Prom season is a time for high school students to plan elaborate proposals, shop for fashionable formalwear, and arrange blowout events in the effort to make prom a night to remember. Here are this year’s most popular prom trends:

Live streaming feed for students who couldn’t get date



Moment of silence to honor our fallen heroes overseas



“The Centaur” replacing “Rabbit Redux” as this year’s most popular John Updike–based prom theme



Adult chaperones given two minutes at start of dance to explain why exactly they chose to spend night off doing this



Cash bar for dates 21 and over



Viennese Waltz continues to supplant American-style tango as preeminent dance



King and queen required to break at least five social boundaries in order to be crowned



More DJs ending night with special father-son dance



After-party held right in lobby of hospital ER



Many students are following up their prom experience with unprotected intercourse

