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    The document discusses high school proms in the United States, including how students spend a lot of time and money planning their prom outfits, activities, and transportation for the formal dance event at the end of the school year. Proms have become less focused on dates and more about attending with friends or alone. Rituals of the prom include photos, speeches, and sometimes crowning a king and queen.

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    The document discusses high school proms in the United States, including how students spend a lot of time and money planning their prom outfits, activities, and transportation for the formal dance event at the end of the school year. Proms have become less focused on dates and more about attending with friends or alone. Rituals of the prom include photos, speeches, and sometimes crowning a king and queen.

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    The document discusses high school proms in the United States, including how students spend a lot of time and money planning their prom outfits, activities, and transportation for the formal dance event at the end of the school year. Proms have become less focused on dates and more about attending with friends or alone. Rituals of the prom include photos, speeches, and sometimes crowning a king and queen.

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    USA - High School prom

    Many students spend a lot of time, money and effort in planning for the evening’s
    event. In the past, the prom was more of a couple’s event. Today less emphasis is placed on
    couples, and students may go alone, with a date or with a group of friends. Girls wear formal
    dresses, and the boys wear suits or tuxedos. Many students arrive in limousines or party buses.
    Later, dinner is served, and a professional photographer takes the students’ pictures. Other
    rituals may involve speeches by the class president, the announcement of this year’s winners of
    various awards, and the crowning of king and queen of the prom.
    The month is June, and high school students across the country are gearing up for their
    annual school prom. The prom is a formal dance that marks the end of the school year. For
    many students it is “the” social event of the year. There is a great deal of anticipation and
    preparation. Schools may have proms for each year’s class; freshman, sophomore, junior and
    senior, but there is no doubt that the senior prom is the biggest of all. This is their graduating
    year and their “last hoorah”. To make it a memorable event, many students spend a lot of
    money, time and effort planning the evening.

    In past years, the prom was more of a couple’s event. A boy would ask a girl to be his
    date, and he would escort her to the prom. This meant buying the girl a flower (a corsage) to
    wear at the dance and picking her up at her home. It also meant meeting the parents and
    having lots of pictures taken! Today’s proms have less emphasis on couples. Many students go
    with a date, but many also go with a friend, in groups of friends or even alone (stag). Whether
    you have a date or not, the evening is full of laughter and tears of joy.
    As the prom is a formal event, many girls wear ball gowns/party dresses and the boys
    are mostly in suits or tuxedos. Those who can afford to may rent a car, preferably a limousine,
    so they can arrive in style! Others pool their money with a group of friends and rent a party bus.
    Dinner is often served, and students/couples can have their picture taken by a professional
    photographer.
    In the course of the evening, the class president has a welcoming speech and, along with
    the student council, they announce the winners of various awards. At some schools they crown
    a king and queen, which for many is the highlight of the evening. Regardless of the various
    rituals, there is always music, dancing and a spirit of pride and accomplishment which can be
    felt throughout the evening. The prom is a very important event for many students, and most
    wouldn’t miss it for the world!

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