Holiday50 offers tips on dressing for the Whyville Prom.

On Thursday June 5th a special event is coming to Whyville -- Prom 2008! I am sure that you have noticed the large, colorful banner on the Welcome Page that advertises this occasion. What is that distant shriek you hear? It is ear piercing sound of thousands of female Whyvillians screeching and stampeding to Akbar's Face Mall!

Proms date back as early as the 1930s and 1940s, however historians suspect that they have been around since the 1800s. Proms were modeled after debutante balls which were attended by the rich, to introduce their daughters to society. This inspired middle class parents to create similar balls for their children as way of developing their social and etiquette skills. These proms were strictly for senior students at post-secondary schools. Worst of all, they were chaperoned -- eeks! In the 1890s, the name "prom" finally came into effect. The new name was derived from the word "promenade" which was the walking of guests at the beginning of debutante balls.

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BabyPowdr voices her opinion on Whyville changes.

It happens all the time. You become accustomed to something and you really like it and then it gets taken away or changed on you. Like menus at your favorite restaurants, or recipes of favorite dishes served at restaurants, your school could become renovated or your parents scrap the old furniture and remodel your rec room. Or even, a website changes it's layout.

Is change always good? I am one to think not. I have seen several years of changes at Neopets and Whyville respectively, and the new Neopets layout, totally bites the big one. There is nothing I can do as a user, except accept it. I find rather though, instead of learn to love it I avoid having to use it by logging in less and less. Same with favorite forums, if it changes the skin, I use the settings to put it back the way I liked it, and if the layout I was fond of is gone, I spend less and less time there.

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