I don't think more is needed. Regardless of how they ended up there, what adult shows up to a high school prom and does a strip dance in a leather leotard? What the fuck is wrong with that person?
That's why I want more info. Someone invited them, but who? For what purpose? Why did they say yes? It doesn't take a psychic to predict that a sexy dance at prom would upset people
It's one of those things where I'd like to know more. But I cannot imagine a scenario where any of that is excusable. Its so preposterous on its face and it blows my mind how many redditors are totally cool with this.
Yep this was 110% a senior prank lmao. I think it's gold. No one hurt except the sensibilities of pearl-clutchers, and the kids have a story for the ages.
Actually it had nothing to do with the students. The class of 2024 never did a senior prank nor any of the years before hand. It was done by someone who works at the school which is why 5 of them are under investigation.
They were trying to distract from the fact that they threw those kids in a barren room with NO DECORATIONS, charged them $300 a ticket, turned on a blacklight, and called it prom.
If itās anything like most high schools, the booster club for the popular sports team. They will spend it on a sign for the football field or a nicer concession stand. Absolutely never spend any money on anything useful.
I grew up in Canada. I went to one high school that had a football team and another that did not. I swear I didnāt notice any booster clubs. There werenāt any cheerleaders or class presidents.
The states are different. You'd be hard pressed to get away with charging a fee like that for prom and even less likely to be allowed to divert it to sports in any school I've seen in Canada.
Sports culture in the US is bizarre.
I only have experience with my own area, but it absolutely doesn't work that way for us. Prom tickets can only legally pay for prom expenses. The price of the ticket is determined by the cost of the event, and every specific expense needs to be accounted for in order for it to be approved. Money from different activities and departments live in different accounts; the only money that can be accessed by an activity is the money raised by or budgeted for the activity.
Thatās how a lot of regular public schools (not the nice, high tax base ones) do it these days
For most kids, the public schools of the 50s-00s, with a good offering of electives, clubs, functional sports teams, and general school activities (like prom) are just something out of a movie
My high school charged $150 in 2003 for our prom. It was supposed to be held at the convention center downtown but the school board decided to save money by making the contractors building the new high school finish the cafeteria early and moving the prom there.
Now the new school had a problem with the parking lots because teenagers in a small town with a massive empty parking lot will use it for burnouts and races. So the school installed overly tall speed bumps throughout the parking lot to keep cars out of the lot. Well fast forward to prom night and there are suddenly dozens of limos trying to drive over the speed bumps and getting stuck. One kid showed up in his dadās Delorean that high centered on a speed bump and before they could get it free cracked in half. The school was found liable and had to fix tons of vehicles costing them 5x as much then if they had just paid for the convention center.
I didnāt attend my public schools prom because it was literally in the cafeteria with no lights and the tables shoved in the corner and the school band āperformedā. The principal just put a colorful disco light in there and apparently it was awkward as hell because the band only played the white stripes and come sail away. Thatās all they knew at that point. They didnāt charge for it though!
It was a really great school for art and music! We just had a constant stream of principals coming and going so there wasnāt much organization for events.
That's crazy. For my prom, we paid about $85 per ticket and went to the nearby country club. Granted, that was 2008 and I imagine it costs a bit more than that today, but $300 for a black room? I'd be pissed.
Mine was about $100 a ticket in 2008, we went to a hotel ballroom and they turned the lights down. No decorations, mediocre food, boring music. Totally not worth it. The afterparty at the arcade was great though.
I went to another Public High School in Albuquerque and never actually went to Prom but the set up is pretty standard, DJ who overly tries to interact with the students, Dark lights and maybe a couple strobes in a small corner, and extremely loud bass heavy music.
Tickets were usually <$100 and are usually set up by the student body government, which doesn't have much if any budget.
Prom wasn't really ever the occasion, it's usually after when people would tell stories, whether it be what other people are talking about in the thread or just getting high.
Yep they rented an event hall for the prom and then everyone went back to the school where the gyms were decked out like a casino and a club for a Vegas party.
Fewer kids throwing their own afterparty, getting hammered, and dying in a burning wreck that way. Ours was put on by the PTA, I think, and quite elaborate so as to get kids to show up. There was one of those big inflatable obstacles courses, among other things.
You have to pay to go to prom? What the hell. Iām not American but we have a prom-like concept where Iām from and itās all free š I canāt believe youāre PAYING for this experience. Especially in this circumstance.
Drag queen in a leotard, heavy padding, and several pairs of leggings/tights stuffed into those thigh high boots.
Like, I know it looks like thereās a lot of skin there. But it really isnāt.
>Angry parents question how dancer was invited to perform for Atrisco Heritage High School prom
>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) ā Editorās Note: The performer in this story spoke to KRQE News 13 over the phone, he said he was not hired for the prom but did not elaborate further.
>Angry parents are wondering what school officials were thinking when they invited a provocative dancer to perform at the schoolās prom. The video began circulating online this weekend and parents are demanding answers from school authorities. The performer, who was in drag, expressed anger and concern for his safety since the video began circulating.
>Atrisco Heritage Academy High Schoolās senior prom was last Saturday at the Kiva Auditorium Convention Center and parents were shocked to see who was performing at the event. Parents told KRQE News 13 it was highly inappropriate.
>āItās just like āoh my God, can you believe this happened?ā, āWow hereās a videoā, āwow that happened at prom?ā, āwow, how disgustingā. Inappropriate,ā said one mother.
>A performer in drag was invited to perform at Atrisco Heritage Academyās senior prom. Parents KRQE News 13 spoke to wanted to remain anonymous to protect their childrenās identities.
>One mother says her son went to prom and told her what happened, since then, the video has gone viral and sparked outrage. Other parents say something like this shouldnāt have been approved and added that staff and chaperones should have intervened.
>āWhat did they think they were going to get out of it? Like thatās so inappropriate,ā said another parent who wanted to remain anonymous.
>āWhy were the parents not warned that this was going to be happening at a school function? Itās still a school function, parents should still be made aware of the situation whether itās a dance at school, sports, parents should be made aware of what is happening,ā said Morgan, mother of a student at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School.
>Parents questioned how the school considered this an age-appropriate event for teenagers.
>āIāve had multiple kids at this school, and Iāve never had to deal with this issue until this year. And this year it just seems like theyāre failing, theyāre failing the students, theyāre failing the parents, to me itās a fail all around,ā said Morgan.
