From left, Karla Garcia, Cheyenne Gomez, Jaida Williams and Ashlyn Miller prepare to leave Hamilton High School by limousine for their prom at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert Friday, April 29. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
Excited Hamilton High School students gathered at the school parking lot to coordinate rides to their prom, held at the Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert Friday, April 29. The young men and women were dressed to impress and overjoyed to be able to experience the generations-old high school tradition denied in part to the previous two classes due to the pandemic.The tradition of prom began in the middle 1800s at colleges and universities in the northeast to promote the social etiquette and manners in each graduating class, according to the website jovani.com. Jovani specializes in prom, evening and wedding dresses. Prom is short for promenade, the formal, introductory parading of guests at a party.“I was s
