Your prom is one of the most prolific moments of your youth, a major event that you can look back on and be filled with joy and happiness in the future.
The school prom marks the end of the schooling experience, casting great shadows of happiness as well as sadness over you. Although this occasion is a great opportunity to dress up, laugh and dance with friends it is so much more than that.
The Daily Telegraphy says the:
“elaborate passing out celebrations for Year 11 students (aged15-16) and Year 13 (aged 17-18) have become a cultural phenomenon, stoking passions and rivalries, and refashioning the sense of what a school party should be. More than 85 per cent of schools in Britain hold school Proms, which range from no-frills dinners in school halls to tailor-made extravaganzas in five-star hotels with such extras as ice- cream vans and photo booths.”
Although the prom does surround the idea of glamour and glitz, it also offers the attendant a chance to say goodbye to the classroom and launch into adulthood.
Where we have birthdays and anniversaries annually there is only one prom per lifetime, thus have to plan each detail to result in perfection.
From the attire to the date, each stage has to be finely tuned to ensure that this night is one to remember.
One of the most important parts of the night it the journey to and prom the venue. Although we want to travel in style we also want to be with our friends and make the most of one of the last nights we will spend together.