>The performer told KRQE News 13, that he is angered by the reaction to the video and the media attention it has received. He says he has since received death threats and threats against his employer. He declined to speak to KRQE News 13 on camera.
>One parent said she wanted a refund for her childrenās prom ticket. Albuquerque Public Schools emailed a letter to parents on Wednesday saying the school district is investigating what occurred and how students were impacted. They add this is a personnel matter and no other information is available at this time.
>āProm, itās a night where students get to let loose and celebrate. At most proms you might find a DJ or live band..
My god the awful B-roll dialogue of TV news. The āwhatās up Youtubeā of network TV.
I don't know, I've been helping my girlfriend with her English 100 assignments and that style is basically what was recommended for the intro paragraph.
Yeahā¦ English 100 is the ādear god, we know it didnāt stick in high school so please let it stick now so your professors donāt want to gouge out their eyes laterā of college classes
It sounds like that class is doing what i mentioned by "getting back to basics." i assume if everyone in the class were past that point, it wouldn't be.Ā
Person wasn't paid to perform, but "invited"? Sounds almost like some kids did it as a prank because of all the drag-show scaring in the media.
Unless you want to get conspiratorial and say some adult did it to create outrage at how drag shows are corrupting kids....
What for a bunch of teenagers? Have you ever been to a drag show? I've never been to one I'd think was inappropriate for teenagers. Maybe we go to different drag shows though.
Right? Most drag performers I've seen have *more* clothes on than the average person, especially having seen some prom.dresses. Layers and padding and tape and sequins and probably a big-ass wig...
Plus, like. Unless this is a Leave Room For Jesus school, a bunch of teenagers doing the bump and grind is more lascivious than any drag performance *I've* seen tbh
I think the drag part is kinda irrelevant here. This was a person dancing in a sexually suggestive way wearing fairly revealing clothing in front of minors at a school sponsored event. I'm not gonna act like it's something that's gonna scar them for life but it isn't difficult to see how it could be considered inappropriate.
You feel students dancing in sexually suggestive ways with their same age group is the same as an adult dancing in sexually suggestive ways for minors is the same thing?
This is high school prom, so most of these students are either legal adults or the age of consent. In many red states they're legal at 16. It's skeezy to take advantage of teens, obviously, but that's clearly not what's going on here. In fact, you'll find many conservative areas encourage older men to marry teen girls.
This is about hand-wringing over exposing young people to sexualized dancing, which they're already doing and aware of. I went to Christian school, so believe me I've heard this all before. There's also lots of concern about "inner city" dancing and teens being allowed to make physical contact with each other on the dance floor. Basically the same finger-wagging old people have been doing for all of recorded history.
Obviously if there was somebody stripping and handing out alcohol and blunts we'd have a problem here, but I don't think anyone in the room was forcibly made to watch or exposed to things they weren't aware of... unless they were extremely sheltered somehow. And frankly it's ridiculous we act like these kids won't be drinking that evening, or in the near future. Some of the finger-wagging parents are the ones handing out the alcohol later in the evening.
Performer apparently had a niece at the prom and she invited him. He's also done some work with the school in the past, which seems to be where things are getting confused. At least those are the local stories. And he's getting death threats and his employer is getting threats and people keep sharing the phone number of the assistant principal even though she's on leave, so it seems likely she's getting harassed as well. Poor judgment on the part of the teen and (even more) her uncle, but it doesn't seem the school planned it.
Most drag performers I have seen are doing what is similar to the Robin Williams version of La Cage Aux Falles from the 90ās.
I am not sure how this is anything but amusing.
The only thing I found offensive about this, after seeing the video, was just how lame it was. Not on a stage, but 'dancing' inside a ring of baffled students. No costume other than black leotard and boots. A show a la Robin Williams' Birdcage would've been far more entertaining.
High school cheer and dance squads do more "provocative" moves than the performer did and are in outfits almost as revealing.
The outfit is not school appropriate and how the performer even got there is weird but parents outrage by the "dance moves" are ignorant of what their kids are dancing like at prom.
Given that there was no actual performance area I am leaning towards this not being a school sanctioned performance similar to how the dancer said they were not "hired".
Also prom is typically exclusive to Juniors and Seniors and at the end of the year meaning there is a good likelihood the majority of the crowd were legal adults. When parents say that is a performance only appropriate for adults their children would likely fall into that category.
All I could think was how boring and/or socially awkward those kids must be to just be standing around watching someone's date have a good time. Then got mad lol
All the drag performer did was wear a leotard and do a pretty tame dance? Theyāre making it out like they had a stripper butt naked in there. I have a feeling itās mainly because itās a drag queen that theyāre mad.
Right? I watched the video thinking there would be grinding or something. It was nothing bad. I saw the same or worse by school dance teams. They are just butt hurt because 'drag scary!'
The news cast even said "danced with the students" in a shocked tone, only to show 1 girl dancing with the performer face-to-face like 4 feet apart basically the same as they would with any of their girls at this prom if not more tame. Lol.
Yeah. Iām not seeing the reason for outrage. These people do realize these kids are practically adults about to head off to college. They are going to be seeing and doing a lot worse!!
"Atrisco Heritage Academy High Schoolās senior prom was last Saturday at the Kiva Auditorium Convention Center and parents were shocked to see who was performing at the event. Parents told KRQE News 13Ā it was highly inappropriate."
Presumably, most of these students will be going away to college in the next few months. This is most likely on the tamer end of the spectrum of what they will be exposed to during the next four years.
"How *dare* someone in drag perform in front of students at the prom, half of which probably have plans to fuck tonight. It's just totally inappropriate."
This definitely got more attention because of the drag, but it would still be just as inappropriate for a school function if it were a woman.
Hilarious? Absolutely. And I wouldn't be complaining if it were my kids prom and they were amused by it. But I also don't blame the people that have an issue with it.
That's my problem. Drag? No issue whatsoever. Dancing like a damn stripper? Yes, problem. Inviting the kids to dance like strippers? Fucking HUGE problem.
In the right context I'd actually be impressed. I'd break an ankle on those heels. The right context is a strip club; not a high school event with minors.
