OT New Random Thread Pt. 3

[cheernerd5678]

Why is everything related to prom so expensive? I'm so glad tickets are only $10 at my school bc I know in other places they can be $50+

 

[Cheerleading Is My Life]

Why is everything related to prom so expensive? I'm so glad tickets are only $10 at my school bc I know in other places they can be $50+

My prom ticket was 65... Do you get a dinner with yours? And is it held at a venue or just at your school? I had no idea that 10$ prom tickets were a thing!

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

Why is everything related to prom so expensive? I'm so glad tickets are only $10 at my school bc I know in other places they can be $50+

Ours were like $45 I think which wasn't that bad now that I think about what we got. But my dress was only $25 so that was awesome! Gotta love the clearance racks.

 

[ErinS]

Why is everything related to prom so expensive? I'm so glad tickets are only $10 at my school bc I know in other places they can be $50+

I think mine were $50 at least maybe $65/75 per couple





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[cheernerd5678]

My prom ticket was 65... Do you get a dinner with yours? And is it held at a venue or just at your school? I had no idea that 10$ prom tickets were a thing!

No dinner with ours, we just go out in our little groups. It's at a venue too. the reason it's so cheap is bc our sophomore year we have a penny war between our "studies" classes (social studies/English together) and all the money raised goes toward our senior activities to keep the cost down. The penny war is so intense, people get so in to it that we raise a ridiculous amount of money. And my class won [emoji136]
Between dress, alterations, flowers, shoes, hair, nails jewelry it adds up fast! Thank goodness for our super competitive class that was able to raise so much in the penny war!

 

[Cheerleading Is My Life]

No dinner with ours, we just go out in our little groups. It's at a venue too. the reason it's so cheap is bc our sophomore year we have a penny war between our "studies" classes (social studies/English together) and all the money raised goes toward our senior activities to keep the cost down. The penny war is so intense, people get so in to it that we raise a ridiculous amount of money. And my class won [emoji136]
Between dress, alterations, flowers, shoes, hair, nails jewelry it adds up fast! Thank goodness for our super competitive class that was able to raise so much in the penny war!

Ours comes with a dinner so that's one reason it's so much more expensive! And unfortunately our prom is student run and the school has no affiliation with our prom so we can't do school fund raising for it

 

[omgitssydthekid]

Our tickets were $50 a couple and you got a prom tshirt with your tickets.


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[FamousxMindset]

When I was a senior our dues were all inclusive it covered; the date's ticket, after prom for two, senior breakfast, shirt, picnic, and field day. I think the dues were about 90$.

 

[cheermomforever]

My prom ticket was 65... Do you get a dinner with yours? And is it held at a venue or just at your school? I had no idea that 10$ prom tickets were a thing!

My daughters SR prom is $100 a couple at a venue in town.

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

My daughters SR prom is $100 a couple at a venue in town.

I guess that's a lot but what does it include?

Ours was $45 and we got a sizable venue (we had around 800 kids in my class), DJ, buffet style dinner and desert, and the after party that had a ton of fun food, caricatures, tarot card reading, something else that I'm forgetting that was fun, like 4 different inflatables, prize raffles that included a car, and then whatever that gift is that you basically throw away after.

That isn't too shabby, tbh.

 

[cheermomforever]

I guess that's a lot but what does it include?

Ours was $45 and we got a sizable venue (we had around 800 kids in my class), DJ, buffet style dinner and desert, and the after party that had a ton of fun food, caricatures, tarot card reading, something else that I'm forgetting that was fun, like 4 different inflatables, prize raffles that included a car, and then whatever that gift is that you basically throw away after.

That isn't too shabby, tbh.

Nothing fancy, a nice dinner and DJ, few raffles I think.

 

[Official OWECheer]

Some schools' prom tickets are insanely expensive. I know that securing a good venue, DJ and catering service can be expensive but geez.

 

[fiercerando88]

IIRC ours was $90/person. This included pre-prom (we walk through the courtyard and get announced by couple/individual, then take a huge group pic. Snacks and drinks are available too.) Prom itself was at the Hyatt in boston, and that included dinner and our mandatory post-prom Boston harbor cruise. They wanted to prevent afterparties (didn't necessarily stop drinking at prom but still), so if you went to prom, you had to go on the cruise. The cruise had two floors, one was more dancing, one had drinks (soda, juice and water) and snacks and karaoke. We wee bussed back to the school and picked up around 7am.

I guess for all that, $90 isn't horrible, but I'm shocked some of you pay so little!


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[Cheer Dad]

Looking for info/opinions on Premier Athletics/Michigan Xtreme and a new place called Big Time Cheer which is owned by a former UCA instructor.

Anyone have knowledge or experience with either that can share?

Pm me if you prefer.



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[dandelion]

I'm writing a paper based on if historians should take a novel seriously or not and I'm already out of ideas to talk about and I still need 3,000 more words. I've talked about the author, how a book is classified between fiction and nonfiction (I still need to tie in why historians should or shouldn't take it seriously based on the classification), and how some of the characters in the book are based off of real people along with the main plot being based off of true events. I just feel like theres no way to get this paper to 5000 words.

Could you include some examples, potentially critique two novels, one which provides a good representation of the era it's set in and one that doesn't? You could contrast a description of a time as set out in a novel to that portrayed by other sources. That could generate some discussion as to why the two differ. What 'the point' of the novels are (to entertain and therefore prone to exaggeration or to tie in with the plot versus being purely informative?) and whether reliability relates to how long after the period discussed the books were written/the background of the author etc. Just a few ideas, hope some of that's helpful! Sounds like a fascinating topic.

Eta: Just another thought: In books written in the time they were set, details that may be considered trivial such as clothing, 'cultural norms' and opinions can prove invaluable as they are not affected by the bias of the plot. I reckon it's definitely worth making a distinction between novels written in the time they were set and whether the author can therefore be considered a primary source and those written after which rely on other sources for their information.