happy."
The Henryville school received the honor after winning Lady Antebellum's online "Own the Night" contest offering one school a prom concert. Schools from other communities and states submitted YouTube videos on behalf of Henryville, which was hit by two tornadoes which killed 13 people in Indiana and 24 in Kentucky.
Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott said she was moved by the "selfless" entries from other schools, including Henryville's rivals.
"That was just such, honestly, an encouraging thing to think that those high schoolers, that generation, they're that helpless, they want to help each other that much," she told AP. "It was definitely an easy decision."
Due to a scheduling conflict, the band was not available to perform the school's April prom, but opted instead for the mini-prom, which will be followed by a benefit concert for the town and an online drive, which had earned over $119,000 by Wednesday morning.
"We want to just go there and hopefully bring a little joy, meet them, shake their hands, encourage them to try to get through it as best as they can," singer Charles Kelley said.
Lady Antebellum band member Dave Haywood recently married Kelli Cashiola, a Warner Bros. Records music executive, on April 14 near Nashville, Tennessee. The two had been friends for over five years before going public as a couple at the Country Music Association Awards on November 9.
Fellow band mate Hillary Scott married fiance Chris Tyrrell on January 8.
Lady Antebellum released their third album "Own the Night" on September 13. The group took home five Grammys at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.
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