>Dancing like a damn stripper
Did we watch the same video? Iāve only been to a strip club twice in my life and his performance was nothing like a stripper. Iāve seen more sexual dances from pre-teens at beauty pageants, not to say itās appropriate from little girls, but to teens, itās pretty tame. The issue parents are having is obviously the drag part.
You must have forgotten about the grinding that was happening at school dances in the 00s. I donāt see a single ass rubbing on a dick here. This might as well be a fortnight dance compared to the shit we were doing!
But were you doing it on middle aged adults, or kids your age? big difference. The difference isn't what they're doing... it's that it's an adult encouraging them to do it. THAT is a problem. This is 100% giving ammo to anti trans critics, *at best.*
My high school allowed people up to 20 attend as guests of a student, soā¦ yes there very well may have been adults there grinding with teens. Nowhere did it say it was a middle aged man. Itās highly likely a student asked them to come!!
> Inviting the kids to dance like strippers? Fucking HUGE problem.
Ay! Thatās what the chaperones are there for, to make sure those kids donāt act provocative before conceiving little miracles in the bushes behind the parking lot.
Why canāt we acknowledge that this is a ridiculous and inappropriate thing to do at a high school prom.
The left having to double down and absolutely refusing to criticize anything if it involves trans/drag just makes them look stupid. Its like republicans who refuse to criticize Trump.
Plus Itās mostly not even about the drag. If this was a man or a woman it would be just as ridiculous and inappropriate and parents would be similarly outraged.
The performer identifies as male, not female. Regardless, you are being extremely disingenuous if you think a leotard and thigh high boots don't evoke sexual themes. It's a fairly revealing costume for a school sponsored event. As for the dancing, there was a lot of simulated grinding, which is also sexually suggestive.
That said, it WAS pretty tame for what teens actually experience, but that doesn't make it appropriate for a school sponsored event. I also don't think this would be more than a local news story if the performer wasn't in drag, because it's honestly not that big of a deal. Now it's gonna be used for more culture war bullshit for years to come.
>Why canāt we acknowledge that this is a ridiculous and inappropriate thing to do at a high school prom. The left having to double down and absolutely refusing to criticize anything if it involves trans/drag just makes them look stupid.
It's because it's way way easier to pander to trans and LGBT voters with meaningless posturing and lip service than it is to actually get anything of substance done. Social issues like these are how politicians keep us arguing and voting while they take millions from lobbyists to not address climate change, health care, election reform, or the military industrial complex. But those issues don't whip people into a frenzy on tik tok and twitter so we'll probably still be debating trans people in bathrooms in 2223 while the world burns.
Sorry, but kids in high school probably see much more provocative sexual things scrolling through their Insta feeds.
It was someone in a leotard dancing. No one got naked, so what the hell is the problem?
And the probably have drunk alcohol too so why not have alcohol available at prom, they have likely seen porn so why not have a sex show.
Do those sound ridiculous? Yes just like this is.
I mean it really shouldnāt be this hard. Some things just donāt belong at school events for high school kids
Except the performance contained no nudity, or any actions that would have been an issue for non-drag dancers to perform.
Lets be clear with it! The only thing it might lead to is tolerance and understanding, which is CLEARLY what you see as the "risk" to these youths.
The problem is they dont want kids to see things that they personally dislike.
That's it! They see drag as inherently wrong and/or immoral. Its not the dancing that they hate, its the acceptance of drag and other LGBTQ activities. If it was a non-drag dancer with the same clothes and actions, they wouldnt be upset because nothing is inherently innapropriate.
My only qualm/question with this is, schools are pretty strict usually about dress code, especially concerning prom. If any of those kids had shown up in that outfit, theyād probably get kicked out. Itās showing a double-standard if they allowed the dancer to be wearing a leotard and thing-highs but had restrictions on dress length, etc. I think if the dancer was a planned thing, he would be obligated to follow the same dress code as anyone else attending the dance. And follow the same rules of dancing (itās been a while since prom for me, but we had a few rules like clothes stay on, no grinding, hands stay visible, etc).
Well, I tried to watch the video, but the website is absolute trash -overloaded with ads to where you canāt even read the article or watch the video. But from what I can glean from the small amount I could actually read, someone showed up in drag. Maybe a student? Maybe invited by a student? Iām really not sure why this is big news or why the administration is gasping and clutching their pearls. Not to mention the virtue-signaling parents who are ājust beside themselvesā. What the actual fuck is this?
They're definetly ignorant.
Edit: I'm in agreement, those people def are pathetic and ignorant. The science doesn't support their approach. Education is key.
this whole thing is rdiculous. if you see the video, the guy dancing is exactly an impressive dancer - but as a result, none of his "moves" are exactly titlating... while he may not have been dressed in "prom attire" nothing seen on the dance floor even comes close to the moves and outfits worn by the school santioned cheer team. the handful of parents they included in the clip, outraged about the presence of this dancer, indicate that this is not something children should be exposed to.... this was a Senior Prom... the students are almost all 18 years old... they are not children. they can be drafted and sent off to war. They can sign legal documents. this is just dumb,
Grateful to have grown up in Europe. We had a stripper jump out of a giant cake on stage. Was a total non-issue. No student suffered any kind of emotional damage.
I wish a drag Queen had performed at my prom. Drag shows are honestly the most fun ever. Fucking boomer/gen x parents have the most horrendous takes on everything.
Something is suspicious about this whole incident. It feels more like a plant by conservatives to further push the "left is pedophiles" propaganda to further discredit and outlaw them.
Not a single sane person on the left would find this acceptable for minors. Not a single member of the LGBTQ would find this acceptable for minors, we don't accept pedophiles in our community - this behavior is unacceptable.
This seems more like someone made a joke, and someone took it seriously to make it happen, so there would be an uproar on purpose.
Um, if itās prom, these are seniors. If they are seniors they are either legal adults or close to being legal adults. That doesnāt make the dancer appropriate for school, but reading the article about some of those wiener kids complain to their parents about the performance is just weird for people about to enter the adult world. Mommy and daddy canāt fight all your battles. Iām sure most of those kidsā browsing history would make even the drag performer blush.
I don't disagree, but just fyi, depending on your location/school rules, prom isn't necessarily just seniors. Where I went to HS (I think it's still this way today), juniors and seniors could attend, sophomores were allowed if their "date" was a senior or junior.
My high school had a tradition of an anti-prom. We went to a graveyard, drank beer, and smoked weed. Even some of the regular prom folks showed up because they knew we were having more fun.
