Freshmen proms usually include a popularity contest of some sort, which designates 3 girls and 3 boys as places I, II and III "most popular" as chosen by student vote; the candidates have to undergo various entertaining challenges, which usually include pair dancing. After the meal students generally dance to popular music played by a hired DJ or sometimes a band.

10 Celebrities Who Were Prom Queens. The first dance of the prom is the traditional Polish polonaise. The event is often associated with excess in drinking, drugs, sex, and lavish nouveau-riche style of dressing and parading (there are families that would spend as much as a year's salary on their son or daughter' s night). Proms have been the source of many controversies, many of which involve LGBT students.

Bandies were usually the kids who could conform, were disciplined and had a higher purpose.

Conversely, if a high school has separate dances for juniors and seniors, the term "prom" is reserved for the juniors, and the dance for the seniors is called a "graduation ball" (often abbreviated as "grad ball" or simply "ball".) It is similar to prom night in the United States. The income is often used to finance a collective voyage of the students after the exams. MORP dances can be similar to a Sadie Hawkins dance where the Girls ask a Boy date, informal attire, and the decor can be dark or less elegant reflecting the "anti-prom" nature of MORP. This is called érettségi bankett (graduation banquet). Many post-proms (after-prom events) are at the school, and involve bringing entertainment such as interactive games, artists, and other entertainers to the school, as a means to deter underage drinking and other inappropriate behaviors.

In the past, the style was to dress in Victorian gowns and in an old-fashioned way, but these days the attire is similar to U.S. proms. [citation needed], In the 1970s, school discos had been another tradition of semi-formal events being held at various times of the year, in particular during the Christmas period, although not all secondary schools would allow such events or "do's".

In Argentina, there are "fiestas de egresados" for students finishing their last year of high school.

The students dress in Formal wear and attend in couples.

It is common to charge students an admission tax in order to offset the cost. Drew Barrymore has been known to host "prom parties" on at least two occasions, having once stated in an interview with Conan O'Brien in the late 1990s that she threw one for herself one time because she had always wanted a prom, but didn't get the chance, having not finished high school. Usually, a prom king and queen are chosen.

Traditionally, girls wear dresses or evening gowns and adorn themselves with ladies' jewelry such as earrings and a necklace. At the main event in the restaurant/hotel, there is music, usually pop and retro.

The dinner begins at 7 pm and the grade 11 class pose as the servers as well as the entertainment throughout the duration of the dinner. Members of the prom court may be given sashes to wear and photographed together.[4].

More like the prom is the German Abiball, that follows the official graduation ceremony.

Students can dance but other events may be involved, too, besides ballroom dancing. After the ball, the students sometimes attend a dinner in the evening, which is sometimes in a very formal restaurant. [16], Some high schools allow only the graduating class (seniors) to have a prom. In New Zealand, most state school balls are held in the winter months, between June and August, while in Australia, a "formal" is held at the end of the year to mark the end of schooling, as is the Valedictory Dinner. Normally, balls are formal but modern elements are included, too. Whereas graduation proms are more subdued and often not a public or even a school-wide event, many graduating classes choosing to restrict attendance just to the actual graduates and their teachers.

The journal of a male student at Amherst College in 1894 recounts an invitation and trip to an early prom at neighboring Smith College for women.

The Matric Dance has become one of the most popular occasions on the South African social calendar, but not without much controversy for its cost that, it is said, "could be as much as some people’s weddings".

The dance is planned for the grade 12 class as well as the upper sixth form class and is normally done the 1st Friday after both of the classes are done writing their A-Level and IGCSE examinations. They began to work on music together, fine-tuning their harmonization skills and creating innovative arrangements of songs they loved, all while writing new material. Sometimes teachers and parents also attend. Also in Scotland, it is customary for traditional Scottish country dancing (part of the curriculum of all secondary schools) to be included. In the Czech Republic, the last year in Gymnasium is celebrated with maturitní ples (“graduation ball”). Girls traditionally wear formal gowns or dresses. In Australia, some schools may also have a Valedictory Dinner, which is like the formal but has students, parents, and teachers instead of students and dates. In some cases, there is a combined junior/senior prom. The Polish equivalent of the prom (studniówka) is a very popular event held each year throughout the country; the word itself means "of or relating to 100 days". It is held before the final exams between January and May, depending on the region and school. It's normally held in hotels or saloons with a dance floor, music and dinner. Dinner is served as well as alcoholic drinks and delicatessen. The venue of the second part is determined by graduates and their parents; usually, it takes place in school, cafe, restaurant, on a boat or at the country. First, all graduates receive their diplomas. [7], The word prom originates as a truncation of promenade. In Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and North Macedonia, matursko veče (maturalna večer and maturska večer), as graduation night, is the event held at the end of the senior year.

Early proms were times of firsts: the first adult social event for teenagers; the first time taking the family car out after dark; the first real dress-up affair; and so forth.

Anti-proms can be private, unofficial proms that are privately created, outside the control of the school, usually by people who disagree with their school's prom policies. Students can bring dates and/or close family to the ball.

If the event is in the final year of high school, it is sometimes called a Dinner-dance, Leavers' Dinner or Debutante Ball but is also commonly called a School Formal or "Formal."

Schools, apart from international schools, holding proms are usually single-sex schools where normally the student unions in the schools will cooperate with each other in organizing the event. Studentbalen is usually held during the final weeks before graduating and can be formal. In Romania, distinct proms are held each year in high schools and college for both the graduating students as well as the newly enrolled ones.

In the evening, students head to a rented club to party. A noisy march through town is also part of the gig.

The students are not allowed to bring people from outside the school. In Vietnam, the equivalent to the prom is called liên hoan cuối năm. We seem to forget that celebrities were just like us before they shot to glorious fame. This is thrown simultaneously for fifth form and upper sixth form students during the months of June or July after the school's official graduation ceremony. In Ireland a debutante ball or debs may also be held. In India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, the equivalent to some extent is a farewell party or farewell gathering.

In 1975 U.S. First Daughter Susan Ford held her prom in the East Room of the White House.

The balls usually have a theme and the classes perform choreographed dance routines at the beginning or during the evening. On June 27, 2013, more than 300 students in Paris, France held a prom. The students only have a date to attend the first ceremony and they tend to go to the prom as groups.

Some schools host their proms at hotel ballrooms or other venues where weddings typically take place.

At the beginning of the ball, after a short speech by the headteacher, each student gets the ribbon from their form teacher who pins it on their jacket or dress. In Brazil, bailes de formatura are usual at the end of high school and at college graduation. This is more popular in the secondary education stage rather than in universities. The clothes are much the same kind as in the proms of other countries. Spit & Sawdust.

It starts with the students walking through the dance floor and dancing a waltz. Usually, "vypusknyi" consists of two parts.

Tradition states that on this winter day, seniors are allowed to pull pranks on their teachers and fellow students.

The prom in Denmark is well known for keeping the traditional dance Les Lanciers, where the third graders of high school (the seniors) start the whole dance, then the 1st and 2nd graders join later on (the high school, called "gymnasium" in Denmark, is three years). In Mexico, most high schools and junior high (middle school) have proms only allow the graduating class (seniors) to have a prom, after a church service for the graduating class. Many schools hold a formal graduation ball for finishing students at the end of the year in place of or as well as a formal.

A promenade dance, commonly called a prom, or a formal in Australian English, is a dance party of high school students.