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Real Irony at the Fake Prom
Hopefully, you’ve already polished your tiara and ordered your orchid. You’ve probably spent every night this week at the sewing machine, cannibalizing several discarded pink dresses to create your own cotton candy monstrosity. Or maybe you’ve been spending all your time coaxing that “ugly” girl from your homeroom out of her glasses and ponytail as part of a troublingly chauvinistic bet. That’s right, the fifth annual Fake Prom takes place this Saturday night at the Palais Royale, so get ready to slow dance to “Stairway to Heaven” and cry when someone else wins Prom Queen.
The popular hipster hootenanny is the perfect way to reclaim your own (likely crappy) prom experience and indulge in all of the prom clichés made popular by every American movie and no Canadian reality. Attendees can get their picture taken under balloon arches or compete in one of the evening’s dance-offs. The fake prom committee even organized a match-making service so that, unlike the cruelty Real Proms, no one will be denied a prom date if they desire one.
Tickets to the Fake Prom are already sold out at Soundscapes and Rotate This!, but don’t wig out if you forgot to pick them up! 300 tickets are being held at the door, so if you get there early, there’s a good chance you can still get in.