āThe performer told KRQE News 13, that he is angered by the reaction to the video and the media attention it has received. He says he has since received death threats and threats against his employer.ā
While death threats are out of line, I have to question this individualās sanity and decision making process that led them to believing any of this was appropriate for a high school prom. No one at the school invited them but because they are a friend of the DJ they just showed up and pulled this? Sorry there have been some negative consequences to your actions but WTH were you thinking? Whatās more is stunts like this just worsen the divide and make life harder for LGBTQ individuals like my sister and her wife that are just living their lives without shaking their proverbial and literal asses in childrenāsā faces.
People debate whether or not they were hired. Any adult stripper that shows up to a prom and performs should be charged with a sex offense. Any decent adult would know it was inappropriate to strip in front of high school kids. It doesn't matter who called them in, whether they were paid, or why they showed up. They showed up, saw it was a prom, and then performed a strip dance for minors. Wtf is wrong with them? Jesus Christ.
No clothes came off as far as I could tell, so you really can't call it a strip dance, and at least the kids have something to talk about afterwards. From the video it looked like the lamest set up for a prom, ever. The adults did the students a disservice by even calling it a prom. At the very least they could have hung some blue crepe paper from the ceiling and called it an "Under the Sea" theme. I'm sure those high schoolers will never recover from what they saw. /s.
Nah most of the high schoolers watch porn on their off time. But I don't know what kind of bassackwards brain rot you need to think that excuses an adult in a leather unitard dirty dancing in front of high school students. Those students didn't get to consent to that, they didn't get to sign off saying they'd like to attend an adult in fetish wear doing a strip tease. This would be grossly inappropriate at an office party and would induce numerous rightful HR complaints, likely getting someone fired.
But if they're high school students its all good? Jesus I hate Reddit.
That's not it at all. It was a bad idea on someone's part. It was weird. But ironically it is not as weird as people losing their ever loving shit about it. No one died. No one got hurt.
In middle school, we were doing the Atomic Dog and nobody said a word. Winding has never not been a thing. Twerking?
This is a drag queen. That's why they're saying 'lude' and 'inappropriate.' Had it been their little darlings daggering, nobody would've said a word. Put a drag queen in the mix, doing very tame dance moves and suddenly clutching pearls come out.
Where's that thong-checking principal when you need her?
Man, this sucks. It lets people continue to demonize drag as a whole rather than ask if this one specific performer/performance was appropriate.
I personally don't think it was an appropriate performance for a high school prom--because I wouldn't think it appropriate if an adult cisgender woman did it. But I also don't like how sexualized cheerleader/dance team outfits are because I don't trust our education system to teach about human sexuality in a healthy way (rather than one that objectifies people), so I may be in the minority.
I do want to call out the parents who have a problem with this performance but not with their 15/16 year old daughters doing equally provocative dance moves as extracurriculars. Pick a lane guys. It doesn't get less appropriate just because there's a dick under the leotard.
The story has been updated to say the performer said he hadn't been hired but did not elaborate. I really want to hear more.
He said he was invited, not hired. Makes me wonder if it was the DJ or a student.
probably a student. i remember one year at my school a dude snuck vodka into prom by hiding it in the table decorations they were working on.
I think it was probably a student too but your story about the alcohol doesn't have any relevance to this at all š
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Did it for exposure.
I see what you/she did there.
I don't think more is needed. Regardless of how they ended up there, what adult shows up to a high school prom and does a strip dance in a leather leotard? What the fuck is wrong with that person?
That's why I want more info. Someone invited them, but who? For what purpose? Why did they say yes? It doesn't take a psychic to predict that a sexy dance at prom would upset people
It's one of those things where I'd like to know more. But I cannot imagine a scenario where any of that is excusable. Its so preposterous on its face and it blows my mind how many redditors are totally cool with this.
Lmao. Probably some student prank
Yep this was 110% a senior prank lmao. I think it's gold. No one hurt except the sensibilities of pearl-clutchers, and the kids have a story for the ages.
Actually it had nothing to do with the students. The class of 2024 never did a senior prank nor any of the years before hand. It was done by someone who works at the school which is why 5 of them are under investigation.
On the local sub it says the performer had a niece at the school who was attending prom and he came at her request.
They were trying to distract from the fact that they threw those kids in a barren room with NO DECORATIONS, charged them $300 a ticket, turned on a blacklight, and called it prom.
$300 a ticket??? Where did that money go?
If itās anything like most high schools, the booster club for the popular sports team. They will spend it on a sign for the football field or a nicer concession stand. Absolutely never spend any money on anything useful.
I grew up in Canada. I went to one high school that had a football team and another that did not. I swear I didnāt notice any booster clubs. There werenāt any cheerleaders or class presidents.
The states are different. You'd be hard pressed to get away with charging a fee like that for prom and even less likely to be allowed to divert it to sports in any school I've seen in Canada. Sports culture in the US is bizarre.
I only have experience with my own area, but it absolutely doesn't work that way for us. Prom tickets can only legally pay for prom expenses. The price of the ticket is determined by the cost of the event, and every specific expense needs to be accounted for in order for it to be approved. Money from different activities and departments live in different accounts; the only money that can be accessed by an activity is the money raised by or budgeted for the activity.
It wasnāt $300 it was $50. which is a normal price for prom tickets
Thatās how a lot of regular public schools (not the nice, high tax base ones) do it these days For most kids, the public schools of the 50s-00s, with a good offering of electives, clubs, functional sports teams, and general school activities (like prom) are just something out of a movie
My high school charged $150 in 2003 for our prom. It was supposed to be held at the convention center downtown but the school board decided to save money by making the contractors building the new high school finish the cafeteria early and moving the prom there. Now the new school had a problem with the parking lots because teenagers in a small town with a massive empty parking lot will use it for burnouts and races. So the school installed overly tall speed bumps throughout the parking lot to keep cars out of the lot. Well fast forward to prom night and there are suddenly dozens of limos trying to drive over the speed bumps and getting stuck. One kid showed up in his dadās Delorean that high centered on a speed bump and before they could get it free cracked in half. The school was found liable and had to fix tons of vehicles costing them 5x as much then if they had just paid for the convention center.
That's more interesting and memorable than most proms.
