Prom season is here again for high school students, a night of fun and friends, a night where you and your date or group of friends dance the night away with you graduating class in attendance as well.

This year’s prom will be in downtown Austin on Saturday May seventh from eight o’clock to eleven o’clock at night. The prom location and theme change every year and sometimes they base the theme off of the location of prom that year.

“This year, prom is at the Omni Hotel downtown and it’s theme is James Bond/ 007,last year it was at the Bob Bullock Museum, and the theme was “Under a Starry Night.” senior Mady Chapa said.

People have different visions of prom, and they all want  and hope to fulfill their dreams of what they imagined prom night to be like since they were in elementary school.   

“I imagined going to prom my senior year instead of my sophomore year, there would be lots of people surrounding the dance floor, and my close friends would be with me all night,” sophomore Megan Davison said.

The rules for prom are resolute. Since it is a senior prom, any underclassmen or student from another high school has to be accompanied by a senior. There is also an age limit restricting people too young or old to attend prom.

“The age limit is no one younger than ninth grade and no one older than twenty-one,” Chapa said.

Senior prom consists of mainly seniors, and it can be a bit intimidating for the underclassmen that will also be attending prom, the parents of the students can also be a bit hesitant to let their child attend for the night with older students around.  

“I’m kind of nervous about going because there will be a lot of upperclassmen there, my parents are also quite hesitant but they are fine with me going, and they love my date,” Davidson said.

The amount of people attending prom stays consistent from year to year. With the students, advisors, servers, dj’s and other helpers throughout the night in attendance it is sure to be a great turn out.

“About 500-600 people are estimated to be attending prom this year, around the same number of people attended prom last year. I think about twentyfive percent  of the people will be underclassmen,” English teacher Candida Garrison said.

Prom consists of strenuous work, they had started working on prom ever since the class of 2016 were freshman, and the work has continued through the years. Restaurants, like Chick-fil-A and Whataburger, have helped donate towards prom by giving the school a percentage of their sales for the night.
“It has been my honor and privilege to be the sponsor of the class of 2016. I have never worked with a finer group of people and I will be so sad to see them go.” Garrison said.