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(Click
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junior prom.)
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Our
senior prom, held on May 28, 1960, was, of course, the highlight of our
high school social calendar. During our time at OHS, there
was no more important and romantic date than your
senior prom date ―
more
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important than a whole decade of New Year's Eves ― and if you didn’t have a prom date
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well,
socially, there was no
more
devastating disaster.
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As you can see in the photos, the "mandatory" attire for the guys
was a "white sport coat" (more precisely,
a formal dinner jacket) with
a pink (or any other color) carnation and for the girls, formal gowns (called
"prom dresses") with corsages, usually orchids, and mostly worn on
their wrists. But the really brave guys
pinned the corsages on their
dresses. So even though conformity
was the order of the day as to how we
dressed, we were, nevertheless, quite
creative apparently.
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Spindrift
reminds us that the theme of our senior prom was
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(with
palm trees ―
on Long Island, no less).
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Here's Howie |
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Although the dress was formal (and
very adult) the music was, of course, rock 'n' roll
― our music.
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It's your little, old webmaster,
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Got his bachelor uncle's convertible, got his white coat
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Report from Sider Press,
June 10, 1960 |
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Photo from Spindrift,
1960 edition |
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We stayed out and partied
all night; we went to night clubs after the prom, and many of us ended up
under the boardwalk and then watching the sunrise on the beach. (How lucky we were to be so close to
the beach!)
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Long Beach, 1959
(For
more old photos of the
Long Beach
boardwalk,
click
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What a night!!
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Trivia
Question:
What
distinguished our senior prom from all that followed?
(Click
here for the answer.)
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Our
junior prom was held on March 8, 1959. Its
theme was
Evening in Paris. |
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Although the
attire was less formal, the girls still got corsages, and we were a year
younger. Nevertheless, it was to our junior year, very much what the
senior prom was to our senior year ―
a
very special
occasion indeed.
 
 
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Trivia
Question Answer:
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The
great Class of 1960 was the last one to hold its senior prom in the school gym
in classic 1950s-style. (Life
was
simpler then.) Beginning in the next school year, the senior proms
were held in various country clubs and fancy catering facilities such as the
Huntington Towne House, Leonard's of Great Neck, and Carl Hoppl's. |
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(Click
here to return to
our junior prom.)
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