Thanks to Her Mom, Mobile High School Senior Will Never Forget Her ‘Prom’

By Michelle Matthews
al.com

A couple of months ago, Nicole Larriviere and her daughter, Julia, found the perfect prom dress. Julia, a senior at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, was looking forward to wearing it to her school’s prom.

She was understandably disappointed that the prom was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

At McGill, the annual spring dance is steeped in tradition. After eating dinner together at a local country club, the couples arrive at the University of South Alabama Mitchell Center, where the stage is decorated with a theme – this year’s was “Roarin’ Twenties” – and each senior is called out, walking into a spotlight as parents and grandparents watch. For the first dance, the boys dance with their moms and the girls dance with their dads. Then the families leave, and the students continue with the prom before changing clothes and heading to an after-party at a skating rink.

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