"How so?" you ask with a quizzical facial expression.
These are "senior proms" with a formal dinner, dancing, live music (somebody's cousin's band who is just starting out) and King and Queen of the Senior Prom - and all of it is just for senior citizens.
The difference between high school seniors and an adult (very adult) senior prom is that you can have a cocktail before dinner. Having a shot before dinner, someone remarked, really gets our guests out on the floor - even if wheelchair confined! Rubber positively squeaks during their elaborate turns on the dance floor.
Very often volunteers - from the immediate neighborhood or high school seniors - help by serving food or partnering a senior on the floor or simply sit in the "wallflower corner" and chat with those that prefer not to hit the floor (literally in some cases.)
I think it sounds like a dynamite entertainment for those who didn't live where it was a custom, or a war separated them from participating and have consequently never been to one.
No dress, ladies of Staten Island? Visit where-to-turn.org which offers more than 350 formal outfits, free of charge. You can make a sartorial donation at any of the four Applebee's bar and restaurants there. Interestingly enough Applebee's caters these events.
I like the mixing of teens and nots. Both have much to learn from one another. And that's always a good thing.
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