LaughKat - your Wymoaning sojourn left you out of touch - what a vicarious life you lead. Its about finances NOT the twisted "dirty secret" your mind imagines.

Q - RIGHT ON!!!

Latino proms have been a part of the USA's Southwestern culture for at least 15 years that I know of.

The Latino Prom - is NOT a sanctioned Associated Student Body school sponsored activity. It is organized by the parents for their children.

Its main feature is its low cost. ASB Prom Bids today begin at 150.00 per couple. The formal tux and gown are added on, then dinner, and sometimes a limo. Per couple the cost frequently exceeds $500.00. For immigrant families, on low incomes with multiple children and....sometimes children with children the cost is excessive.

The Latino Prom is held at a local "hall." The dress is "fancy/nice" NOT FORMAL, therefore, the cousin's Quincinera dress or the black funeral jacket or sports-coat and tie are just fine. The parents cook, an uncle DJ's, the students decorate. Think of it as your "grand-parents" spring-fling. It is fun, it is reasonable, it builds community. The cost is around $50.00 per couple and "putting on the Ritz" is frowned upon. At some high-school the Latino Prom exceeds the attendance at the Junior Senior Prom by two and even three fold.

Why are you such a racist LaughKat?

Sincerely,
Gargoyle