The award ceremony isn't really a big deal. Personally, I wouldn't drive far for it. We were within a half hour and I had two kids so we went. They had a couple of speakers at the beginning followed by calling the kids by name to go onto the stage to get their certificates. Some of the kids really dressed up but I had to scrunged up clean clothes for mine since we had just flown back into town very late the night before after a long trip. Some of the parents also filmed everything, but there were others like me who didn't even bother with a photo.
