In our part of the world, asking someone to a school dance is often more fun than the dance itself. Our kids spend lots of time dreaming up the next great ask. In the beginning, they start with cleverly worded posters stealthily dropped on front porches. As their confidence increases, they engineer progressively braver and more creative activities and performances for their would-be dates. Our focus for this post: BIG, CRAZY, SUPER FUN “promposals” for the bold and the brave.
We are really excited to share these with you. A huge shout out to our son and his friends in the Class of 2024. They took asking to a whole new level. These are their ideas. Please forgive the dark photos and videos. These asks were usually done late at night. They are still worth watching, and super funny.
You’ll see that these examples are all with boys asking girls, but there’s no reason the roles can’t be switched.
Epic Date Asks and Promposals that will leave them laughing for days…
I Would Fight a Thousand Men!
This Promposal begins with a sweet little scene of a boy holding a rose, singing a love song to the girl he’s asking to the dance. Then, surprise! Another boy comes running in and tackles the singer. He rips the rose out of the singer’s hand, walks up to the door and says to the girl, “I would fight 1000 men to go to the dance with you.” See the 35-second video: I Would Fight 1000 Men.
Ten Things I Hate About You Knock-Off
This epic dance ask is a recreation of the scene in “10 Things I Hate About You” when Patrick sings “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”. In our case, it was done during a school assembly. The boy enlisted the help of the school policeman and used a recording of the music over the loudspeaker. He wanted the marching band, but sometimes you have to make do with what you can get. Everybody loved it. Here’s the video: Greatest Dance Ask in a School Assembly
On My Honor, I Will Be a Great Date
This promposal gives me the giggles every time I see it. A whole group of my son’s friends dressed up as Boy Scouts and stood with flags outside the girl’s house. They all saluted as a bugle and drum played “Taps”. Then the boy recited a new version of the Scout Oath– basically “On my honor, I will do my best to be a good date…” I hope it makes you smile too: On My Honor Dance Ask
Parting the Red Sea for a Date
This date ask took a lot of people. The boy asked all his friends to show up dressed in red so they could play the part of the Red Sea. He dressed as Moses with two tablets made our of cardboard. The tablets had the 10 commandments on the front and an extra commandment on the back: Thou Shalt Go to the Dance with Me. Wilt thou? The Red Sea exited the area singing “Follow the Prophet”. See the video here: Thou Shalt Go with Me to the Dance
I’m Dying to Go to the Dance with You
This ask is bordering on poor taste. Actually, it has crossed the line. But, I still have to include it as these kids went all out. They created a funeral with a clergyman, casket, and mourners. The boy lay in the cardboard coffin as if he were dead. The catch line, “He was literally dying to go with you” to the dance. See the video here: Dying to Go With You. Please don’t get mad at me if it makes you squirm. They should have ended it earlier.
A Song Just for You
My son is a good musician and he has a friend with access to a recording studio. They pulled a band together, rewrote the lyrics to a One Direction Song, and asked Olivia to the dance. Olivia thought she was coming to the studio for another reason. She entered, the lights popped on, and there was the band with a personalized version of her song. This is a really fun idea if you can put together a band, and if you want to ask someone who already has a song written about them. See the video: Olivia’s Prom Song
A Dynamite Way to Ask
If you’ve seen Napolean Dynamite, you probably would love to learn the dance he performs at the end of the show to help Pedro in the election assembly. This dance asks reenacts that scene. See the video: Napolean Dynamite Ask
The girl that was asked to this dance answered with her friends performing the Happy Hands dance from the movie and this awesome drawing. She attached a boondoggle with the word YES on it, which was really great. If you know, you know.
And, moving on…
High School Bachelorette Show
My son dreamed about this date ask idea for a long time before they made it happen. He had to recruit ten guys as bachelors and find a girl who he thought would be a good sport. They found a friend with a big house and nice car to stage the show. Her dad even acted as the host. You probably won’t want to watch the whole video, but I’m sure a little bit will give you an idea. The boys compete for the girl’s hand for about an hour, then they have a rose ceremony where she chooses her date for the dance. I’m pretty sure more effort went into this ask than the actual date. Here’s the video if you’d like to take a look: High School Bachelorette
It Would be EGGcellent to Go with You to the Dance
Our teenagers have asked several girls to dances by using the kids in our neighborhood to attack them with sticky or slimy substances. This video shows the kids egging the potential date with a sign that says something like, “Prom would be EGGcellent with you!” See the video: Eggcellent Ask
Ours sons have also enlisted kids to spray girls with silly string, “I’d by SILLY to say no” or whipping cream and ice cream syrups, “Homecoming would be SWEET with you.” I’m sure you can think of all kinds of ways to slime your potential date. It’s fun to get the help of little kids. They really love getting permission to make a mess.
Christmas Caroling for a Date
We’ve done this one twice. We rewrite the words to a Christmas carol and print out several copies. We get our extended family or neighbors to dress in winter hats, gloves, and coats. (This is extra funny if it happens to be warm and sunny.) We visit the girl and carol to her, ending with the big reveal- the carolers part and the boy who is asking steps to the front and sings alone, “It’s me!” Sadly, I don’t have a video, but here are the lyrics from our most recent Christmas Caroling Ask. This is a really fun one.
Homecoming Carol to the Tune of “Sleigh Ride”
Just hear your doorbell ringing with carolers singing to you…
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a dance and a dinner for two.
Outside the sun is shining and friends are calling yoo-hoo.
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a Homecoming rendezvous.
Can you guess? Can you guess? Can you guess who it is?
Who’s asking you out?
He could be thin.
He could be stout.
Get a dress, comb your hair, do your fingernails, aaaaand brush your teeth.
Here’s a hint: Drives a van, not in a band, and his father’s name is Keith.
He likes his classic movies, bowties and smoothies, it’s true.
But still, he lacks a gal with a snappy handshake like you.
So, now you’re worried, flustered, and wondering who it might be.
So here’s your answer baby, please don’t say maybe, it’s me!
And now that you’ve got a date, you can go to the dance! We hope you have a great time!