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How To have a Fabulous and Memorable Prom Night
Author : Patricia Kopp
Prom is a night for graduating seniors to celebrate their twelve
plus years of school. It is one of the last few times that your
class will get together and have a good time. It is a time when
you realize that you are leaving high school behind and are
growing up and becoming a young adult. It is a time for
graduating seniors to make a great memory and here are some
ideas to have a fabulous and memorable prom night:
1. Create a prom scrapbook. Fill a binder with mementos such as
the price tag from your dress, your corsage, your ticket stubs--
anything that has to do with prom night. Then decorate the
outside of the scrapbook with a collage of your favorite prom
pictures. Theme the scrapbook with the same theme as your prom.
2. Be organized with your prom planning. Have a checklist of
everything you need to get done for prom including your dress,
activities before and after and who you are going with. Also,
plan your pre-dance dinner if needed well ahead of time. Prom
night is a popular night for local restaurants, so reserve a
table for you and your date at least a month prior to the event.
3. Be sure to rest before the big night. Having fun on prom
night will use up a lot of energy. You will be stressed from all
the preparations and with all the dancing you will be doing, you
need to make sure that you get a good night's sleep before prom
and maybe even take a nap the day of prom. If you talked your
parents into extending curfew on prom night, you will need all
the sleep you can get beforehand. Believe me you will have more
fun if you are not dead tired.
4. Most students find the prom a lot more fun if they go in a
group. Couples can share a car, and several cars can go together
and arrive at the dance at the same time. Or super size your
prom ride by renting a minibus. Pass around a list and recruit
your group. A ride this size costs less than a limo does per
person. You will all arrive together and you can all sit
together at the same table and enjoy each other's company all
evening. Remember that the earlier you arrive, the better your
chances will be of finding an empty table where you can all sit
together.
5. You may want to get together at one person's house to take
group pictures and have hors d'oeuvres. Throw kind of a pre-prom
"mocktail party" with virgin drinks. This gives everyone an
opportunity to get a good start on the evening. It will also
give parents a chance to make a fuss over all of you and take as
many pictures as they want. They will probably be having as much
fun as you are.
6. Buy a bunch of one time use cameras and pass them around to
your friends. Set a goal to use every last picture before the
night is through. Hopefully, you will want to remember this
night forever and this way you will get plenty of candid shots.
7. Dance away the night. Don't be a wall flower on prom night.
Get up and dance! If you don't want to slow dance with your prom
date, don't let that stop you from having fun. Pull your friends
onto the floor and dance in a circle.
8. Sometimes students don't spend much time at the dance, but
just show up for pictures and leave. These are the ones that
really miss out on the fun. This may be the last time you will
be seeing a lot of the people you have spent the last four years
of high school with. It may be the biggest party you will ever
attend where you know so many people in attendance. Enjoy it and
have a great time! You'll remember it when you look back years
later, and it will be a good memory.
9. Take care of your belongings. Don't leave valuables on the
table or in bathrooms. Even if you think you know everyone at
the dance, it would be very sad to lose a camera or your money
just because you were careless and left it sitting around
unattended.
10. After prom is over, be playful and have fun. Some
suggestions: After prom, go bowling or to a late-night arcade.
There's nothing like friendly competition to really get everyone
laughing. Or go to a late night diner all dressed up and order
fries and a milk shake; it'll hit the spot and you'll get lots
of attention. You can even gather in a friend's house or
backyard or on the beach, take your shoes off, turn up the music
and really dance. Even the most ordinary things become more fun
when you're dressed up! You're only in high school once. You
might as well enjoy your night and make it last as long as you
can.
Prom is a wonderful way to celebrate with your class but please
don't make choices on prom night that you will regret later.
Don't drink or use drugs as both impair your judgment, can hurt
you and are illegal. You want this to be a night you can
remember in a good way not a bad one.
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