Prom

 

This weekend I had Prom. Prom is a formal dance organized by the school at the end of the school year. At our school both Juniors and Seniors (+Date) were allowed to go. Everybody dresses up: Girls are wearing nice dresses and boys tuxedos (I rented mine and it was $180).

 

The day started for me at 10:00: I got up, picked up my tux (more expensive suit) and got ready. A couple hours later I got picked up by a friend, we picked up our prom dates and then went to a friend's house to take pictures. We were a group consisting out of 8 couples (16 people). All parents came to take pictures. After taking.. well it felt like 10000 pictures, we drove to very fancy restaurant called "Country Club", it was very expensive but also very good!

 

After dinner we finally went to Prom which was in the school gym. Firstly we had the "Grand March", which is a March where every couple is announced and is walking through the gym while family and other students are watching and taking pictures. The gym was really crowded and the standings were actually full. This took about 2 hours (there were more than 400 couples). After the March the actual dance started, the music unfortunately wasn't really good, so we left after 1 hour to a friend's house where we changed clothes and hang out until post prom.

 

Post Prom was actually the most fun part
of Prom. It started at 12:30 pm and went until 4:30 am. On the way there we had a little car crash so we arrived a little bit late. It was at NDSU, the North Dakota State University. When we finally arrived there we all were very hungry, so we first ate something,

of course... pizza! At Post Prom were a lot of different games like Bowling, Table Tennis, Pool, Bingo, Gambling and much more... we tried to do as much as possible. There were also a lot of prices like cash, gift cards, iPads, Beats Headphones etc. that you could win. In the end there was a hypnotist show which was extremely funny.

 

Afterwards we went to a friend's house again, ate breakfast, and just hang out for a bit. But at 6:30 we all decided to go home. So we went home and finally (!) went to bed. 

 

I have to say it was really one of the best nights I've had here, it was a lot of fun, and one of the most American High School experiences overall.

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More picture coming soon...