The Seniors Prom 2013

Did You Know? - The Roaring Twenties is a term sometimes used to refer to the 1920s in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, characterizing the decade's distinctive cultural edge in New York City, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, London, and many other major cities during a period of sustained economic prosperity.

French speakers called it the "années folles" ("Crazy Years"), emphasizing the era's social, artistic, and cultural dynamism. "Normalcy" returned to politics in the wake of hyper-emotional patriotism during World War I, jazz music blossomed, the flapper redefined modern womanhood, and Art Deco peaked.

Economically, the era saw the large-scale diffusion and use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures, and electricity, unprecedented industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand and aspirations, and significant changes in lifestyle and culture.

The media focused on celebrities, especially sports heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their home team and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic stadiums. In most major countries women won the right to vote for the first time.

Finally the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ended the era, as the Great Depression set in worldwide, bringing years of worldwide gloom and hardship.

Did You Know? - A Very Important Person or VIP is a person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance.

Examples include celebrities, heads of state/heads of government, major employers, high rollers, politicians, high-level corporate officers, wealthy individuals, or any other notable person who receives special treatment for some reason.

When they asked at 4:00 pm when they arrived Iris used words like: celebrity, dignitary star, heavyweight , luminary,   mogul, personality, superstar, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, high muckamuck and top banana.

Did You Know? - Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, and the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables.[

Did You Know? - 1920's slang...

Alarm Clock: Chaperone
Bank’s Closed: No kissing
Bean Picker: An individual who attempts to patch up trouble (i.e. picks up spilled beans)
Bee’s Knees: See “Cat’s Pajamas”
Berries: Great (i.e. It’s the berries)
Big Cheese: an important person (originated in this period)
Blouse: Go, to go (i.e. Let’s Blouse)
Cat’s Meow: Something highly sought after
Cat’s Pajamas: Anything good, the best, the greatest
Dapper: Flapper’s father
Ducky: Term of approval
Dud: A wall flower
Dudding Up: Dressing up
Embalmer: A bootlegger
Father Time: Any man over 30 years of age
Fire Extinguisher: A chaperone
Flapper: Girl
Flat Shoes: A fight between a Flapper and her Goof
Fluky: Funny, different, odd
Forty-Niner: Man who is prospecting for a rich wife
Gimlet: A chronic bore
Goof: Sweetie
Handcuff: Engagement ring
His Blue Serge: His sweetheart, his girl
Hooch: liquor
Hopper: Dancer
Out on Parole: A person who has been divorced
Scofflaw: A lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor (coined in 1923)
Sharpshooter: A good dancer who does not hold back while spending money
Snake Charmer: A female bootlegger
Tomato: Good looking girl with no brains
Trotzky: Old lady with a moustache and chin whiskers
Weasel: Girl stealer
Whangdoodle: Jazz music, jazz band
Whiskbroom: Man with whiskers

Did You Know? - The idea of "power nap" has been around for centuries in Spain and Latin America. In Spain the "power nap" is known as "Siesta del Hidalgo" ("The Gentleman's nap"). Salvador Dalí, the Spanish surrealist artist was fond of such kind of nap. He would slide off to sleep in a chair with his arm over the side, holding a spoon over a plate on the floor. The instant he fell asleep, his hand would loosen up and the spoon would fall out and hit the plate with a clatter that woke him up again. He claimed that the brief rest worked wonders.

Song: I Wanna Be Loved By You

Did You Know? - "I Wanna Be Loved by You" is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical "Good Boy".

It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century in a survey made by the RIAA in which 200 people responded (out of 1300 asked).

One of Marilyn Monroe's most famous musical performances is her singing it in Billy Wilder's classic farce Some Like It Hot.

The song was first performed in late 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the 'Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl' because of her baby-talk, scat-singing tag line to that song. This version was recorded right when Kane's popularity started to reach its peak, and became her signature song.

Two years later, a cartoon character named Betty Boop was modeled after Kane. Betty Boop performs this number in the 1980s animated film The Romance of Betty Boop.