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" Cara Salimando is one busy girl. She&amp;#039;s 18-years-old, finishing up recording her debut album for Universal Motown and she just went to her senior prom. She picked out the dress of her dreams from the eDressMe showroom in NYC and gave CG the entire scoop on her magical night! &amp;quot;After months of Degrassi-worthy &amp;#039;Prama&amp;#039; (that&amp;#039;s prom-drama, people) and intense scheduling and planning, June 4th, the night of my Prom, finally arrived. I can&amp;#039;t even tell you how much my group of friends was looking forward to it! All the Seniors left school at 11:30 AM to go to their prom appointments \u2014 be it hair, makeup, tuxedo pickup, last-minute corsage purchasing, or whatever else we all had left till the day of. I went straight to my nail appointment. After I got my nails done, I went back to the car to drive to the flower shop to pick up my date&amp;#039;s boutonniere. Andddd... my car wouldn&amp;#039;t start. I freaked out! Until this very moment, my prom plans had unfolded flawlessly. A dress literally fell into my lap after I was hooked up with a free dress from eDressMe; a short little black dress with a sequined bodice from Dave &amp;amp;amp; Johnny. How could things start going wrong NOW? I sat in my car for about 30 minutes, desperately trying to get it to start. I eventually gave up, and called my friend Jake who rescued me and took me to all of my appointments. If it weren&amp;#039;t for him, I&amp;#039;d have been in quite a fix! Finally, I went home to do my makeup and get my dress. Then my friends and I met up at our friend Meryll&amp;#039;s house an hour later for pictures. I pinned the boutonniere on my date, Paul, and quickly learned that putting it in the freezer was the wrong call. It wilted and died nearly on the spot. Clearly, I didn&amp;#039;t pay attention to the conversations the girls had about this... oh well. Boys don&amp;#039;t usually like flowers anyway, right? We took pictures for what felt like FOREVER, and finally were whisked off to our prom in a ridiculously long, white stretch Hummer limo. At the door, we were given cute place cards and told to find our seats. The room was decked out in and &amp;#039;Old Hollywood&amp;#039; theme. It was all done up with streamers and lights. No one really knew what to expect at this whole Prom thing, so figuring it out together was a lot of fun. We all talked awkwardly before the music got started while people were still arriving. Finally the DJ was ready to go, and we all danced to an absurd amount of techno (my prom took place in the Jersey Shore, soooo...). In the middle of everyone, two boys started a &amp;#039;dance battle circle&amp;#039;, and things got crazy. Soon, everyone was fighting their way into the middle trying to show off their moves. My grade really knows how to have a good time and that&amp;#039;s one thing I&amp;#039;ll miss about them. When the food came out, everyone rushed to their seats. We were served chicken with a side of rice and grilled vegetables that were delicious and ice cream sundaes for dessert. The night was coming to a close, and it was time to announce the Prom king and queen. My friend Melissa won Prom queen! My friends and I made sure to &amp;#039;oooh&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;awww&amp;#039; at her as she danced with CJ, the Prom king. You know, to make her feel really uncomfortable as they danced to Here&amp;#039;s to the Night by Eve 6. Everyone rushed the dance floor for the last few songs. I slow danced with my date, Paul. He&amp;#039;s a really good guy and it was great to go to Prom with a friend, and just have fun together. Even though I killed his boutonniere, his witty remarks and company totally made up for my complete inexperience at being somebody&amp;#039;s date. I wasn&amp;#039;t REALLY expecting to have fun at Prom. I&amp;#039;ll miss the class of 2010, and all the fun we had together. Prom ended the experience on a high note!&amp;quot; Did you go to prom this year? Share your experiences below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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