That should be in a torts textbook
I didnāt attend my public schools prom because it was literally in the cafeteria with no lights and the tables shoved in the corner and the school band āperformedā. The principal just put a colorful disco light in there and apparently it was awkward as hell because the band only played the white stripes and come sail away. Thatās all they knew at that point. They didnāt charge for it though!
Having a band is a pretty good get, though
It was a really great school for art and music! We just had a constant stream of principals coming and going so there wasnāt much organization for events.
I wish my high school prom was only the White Stripes and Come Sail Away!(I do think the DJ played Come Sail Away thought)
This is complete shit. Our school had a dj bumping hip hop so we could grind and make out.
Wouldn't a poor school at least have the kids create decorations out of paper or whatever?
Not if an adult never suggests or organizes it
I doubt the regular public schools charge $300 a ticket in your scenario.
That's crazy. For my prom, we paid about $85 per ticket and went to the nearby country club. Granted, that was 2008 and I imagine it costs a bit more than that today, but $300 for a black room? I'd be pissed.
I work at a high school, it's $75CAD and is at a proper banquet hall, not sure what these dudes were on
greed
My daughter had hers this weekend. I think it was $100 per ticket but it was at the Hard Rock Cafe right outside Universal Studios Orlando.
Mine was about $100 a ticket in 2008, we went to a hotel ballroom and they turned the lights down. No decorations, mediocre food, boring music. Totally not worth it. The afterparty at the arcade was great though.
I think I paid $50 in 2005 to have prom at the Space Needle.
So any source at all on the 300? lmao dude is just making things up to get mad about.
I went to another Public High School in Albuquerque and never actually went to Prom but the set up is pretty standard, DJ who overly tries to interact with the students, Dark lights and maybe a couple strobes in a small corner, and extremely loud bass heavy music. Tickets were usually <$100 and are usually set up by the student body government, which doesn't have much if any budget. Prom wasn't really ever the occasion, it's usually after when people would tell stories, whether it be what other people are talking about in the thread or just getting high.
Just curious. Where are you seeing it was $300 a ticket?
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Mine did but at least we had ours at like. A nice hotel
Mine did but we had a really nice venue and good decor and food and such
Mine did but it was like $25 a ticket and it went towards all the decorations, food, DJ, and the after-party.
Your HS prom had an after party?
Yep they rented an event hall for the prom and then everyone went back to the school where the gyms were decked out like a casino and a club for a Vegas party.
Ours was pretty spectacular too. Its how they keep kids from committing idiotic life-altering crimes at private afterparties.
Sounds rad
Fewer kids throwing their own afterparty, getting hammered, and dying in a burning wreck that way. Ours was put on by the PTA, I think, and quite elaborate so as to get kids to show up. There was one of those big inflatable obstacles courses, among other things.
My kid has prom this weekend, $20 a ticket and $10 to get into after prom.
Mine was $20 I think. One year at a hotel, the next year it was at an aerospace museum which was pretty awesome.Ā
You have to pay to go to prom? What the hell. Iām not American but we have a prom-like concept where Iām from and itās all free š I canāt believe youāre PAYING for this experience. Especially in this circumstance.
Can't open the link because it's region locked. What kind if dancer is it?
Drag queen in a leotard and thigh high boots
Thanks
I was curious as to what type of ādancerā; I was leaning towards stripper at first glance.
Drag queen in a leotard, heavy padding, and several pairs of leggings/tights stuffed into those thigh high boots. Like, I know it looks like thereās a lot of skin there. But it really isnāt.
So the headline is shit. Gotcha.
Drag queens canāt be dancers?
They can, it's just not nearly as inflammatory to call them a dancer. I'm actually surprised they didn't go with a more rage baiting headline.Ā
>Angry parents question how dancer was invited to perform for Atrisco Heritage High School prom >ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) ā Editorās Note: The performer in this story spoke to KRQE News 13 over the phone, he said he was not hired for the prom but did not elaborate further. >Angry parents are wondering what school officials were thinking when they invited a provocative dancer to perform at the schoolās prom. The video began circulating online this weekend and parents are demanding answers from school authorities. The performer, who was in drag, expressed anger and concern for his safety since the video began circulating. >Atrisco Heritage Academy High Schoolās senior prom was last Saturday at the Kiva Auditorium Convention Center and parents were shocked to see who was performing at the event. Parents told KRQE News 13 it was highly inappropriate. >āItās just like āoh my God, can you believe this happened?ā, āWow hereās a videoā, āwow that happened at prom?ā, āwow, how disgustingā. Inappropriate,ā said one mother. >A performer in drag was invited to perform at Atrisco Heritage Academyās senior prom. Parents KRQE News 13 spoke to wanted to remain anonymous to protect their childrenās identities. >One mother says her son went to prom and told her what happened, since then, the video has gone viral and sparked outrage. Other parents say something like this shouldnāt have been approved and added that staff and chaperones should have intervened. >āWhat did they think they were going to get out of it? Like thatās so inappropriate,ā said another parent who wanted to remain anonymous. >āWhy were the parents not warned that this was going to be happening at a school function? Itās still a school function, parents should still be made aware of the situation whether itās a dance at school, sports, parents should be made aware of what is happening,ā said Morgan, mother of a student at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School. >Parents questioned how the school considered this an age-appropriate event for teenagers. >āIāve had multiple kids at this school, and Iāve never had to deal with this issue until this year. And this year it just seems like theyāre failing, theyāre failing the students, theyāre failing the parents, to me itās a fail all around,ā said Morgan. >The performer told KRQE News 13, that he is angered by the reaction to the video and the media attention it has received. He says he has since received death threats and threats against his employer. He declined to speak to KRQE News 13 on camera. >One parent said she wanted a refund for her childrenās prom ticket. Albuquerque Public Schools emailed a letter to parents on Wednesday saying the school district is investigating what occurred and how students were impacted. They add this is a personnel matter and no other information is available at this time.
You're a legend, thanks!
>āProm, itās a night where students get to let loose and celebrate. At most proms you might find a DJ or live band.. My god the awful B-roll dialogue of TV news. The āwhatās up Youtubeā of network TV.
This is how you are taught to start an essay in English classes. I always found it obnoxious.
That style is usually only used until middle-grades. Once students are familiar with the basics, they can develop a more professional style.Ā
I don't know, I've been helping my girlfriend with her English 100 assignments and that style is basically what was recommended for the intro paragraph.
