As prom season approaches, the excitement is starting to fill the air. Students are pulling out all the stops to ask their dates to one of the most memorable events of the year through cute and creative “promposals”.

There are a wide variety of promposals, some are heartfelt and traditional while others are funny or unique. Wakeland senior Keegan Frasier decided to do a traditional promposal for his date.

“I wanted to do a traditional promposal because it is classy, it’s simple, and it’s also memorable,” Frasier said. “I didn’t have to go out of my way to do an extravagant proposal, but just made it simple and sweet.” 

Some people rely on the help of family and friends to get ideas and pull off the perfect promposal. Senior Katherine Cummings received a promposal at her last spring show for Legacy Line with the help of her teammates.

“The best part about it was that my five closest friends on the team were all there holding the signs and all of my other teammates were in the wings backstage cheering me on,” Cummings said.

Whether it is a grand gesture or a simple ask, promposals should be special and meaningful to the person being asked. There are many ways to do this, such as incorporating a shared interest.

“I knew that I wanted to not just make it cool, but personal,” Frasier said. “We both love the Lord and are Christians, and I reached out to her friend and we came up with an idea about using her favorite verse!”

Promposals gained their popularity in the early 2000s, and the first promposal to be featured in a newspaper took place in Dallas, Texas in 2001. Since then, promposals have become a common event across the country and a heartfelt high school memory that many treasure.

“I will definitely remember that moment for a long time!” Cummings said. “It was such an amazing way to end my senior year and so special to me because it was at my last spring show and my very last time to perform with this team!”