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Originally posted by ISUKappa
The issue with Prom season in Iowa, it's usually in April-May and weather is very unpredictable. It could be 70 and sunny, it could be 30 and snowing. Besides, most likely, no one would have had a suitable area to hold it or we would have to sit through senior Prom smelling pig shit. Honestly, Prom wasn't all that big of a deal in my hs. Hardly anyone got limos; if you spent over $100 on a dress, that was being extravagant; we didn't have a Queen/King -- it was just another dance where you got a little more dressed up. Sometimes I think it would have been cool to go to a school where it was more of a big deal, but eh...
Now, back to your regularly scheduled topic.
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ISUKappa, I think we went to the same high school.
I grew up in a town of 1200 people (and, honestly, I think they were counting house pets, too), and graduated high school with 63. Our prom was held yearly in the gym, which was decorated nicely-wires running length wise wall to wall so we could hang gossamer so you weren't looking at the ugly gym roof and to feel more intimate, coverings on the floor and walls, usually a fountain or statue in the middle. We tried as hard as we could to make it feel like a ballroom. We couldn't go off campus, frankly, b/c the school district couldn't afford the liability insurance of someone getting hurt, us causing damage, etc.
Lack of money for insurance was the same reason we didn't have a football team