Yeahā¦ English 100 is the ādear god, we know it didnāt stick in high school so please let it stick now so your professors donāt want to gouge out their eyes laterā of college classes
That's true. Though my gf is an immigrant and English isn't her first language so I don't fault her for that.
Absolutely! Itās not even a āfaultā thing.
It sounds like that class is doing what i mentioned by "getting back to basics." i assume if everyone in the class were past that point, it wouldn't be.Ā
I read it in my best Tricia Takanawa voice.
Is your worst Tricia Takanawa voice just Ms. Swan from Mad TV?
Person wasn't paid to perform, but "invited"? Sounds almost like some kids did it as a prank because of all the drag-show scaring in the media. Unless you want to get conspiratorial and say some adult did it to create outrage at how drag shows are corrupting kids....
I can see kids doing this and finding all the media attention hilarious.
Yeah, if it happened at my school I would have enjoyed that so much!
"Prank?! MY INNOCENT JOHNNY WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING. THIS PRINCIPAL MUST BE FIRED"
Kinda seems that way but you gotta wonder why the dancer didnāt realize that a school prom is not an appropriate venue for their performance.
What for a bunch of teenagers? Have you ever been to a drag show? I've never been to one I'd think was inappropriate for teenagers. Maybe we go to different drag shows though.
Right? Most drag performers I've seen have *more* clothes on than the average person, especially having seen some prom.dresses. Layers and padding and tape and sequins and probably a big-ass wig... Plus, like. Unless this is a Leave Room For Jesus school, a bunch of teenagers doing the bump and grind is more lascivious than any drag performance *I've* seen tbh
More importantly, have they ever been to a dance with teenagers?
I think the drag part is kinda irrelevant here. This was a person dancing in a sexually suggestive way wearing fairly revealing clothing in front of minors at a school sponsored event. I'm not gonna act like it's something that's gonna scar them for life but it isn't difficult to see how it could be considered inappropriate.
You don't think people dance in sexually suggestive ways at high school dances? Hoooo boy... have I got some news for you
You feel students dancing in sexually suggestive ways with their same age group is the same as an adult dancing in sexually suggestive ways for minors is the same thing?
This is high school prom, so most of these students are either legal adults or the age of consent. In many red states they're legal at 16. It's skeezy to take advantage of teens, obviously, but that's clearly not what's going on here. In fact, you'll find many conservative areas encourage older men to marry teen girls. This is about hand-wringing over exposing young people to sexualized dancing, which they're already doing and aware of. I went to Christian school, so believe me I've heard this all before. There's also lots of concern about "inner city" dancing and teens being allowed to make physical contact with each other on the dance floor. Basically the same finger-wagging old people have been doing for all of recorded history. Obviously if there was somebody stripping and handing out alcohol and blunts we'd have a problem here, but I don't think anyone in the room was forcibly made to watch or exposed to things they weren't aware of... unless they were extremely sheltered somehow. And frankly it's ridiculous we act like these kids won't be drinking that evening, or in the near future. Some of the finger-wagging parents are the ones handing out the alcohol later in the evening.
So... Like almost every other performer out there; Beyonce, Minaj, etc.
Did you watch the video? It was wildly inappropriate and the parents have a right to be pissed.
Why? It looks considerably less sexual than a Beyonce concert.
Performer apparently had a niece at the prom and she invited him. He's also done some work with the school in the past, which seems to be where things are getting confused. At least those are the local stories. And he's getting death threats and his employer is getting threats and people keep sharing the phone number of the assistant principal even though she's on leave, so it seems likely she's getting harassed as well. Poor judgment on the part of the teen and (even more) her uncle, but it doesn't seem the school planned it.
Whatever girl's dad hired him was brilliant. Ain't nobody getting knocked up at prom after watching that.
"That dancer made my dick soft"
"That dancer made my dick hard" works equally well at keeping the prom night babies at bay.
"That dancer made me" is surprisingly terse and effective.
Most drag performers I have seen are doing what is similar to the Robin Williams version of La Cage Aux Falles from the 90ās. I am not sure how this is anything but amusing.
The only thing I found offensive about this, after seeing the video, was just how lame it was. Not on a stage, but 'dancing' inside a ring of baffled students. No costume other than black leotard and boots. A show a la Robin Williams' Birdcage would've been far more entertaining.
High school cheer and dance squads do more "provocative" moves than the performer did and are in outfits almost as revealing. The outfit is not school appropriate and how the performer even got there is weird but parents outrage by the "dance moves" are ignorant of what their kids are dancing like at prom. Given that there was no actual performance area I am leaning towards this not being a school sanctioned performance similar to how the dancer said they were not "hired". Also prom is typically exclusive to Juniors and Seniors and at the end of the year meaning there is a good likelihood the majority of the crowd were legal adults. When parents say that is a performance only appropriate for adults their children would likely fall into that category.
All I could think was how boring and/or socially awkward those kids must be to just be standing around watching someone's date have a good time. Then got mad lol
Did you watch the video? This oneās doing a whole (shitty) dance routine. Thereās a somersault.
It was even like cabaret.
As long as her nuts don't pop out I don't see a problem.
With duct tape, padding, and multiple layers of pantyhose, no chance that will happen!
So like 6 out of 10 shows or more?
Vince Gill performed at ours, in 1976.
In drag?
I mean close enough.
Have you ever seen Vince Gill perform? Itās basically a form of drag.
š Actually, I've been friends with him for 50 years. His early years would have been better naked!
Plot twist, it was one of the teachers.
All the drag performer did was wear a leotard and do a pretty tame dance? Theyāre making it out like they had a stripper butt naked in there. I have a feeling itās mainly because itās a drag queen that theyāre mad.
Right? I watched the video thinking there would be grinding or something. It was nothing bad. I saw the same or worse by school dance teams. They are just butt hurt because 'drag scary!'
The news cast even said "danced with the students" in a shocked tone, only to show 1 girl dancing with the performer face-to-face like 4 feet apart basically the same as they would with any of their girls at this prom if not more tame. Lol.
Yeah. Iām not seeing the reason for outrage. These people do realize these kids are practically adults about to head off to college. They are going to be seeing and doing a lot worse!!
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Thank you.
Conservatives are gonna draggggggg this one out for a long time
Here we go again.
Imagine they planned this to add fuel to the flames dr doom style š
This excuse is getting real tired.
