Return of the Roly Poly Dream Team

Priscilla Pan (12) reenacted senior Vivek Sriram’s Hoscars dance of T-ARA’s “Roly Poly” to ask him to prom in the Quad. Priscilla asked the original performers, dubbed the Roly Poly Dream Team, to dance with her.

“When you do a dance, you have to be completely shameless and go all out,” she said. “I was kind of nervous, but it was a really fun experience overall.”

Unlike most other promposals, where boys ask girls, Priscilla took the initiative instead and asked Vivek.

“Females are hesitant to ask guys to prom, because there’s a stereotype that guys are supposed to ask the girl, but I feel like it’s our destiny so we should take it into our own hands,” Priscilla said. “There is no use in waiting for something to happen.”

“I thought it was really cool that she took the initiative,” Vivek said. “Girls shouldn’t be afraid to [ask].

Perfectly Orchestrated

Akshay Battu (11), along with friends Ray Song (10), Luke Wu (11), Alex Youn (10), Amar Jain (11) serenaded Sahana Narayan (11).

“Sahana sang to me for her sadies ask, so I thought I’d sing to her as a return favor,” Akshay said. “And, for the song choice, I’ve always liked that song: As Long as You Love Me by the Backstreet Boys.”

“It was really sweet and unexpected,” Sahana said. “And it was nice because I sang to him for Sadies.”

Can’t Spell Shrish Without Ish

Ishanya Anthapur (12) serenaded fellow senior Shrish Dwivedi in the library with an acoustic cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.”

The Aske attracted a large audience, most of whom were friends of Ishanaya who knew about her plans in advance Ishanya asked Library Assistant Victor Squillacioti for permission beforehand to avoid any unexpected disruptions.

“I think it’s really important that more girls feel like they can be bold and ask out a guy rather than having to wait around for him,” Ishanya said. “This was definitely something that took a lot of courage to do and us girls expect guys to do it for every dance. I’m so glad now that I have these memories and I can always tell people how I serenaded a guy.”

Kpop It and Lock It

During a dance flash mob to EXO’s “Call Me Baby,” a Korean Pop song that came out this year, junior Luke Wu asked Kristen Ko (11) to prom in front of Nichols. Luke recruited several of his friends to help him with the task. The group practiced at 7 a.m. every day for a week in preparation for the event.

“I didn’t just want to do a poster because I felt like going big,” Luke said. “I wasn’t going to sing because I just didn’t feel like it. I felt like dancing, so might as well.”

“I thought it was really thoughtful that Luke put so much effort into the promposal because it was actually really elaborate,” Kristen said. “Everyone keeps telling me that it was super cute but all I did was stand there. Go compliment Luke on his hard work instead!”

This piece was originally published in the pages of The Winged Post on May 13, 2015.