People 25 and older can relive their prom in March for a little cash.The event at Robinson in Little Rock, Relive Your Prom, gives people the opportunity to go back and make it happen the way it was supposed to.
This is a little sad, a little delusional, and a little awesome.
From the website:
'The time has finally come for you to re-live that one moment that you once looked forward to back in high school, only this time you control the episode. For instance, were you the type who was too nervously nerdy to ask "that girl" to be your prom date? Or perhaps, your low self-esteem killed your confidence and kept you distant from the prom altogether. Or even worse, maybe you were an ugly duckling who has now been transformed into a gorgeous swan and you're now looking forward to being asked out by that prince who was once a frog.'
Then this bit of text after a dramatic pause:
'JUST LIKE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL HUH? LOL'
The event is supposed to be pretty accurately staged as a real prom, complete with ridiculous music and prom-posed photos.
Apparently this is going to be "the biggest event to ever hit the state of Arkansas."
Funny sections of the site include a memories tab, which takes you on a thumbnail image tour of pagers, Nokias, Karate Kid, and 80s toys.
Another section of the site, the image gallery, lets you "see for yourself" that one of the event organizers can download free stock photography of people dancing and having fun.
Seriously though, this could be cool.
I am completely for re-dos.
Not everyone had a perfect prom night. Mine happened to be great, but I know that wasn't the case for a lot of people.
My date and I went to Chuck E. Cheese's, and he was the prom king. We watched Disney movies afterward. My best friend, a girl, wore an open suit with a metallic bikini.
If there's one thing I'd change, it would be the hideous dress I wore. It was seafoam green with gold, sparkly bursts all over. Spaghetti straps, straight neckline, and billowy.
For $50, I could change this misstep in my life. My date would also be different, though still blondeish and cute.
I guess that part hasn't changed much.
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Add commentPlease, please share some
Please, please share some prom memories.
Prom
I took girls as dates to my prom...both times. I never much cared for the boys with whom I went to school. So, I guess it was just lucky Atkins was open enough to allow two girls go to prom together.
As for reliving prom, um, eh. I'd rather not. I'm perfectly happy allowing 16 and 17 to slip buy unmarked. Besides, maybe prom turned out exactly as it was supposed to.
Don't tell anyone, but I went
Don't tell anyone, but I went to Atkins prom one year.
I totally fell while dancing with my date.
Jade green
I had big hair, a jade green dress, which turned out to be a mistake because my boyfriend at the time was a serious ginger with FLAMING red hair. We embodied Christmas, never a good look.
On the plus side, when I look back on the group photos now, I know even as "festive" as my date and I were, we still didn't look as bad as the pasty white girl who has just come back from Jamaica with corn rows and a sun burn.
Come to think of it, maybe I need to send her the link to the prom. :)
Almost Half a Century Ago
The Junior-Senior Prom at our high school in northcentral Arkansas was a big deal because it was the only school dance we were allowed to have during the year. (Too many parents considered dancing a sinful activity.) My mother and I made my dresses both years, and back then, we did call them formals. They were floor length, generally sleevless with scoop necks, but never showed cleavage. The boys wore dress suits, but there were no tuxedos. My boyfriend and I attended my junior prom (which was his senior prom), but the next year, he had already graduated and only current juniors and seniors were allowed to attend. I went alone to my senior prom, but because I was on the prom committee, I kept plenty busy with the various chores committee members were assigned. Half a decade later, after my boyfriend and I were married and I had become a teacher, we attended several other proms as chaperones. I had a wonderful time at every single one of them, both as a student and as a teacher. Oh, by the way, the boyfriend and I are still husband and wife.
Wish I could see these
Wish I could see these creations. Color?
If I Remember Correctly
If I remember correctly, and that is a bit of a big if, one of the dresses was a pale ice blue and the other was a pale sea foam green. Very light pastels were the fashion back then for formal wear. Both dresses were made from a popular fabric of the time called whipped cream. Thank you, Ms. Spradlin for asking, and I always enjoy reading your work in the Log Cabin.
Cool beans!
My grandmother made my dress for me for junior prom. My senior prom dress was borrowed from a family friend.
This made me extremely lucky because I missed out on the horrible 90s sequins dresses. :P
My junior year, I asked out a
My junior year, I asked out a girl who was a senior, but whose boyfriend was in college, so she needed a date. We doubled with her best friend and that girl's boyfriend, who was in my class. Pretty nice evening all around.
Then we got the prom pics back. My mom said it looked like two 15-year-old boys on the arms of two 30-year-old women. Both Jeff and I still had braces and our dates had big hair, big makeup and pushup bras.
Jeff and his date never broke up. They are still married.
Prom? What prom?
In my senior year in high school, a few days before the prom, the principal issued an order that "students who had truancies during the year could not attend the prom." This took out nearly a third of the senior class, including me.
Looking back, I can somewhat understand the principal. He was extremely touchy about kids shouting "sieg heil" behind his back. You have to be of advanced years to remember that phrase.