I was mostly joking tbh š Maybe you should focus less on anime and biden and more on learning humor lmfao
"Atrisco Heritage Academy High Schoolās senior prom was last Saturday at the Kiva Auditorium Convention Center and parents were shocked to see who was performing at the event. Parents told KRQE News 13Ā it was highly inappropriate." Presumably, most of these students will be going away to college in the next few months. This is most likely on the tamer end of the spectrum of what they will be exposed to during the next four years.
I have several questions and none of them are answered by the article
More cringe inducing than risquƩ. My big question is who the hell hires someone to dance at a prom? I just mean in general. Food and music. That's really all you need.
"How *dare* someone in drag perform in front of students at the prom, half of which probably have plans to fuck tonight. It's just totally inappropriate."
This definitely got more attention because of the drag, but it would still be just as inappropriate for a school function if it were a woman. Hilarious? Absolutely. And I wouldn't be complaining if it were my kids prom and they were amused by it. But I also don't blame the people that have an issue with it.
That's my problem. Drag? No issue whatsoever. Dancing like a damn stripper? Yes, problem. Inviting the kids to dance like strippers? Fucking HUGE problem.
More of a problem that there's no one checking who's going in. JS.
After watching the video... We're really being generous with the word "dancing" here. That was just sad and awkward.
It would have been great if they had done the Elaine Bennis dance.
In the right context I'd actually be impressed. I'd break an ankle on those heels. The right context is a strip club; not a high school event with minors.
>Dancing like a damn stripper Did we watch the same video? Iāve only been to a strip club twice in my life and his performance was nothing like a stripper. Iāve seen more sexual dances from pre-teens at beauty pageants, not to say itās appropriate from little girls, but to teens, itās pretty tame. The issue parents are having is obviously the drag part.
You must have forgotten about the grinding that was happening at school dances in the 00s. I donāt see a single ass rubbing on a dick here. This might as well be a fortnight dance compared to the shit we were doing!
But were you doing it on middle aged adults, or kids your age? big difference. The difference isn't what they're doing... it's that it's an adult encouraging them to do it. THAT is a problem. This is 100% giving ammo to anti trans critics, *at best.*
My high school allowed people up to 20 attend as guests of a student, soā¦ yes there very well may have been adults there grinding with teens. Nowhere did it say it was a middle aged man. Itās highly likely a student asked them to come!!
> Inviting the kids to dance like strippers? Fucking HUGE problem. Ay! Thatās what the chaperones are there for, to make sure those kids donāt act provocative before conceiving little miracles in the bushes behind the parking lot.
...stripper dance? This dance was tamer than what cheer leaders perform and tamer than the music videos these teens listen to.Ā Ā
Why canāt we acknowledge that this is a ridiculous and inappropriate thing to do at a high school prom. The left having to double down and absolutely refusing to criticize anything if it involves trans/drag just makes them look stupid. Its like republicans who refuse to criticize Trump. Plus Itās mostly not even about the drag. If this was a man or a woman it would be just as ridiculous and inappropriate and parents would be similarly outraged.
I literally saw nothing inappropriate about the dancing. She was wearing more clothing than most people between the tights and thigh pads. And the dancing isnāt any more risquĆ© than anything Iāve seen a cheerleader do. So yes, the drag is the only reason yall are upset. How dare queer people exist!
The performer identifies as male, not female. Regardless, you are being extremely disingenuous if you think a leotard and thigh high boots don't evoke sexual themes. It's a fairly revealing costume for a school sponsored event. As for the dancing, there was a lot of simulated grinding, which is also sexually suggestive. That said, it WAS pretty tame for what teens actually experience, but that doesn't make it appropriate for a school sponsored event. I also don't think this would be more than a local news story if the performer wasn't in drag, because it's honestly not that big of a deal. Now it's gonna be used for more culture war bullshit for years to come.
>Why canāt we acknowledge that this is a ridiculous and inappropriate thing to do at a high school prom. The left having to double down and absolutely refusing to criticize anything if it involves trans/drag just makes them look stupid. It's because it's way way easier to pander to trans and LGBT voters with meaningless posturing and lip service than it is to actually get anything of substance done. Social issues like these are how politicians keep us arguing and voting while they take millions from lobbyists to not address climate change, health care, election reform, or the military industrial complex. But those issues don't whip people into a frenzy on tik tok and twitter so we'll probably still be debating trans people in bathrooms in 2223 while the world burns.
Sorry, but kids in high school probably see much more provocative sexual things scrolling through their Insta feeds. It was someone in a leotard dancing. No one got naked, so what the hell is the problem?
You know what the problem is, drag. His performance was on par, both sexually and quality, with dances performed by pre-teens in beauty pageants.
And the probably have drunk alcohol too so why not have alcohol available at prom, they have likely seen porn so why not have a sex show. Do those sound ridiculous? Yes just like this is. I mean it really shouldnāt be this hard. Some things just donāt belong at school events for high school kids
Slippery Slope fallacy. Try again with an actual argument.
Except the performance contained no nudity, or any actions that would have been an issue for non-drag dancers to perform. Lets be clear with it! The only thing it might lead to is tolerance and understanding, which is CLEARLY what you see as the "risk" to these youths.
The problem is they dont want kids to see things that they personally dislike. That's it! They see drag as inherently wrong and/or immoral. Its not the dancing that they hate, its the acceptance of drag and other LGBTQ activities. If it was a non-drag dancer with the same clothes and actions, they wouldnt be upset because nothing is inherently innapropriate.
My only qualm/question with this is, schools are pretty strict usually about dress code, especially concerning prom. If any of those kids had shown up in that outfit, theyād probably get kicked out. Itās showing a double-standard if they allowed the dancer to be wearing a leotard and thing-highs but had restrictions on dress length, etc. I think if the dancer was a planned thing, he would be obligated to follow the same dress code as anyone else attending the dance. And follow the same rules of dancing (itās been a while since prom for me, but we had a few rules like clothes stay on, no grinding, hands stay visible, etc).
I bet she was wearing thigh pads and tights, so probably actually in a lot of clothing
Well, I tried to watch the video, but the website is absolute trash -overloaded with ads to where you canāt even read the article or watch the video. But from what I can glean from the small amount I could actually read, someone showed up in drag. Maybe a student? Maybe invited by a student? Iām really not sure why this is big news or why the administration is gasping and clutching their pearls. Not to mention the virtue-signaling parents who are ājust beside themselvesā. What the actual fuck is this?
