Proms, or \u201creceptions\u201d as some schools call them, are formal dances sponsored by the school. They usually take place in May or June and are generally not a cheap endeavor. The boys have to rent tuxedos, the girls get their nails, hair and makeup done and buy long elegant dresses that they will probably wear once and then hang up in their closet for a few years before they donate it to Salvation Army. Flowers are bought, limos are rented and couples head off to whichever venue they have just paid $100 dollars for tickets to.
\nCouples arrive at the prom and take formal pictures, admire each other\u2019s dresses and sit down to a nice dinner. Once plates are cleared, the youngsters migrate to the dance floor, where they do anything but dance. The popular form of dancing known as \u201cgrinding\u201d has become the go-to dance style for most teenagers of today, and frankly it\u2019s a little discomforting! <\/p>\n
During all this \u201cdancing\u201d and commotion, shoes are ditched under the tables, costly up-dos fall out, and makeup runs. All of the money and effort that is put into prom quickly goes to waste. So what is the appeal to prom? Is there even an alternative? Well, in the 1950\u2019s there was! In the 1950\u2019s informal, school sponsored dances happened quite frequently and were known as sock hops. Sock hops were relaxed gatherings in the gymnasium of a high school where kids could go to dance, (actually dance, not \u201cgrind\u201d), listen to music and spend time with their peers. The dance was called a sock hop, because the kids had to take off there shoes so they wouldn\u2019t scuff the floors. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure how sock hops evolved into proms, because dancing around in your socks with friends doesn\u2019t seem like something that needs to be changed or improved!<\/p>\n
–Allie D. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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