Prom.

[Homicidalheathen]

I wish I had the time and finances to organize a goth prom for graduates this time of year.

Mine are not going.

Clothes...expensive, 2-3 hundered bucks for two.

65 bucks a ticket?

Rent limo.....

dinner....

For hip hop and booty crap?

I think they are going to the haunticon instead....my treat. Maybe the ball...dunno

But I think it would be great if someone organzed a goth ball for the graduates encompassing the entire metro area and rented a hall or something.

[Scary Guy]

It's really just an expo (hauntcon) for people in the horror industry. I think they'd have way more fun at www.cinemawasteland.com in ohio.

[Scales]

Whatever happened to school dances that were more like venues for local bands?

The school system's over-obsession with conservative attire is completely ridiculous. I didn't get on my school's composite (pictures of students in the halls) because I was wearing all black and an Iron Maiden t-shirt. A friend of mine was dressed up to meet their standards, but they wouldn't take his picture because he was wearing makeup. :erm

[EvilLilRedHead]

Hauntcon is open to the public....

I am working for Realm Of Darkness this yr, In Pontiac

We are open to the public

hours are 8pm til 11:30pm

you can check out the site @

therealmofdarknesshaunt.com

[sass_in_the_pants]

Having been a goth at my high school prom...

I found a silver/black dress at TJ Maxx for $20. And, I got ALOT of wear out of that dress - I must have worn it to city for YEARS after that...until it just had too many cigarette burns to deal with.

My mom and I sewed vinyl gloves for $10 (and alot of frustration. My mom is so sweet!) I was going for catwoman, but got more Penguin. No matter. Everyone loved them, including me. Sold them to Vintage Noir for $10, so in the end they were free!

Split a limo among like twelve of us. Cost $10 per person (we only took it TO the place and had left our cars there the night before)

Dinner before hand consisted of spaghetti and meatballs at a friend's house. YUM!

Tickets were, like $30, and that was expensive, but I had spent WAY more on concert tickets before, so I figured I shouldn't bitch.

Corsage? Pfftt. Neighbor's rose bush (free), pins, elastic and floral tape all from my mom's junk drawer (also free).

But, sheesh, $65 per ticket now!! That's outrageous!! And you have TWO!! What the hell are they thinking that people can afford that? Even if you could find a cheap dress and stuff, that $65 ticket price is a bitch.

[Head Wreck]

i really dislike lincon towncar limos. thier getting common here full of pissed up teenage girls who scream. what is it with the screaming incohurently.

i gues proper Daimlers are uncommon there. limmo yet oh so gothdue to age.

whats worse. my younger cousin went to a school prom last year, FFS were getting americanised over here. call the light brigade somebody. time for tiffin'

[Marblez]

I wish I had the time and finances to organize a goth prom for graduates this time of year.

Mine are not going.

Clothes...expensive, 2-3 hundered bucks for two.

65 bucks a ticket?

Rent limo.....

dinner....

For hip hop and booty crap?

I think they are going to the haunticon instead....my treat. Maybe the ball...dunno

But I think it would be great if someone organzed a goth ball for the graduates encompassing the entire metro area and rented a hall or something.

Limo....oh hell no... Have Scary Guy chauffer

[pomba gira]

But, sheesh, $65 per ticket now!! That's outrageous!! And you have TWO!! What the hell are they thinking that people can afford that? Even if you could find a cheap dress and stuff, that $65 ticket price is a bitch.

I'm pretty out of the loop AFA secondary school polilcies, but $65 seems really excessive to me. Is this a public school? If so parents need to get together and challenge that. Given how utterly fucked the state economy is, that cost would definitely be a hardship for most parents in the average MI district. There is tons of legal precedent against public schools excluding students from events like a prom because of inability to pay. If it were a school-sponsored trip that would be one thing, but a prom is supposed to be something ALL students can attend.

[Marblez]

I'm pretty out of the loop AFA secondary school polilcies, but $65 seems really excessive to me. Is this a public school? If so parents need to get together and challenge that. Given how utterly fucked the state economy is, that cost would definitely be a hardship for most parents in the average MI district. There is tons of legal precedent against public schools excluding students from events like a prom because of inability to pay. If it were a school-sponsored trip that would be one thing, but a prom is supposed to be something ALL students can attend.

I graduated from Plymouth Salem in 1993 and that was about the going rate then as well. Prom, unfortunately, was (at that time)generally planned by the Student Council/Preppy types whose families tended to have more $$. I think that's pretty much how it is everywhere.

[Homicidalheathen]

Yup public school. And I was up buying beer and saw a totally rediculous stretch go by.

[Scary Guy]

I didn't even go to mine. I hated everyone and everyone hated me (not much has changed I know) so I figured I'd save them the trouble.

[Homicidalheathen]

Yah I know. I met someone (who shall remain nameless but is an ass) who said you were not very popular in high school and he still doesn't like you. And I hung out with said person 1 night....and didn't like him so.....his loss.

[Scary Guy]

Yah I know. I met someone (who shall remain nameless but is an ass) who said you were not very popular in high school and he still doesn't like you. And I hung out with said person 1 night....and didn't like him so.....his loss.

Awesome, I still don't like him either.

I always said I was popular in a bad way, everyone knew me and hated me.

[Homicidalheathen]

kinda like an obnoxious rock star?