With the coming of spring a new mating ritual, “the promposal,” has surfaced in the hallways of Harriton High School. This performance often begins with a person announcing to the masses their desire to go to prom with a special someone. That special someone then proceeds to accept the offer and the two parties embrace. Many a time harriton has come together to observe the celebration of the prom season but what promposal has gotten us most excited? The banner took to the halls to try to find the #1 promposal of 2014. In our quest we ooh’d, we aww’d and though all of Harriton’s promposals were amazing we managed to find five special performances that seemed to stand above the rest.

5. A Purrfectly Catastrophic Promposal by Chris Lasporgata

Another day, another dead cat for anatomy student Jayde Grossman. Little did she know Harriton’s own Mr. Harriton, Chris Lasprogata, had hidden a small plush heart in what was soon to be Jayde’s practice anatomy patient. It can only be assumed that cutting into a dead cat had never left Jade feeling so warm and fuzzy. Chris’s promposal is another reminder as to why he was given the supreme “Mr. Harriton” title. After all, who else could pull off using dead animals to score a date to prom?

4.  Lettuce Go to Prom by Justin Littman

For Simone Seletsky getting promposed to was a dangerous task. As the school day ended,  Simone unknowingly walked to her car and directly into Justin Littman’s lettuce line of fire. As Simone was pelted with bushels of lettuce, Justin came out from behind her car with a sign saying “Lettuce go to Prom.” Naturally Simone agreed – what girl could say no to a pun and flying vegetables?

3. A Promposal to Go Down in History by Max Meyers

It was just an ordinary day in Mrs. Murry’s APUSH class until Max Meyers, appearing in a faux fireside chat as FDR, proposed a New Deal for his prom-prospect, Lily Rosen. Mrs. Murray, an active member of the HPA (Harriton Promposal Administration),  dropped a balloon question mark with a riddle attached onto Lily’s desk. “What do me and you, tomorrow afternoon, and this floating black balloon have in common? (hint pop it to find out),” the riddle asked. Inside the balloon were tickets to a date at an icy Flyers game. Lily returned home that day to find Max at her house with big balloons saying “prom?”. An awe-stricken Lily immediately agreed to attend the Flyers game and the prom with her newly found prom date.

2. A Prom Quartet by Ben Appel, Ben Seltzer, Nolan Gardner and Ethan Wolfe

Harriton’s mens barbershop quartet has a strong belief that when it comes to promposals one must “go big or go home.” Thats why the four song birds, Ben Appel, Ben Seltzer, Nolan Gardner and Ethan Wolfe decided to sing their way into the hearts of the Mr. Harriton crew and their prom dates. After Mr. Harriton, the quartet promposed to Syd Handel, Jane Cooke, Sophia Kleven and Ilene Parker, respectively. The crew changed the words to Elvis Presley’s “Teddy Bear” and put on a performance for the ages. It is expected that all four artists will have a hip-shaking good time with their dates.

1. A Promposal Musical by Marcel Werder

After searching high and low for the perfect promposals, The Banner came across one man that simply exceeded the rest. With swift dance moves, elegant attire and the voice comparable to that of any Jonas Brother, Marcel Werder stole the number one spot on our promposal countdown by organizing what may have been the most eloquently done promposal of harriton history. This promposal was performed by HTC’s Godspell cast that enacted a musical number entirely composed by Marcel himself. Words do not give justice to HTC’s impressive choreography and artistry. The Harriton Banner gives HTC’s Promposal performance two thumbs up and states that Nicole Cooper has one heck of a prom date.