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The Cost of Prom MAG
Every high school junior and senior dreams of attending the prom – the glamour, the glitz, the dressing up, and the memories – but the prom is becoming more and more expensive. Is this four or five hours worth the cost? Tickets range from $50 to $80, tuxedo rentals cost about $150, flowers are $40 or more, and prom dresses average at least $250. If you rent a limousine, there goes another $400. Your prom could cost almost $1,000! Is it really worth that much?
Most proms are held at locations that have catering and a DJ. Why don’t we go back to having the prom in the school gym? Attendees could go out for dinner beforehand. Underclassmen could decorate the gym and help pay for the dance. It doesn’t really matter where the prom is held; it is the fun that you have there and the memories that are important. High school students shouldn’t have to worry about going into debt to attend their prom.
Girls could consider renting dresses or making them. I was fortunate that my mother made my date’s dress. This saved her over $100. Since girls only wear their outfits once, why not rent them like the guys do with their tuxedoes? Dresses should not have to cost so much.
There’s no problem with renting a limousine to get to and from the prom as long as more than three couples go together and split the cost, especially with the price of gas lately. Yes, limos mean fewer cars on the road and make socializing more fun, but you can only rent them for so many hours and then you are stuck.
The prom could easily become less expensive if guys wore suits and girls wore nice long dresses. Having the prom in the gym and sponsored by the underclassmen would lower the ticket price. Parents could serve a special dinner at home to defer the cost of eating out.
In these tough economic times, with more and more parents being laid off, young people should not have to spend so much on a big fancy prom.
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I'm attending an alternative high school and this will be my high schools final prom due to the fact that our distric is shutting our school down. We are lucky enough to have the fallowing
Dresses for girls: free from local nonprofit organization with very gentley used dresses
Accessories and shoes: same place for these and are also free
Tux: Men's Whare House is giving our guys a great deal of a $50 dollar tux rental
Prom Tickets: 25 dollars
Location: On a cruise ship called The Lady Mary
If people take a little extra time to look for deals such as these proms could still be fancy and exciting having a night to remember for the rest of your lives. I mean the dresses shoes and accessories for the girls are free and you get to keep them. On our cruise we get to have our dj and we get to have catoring. I'm with you though about it being rediculous about spending sooooo much money for one night but there are so many ways to have the Priceless memories as NeverShoutLisa said because she's very correct
Dress and Shoe rental: 75 dollars
Dinner: 7 dollars
Hair & Makeup: Free
Photos: Free
The Memories: Priceless.
My prom last year was held in our High School Gym, which is where it is every year. Only a few girls buy the really lavish dresses, so we generally keep the cost low.
