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A promenade dance or promenade, [1] [2] commonly called a prom, is a dance party for high school students. It may be offered in semi-formal black tie or informal suit for boys, and evening gowns for girls. This event is typically held at or near the end of the school year.
The prom committee attempted to book The Beach Boys for the dance, but were unable to secure the band. Instead, two lesser-known bands were booked: Sandcastle and the Outerspace Band, the latter of which charged a $350 (equivalent to $1,982 in 2023) performance fee. [2] Seventy-four Holton-Arms seniors and their dates attended the dance.
A ball is a formal dance event often characterised by a banquet followed by a social dance. Ball dancing emerged from formal dances during the Middle Ages and carried on through different iterations throughout succeeding centuries, such as the 17th century Baroque dance and the 18th century cotillion .
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Some dance parties are held in a casual setting and open to the public, such as a rave, or those held in nightclubs. Other types of dance parties may be a formal or semi-formal private event which often require guests to don formal wear and have an invitation or membership within the community hosting the event, such as school dances and ...
A prom is a dance party of high school students. Prom, Proms or The Prom may also refer to: Programmable ROM, a form of digital memory;
Films which prominently feature a prom (short for "promenade dance"), or where the plot revolves around the preparations or aftermath of a prom. The typical setting of the film genre is an American secondary school ("high school"), though real-life proms may take place in other educational institutions or different countries.