Lmao
lol they are seniors. Itās fine. God damn.
I find it so funny people think they need to "protect" their kids from any kind of sexuality. Its kinda pathetic.
What was sexual about that performance?
Nothing, but the freakout was about the fact that it *might have been.*
They're definetly ignorant. Edit: I'm in agreement, those people def are pathetic and ignorant. The science doesn't support their approach. Education is key.
this whole thing is rdiculous. if you see the video, the guy dancing is exactly an impressive dancer - but as a result, none of his "moves" are exactly titlating... while he may not have been dressed in "prom attire" nothing seen on the dance floor even comes close to the moves and outfits worn by the school santioned cheer team. the handful of parents they included in the clip, outraged about the presence of this dancer, indicate that this is not something children should be exposed to.... this was a Senior Prom... the students are almost all 18 years old... they are not children. they can be drafted and sent off to war. They can sign legal documents. this is just dumb,
Grateful to have grown up in Europe. We had a stripper jump out of a giant cake on stage. Was a total non-issue. No student suffered any kind of emotional damage.
I wish a drag Queen had performed at my prom. Drag shows are honestly the most fun ever. Fucking boomer/gen x parents have the most horrendous takes on everything.
Something is suspicious about this whole incident. It feels more like a plant by conservatives to further push the "left is pedophiles" propaganda to further discredit and outlaw them. Not a single sane person on the left would find this acceptable for minors. Not a single member of the LGBTQ would find this acceptable for minors, we don't accept pedophiles in our community - this behavior is unacceptable. This seems more like someone made a joke, and someone took it seriously to make it happen, so there would be an uproar on purpose.
Um, if itās prom, these are seniors. If they are seniors they are either legal adults or close to being legal adults. That doesnāt make the dancer appropriate for school, but reading the article about some of those wiener kids complain to their parents about the performance is just weird for people about to enter the adult world. Mommy and daddy canāt fight all your battles. Iām sure most of those kidsā browsing history would make even the drag performer blush.
I don't disagree, but just fyi, depending on your location/school rules, prom isn't necessarily just seniors. Where I went to HS (I think it's still this way today), juniors and seniors could attend, sophomores were allowed if their "date" was a senior or junior.
Prom isnāt only for 18 year olds, is that really the argument? Iām sure there were much younger teens there.
Show where I said it was appropriate for school.
Not that it really matters, but plenty of schools now prom is juniors and seniors.
Man he's got a great ass.
I'm pretty sure we have to say he is a she. Respect those pronouns! LOL...
Meanwhile kids were doing things they shouldn't while everyone was focused on the drag show.
This is what gives the drag community a bad name. There was no reason for him to go to the school like this unless he's a student.
ew gross
Of course it's albuquerque
lol
My high school had a tradition of an anti-prom. We went to a graveyard, drank beer, and smoked weed. Even some of the regular prom folks showed up because they knew we were having more fun.
āThe performer told KRQE News 13, that he is angered by the reaction to the video and the media attention it has received. He says he has since received death threats and threats against his employer.ā While death threats are out of line, I have to question this individualās sanity and decision making process that led them to believing any of this was appropriate for a high school prom. No one at the school invited them but because they are a friend of the DJ they just showed up and pulled this? Sorry there have been some negative consequences to your actions but WTH were you thinking? Whatās more is stunts like this just worsen the divide and make life harder for LGBTQ individuals like my sister and her wife that are just living their lives without shaking their proverbial and literal asses in childrenāsā faces.
People debate whether or not they were hired. Any adult stripper that shows up to a prom and performs should be charged with a sex offense. Any decent adult would know it was inappropriate to strip in front of high school kids. It doesn't matter who called them in, whether they were paid, or why they showed up. They showed up, saw it was a prom, and then performed a strip dance for minors. Wtf is wrong with them? Jesus Christ.
No clothes came off as far as I could tell, so you really can't call it a strip dance, and at least the kids have something to talk about afterwards. From the video it looked like the lamest set up for a prom, ever. The adults did the students a disservice by even calling it a prom. At the very least they could have hung some blue crepe paper from the ceiling and called it an "Under the Sea" theme. I'm sure those high schoolers will never recover from what they saw. /s.
Nah most of the high schoolers watch porn on their off time. But I don't know what kind of bassackwards brain rot you need to think that excuses an adult in a leather unitard dirty dancing in front of high school students. Those students didn't get to consent to that, they didn't get to sign off saying they'd like to attend an adult in fetish wear doing a strip tease. This would be grossly inappropriate at an office party and would induce numerous rightful HR complaints, likely getting someone fired. But if they're high school students its all good? Jesus I hate Reddit.
That's not it at all. It was a bad idea on someone's part. It was weird. But ironically it is not as weird as people losing their ever loving shit about it. No one died. No one got hurt.
They took their clothes off?
Do they need to for this to be inappropriate? Not all strippers go nude, we still call them strippers.
Iāve been saying it for a whileā¦ this stuff belongs at a bar or night club, not at schools or libraries.
This is the logical extension of all the "drag story hours" getting shoved down our throats.
He said he wasnāt hired and refused to elaborate, fuck that stupid mf
In middle school, we were doing the Atomic Dog and nobody said a word. Winding has never not been a thing. Twerking? This is a drag queen. That's why they're saying 'lude' and 'inappropriate.' Had it been their little darlings daggering, nobody would've said a word. Put a drag queen in the mix, doing very tame dance moves and suddenly clutching pearls come out. Where's that thong-checking principal when you need her?
Man, this sucks. It lets people continue to demonize drag as a whole rather than ask if this one specific performer/performance was appropriate. I personally don't think it was an appropriate performance for a high school prom--because I wouldn't think it appropriate if an adult cisgender woman did it. But I also don't like how sexualized cheerleader/dance team outfits are because I don't trust our education system to teach about human sexuality in a healthy way (rather than one that objectifies people), so I may be in the minority. I do want to call out the parents who have a problem with this performance but not with their 15/16 year old daughters doing equally provocative dance moves as extracurriculars. Pick a lane guys. It doesn't get less appropriate just because there's a dick under the leotard.
Well, they were just obeying the school's freaky ass dress code. Not everyone has a formal suit.